Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said he tried to get at least one state legislator in Quincy to vote against the ROE Act abortion expansion bill in December 2020, but couldn't.
Nine Democratic state representatives in Massachusetts went against their party and voted against sending the Fair Share Amendment to the November 2022 statewide ballot. If enacted, the measure will amend the Massachusetts Constitution to increase the marginal tax rate on household incomes over $1 million in Massachusetts from 5 percent to 9 percent — an 80 percent increase.
