State budget honcho Matthew Gorzkowicz told municipal officials Tuesday that the state is on track to rake in nearly $3 billion from its surtax on household income greater than about $1 million, more than double the estimate used to craft this year’s budget.
MBTA officials are eyeing a $3 billion budget for the next year that would drain a final tranche of savings to ramp up spending despite a persistent, and growing, mismatch between the agency’s projected revenues and spending.
The expansion of the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett has been suspended as the casino and city can’t come to terms over things like taxes and impact fees.
The Massachusetts economy “seems fairly healthy on balance” one quarter into 2024, but gross state product and job growth have both slowed recently.
Gov. Maura Healey and AG Andrea Campbell have recently focused more on the towns doing what is expected of them rather than warning of the punishments on the table.
As more communities in eastern Massachusetts show a willingness to defy the state’s new multifamily zoning law, Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday tried to draft business executives into her efforts to shore up support for measures meant to spur badly-needed housing production.
