Massachusetts taxpayers could see a small reduction in their state income taxes next year if revenue projections hold.
By law, the state's income tax has to go down 0.05 percent if state revenues meet certain thresholds. So the tax rate on January 1, 2019 could be 5.05 percent, down from 5.1 percent now.
Animal-rights activists are pressing on with an attempt to put up a 5-foot-tall tombstone memorial to lobsters who died in a roadside crash in Maine last week, even though state officials have denied their initial request.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked permission for the memorial at the site of the accident, but state officials on Thursday said no, citing safety.
