Biz Leaders Have Transpo Funding on 2026 To-Do List
Business leaders in Massachusetts are starting to call attention to the impending expiration of federal transportation funding, and urging the Legislature to act this spring.
Applegreen Controversy Follows a Familiar Path for MassDOT
Two MassDOT-owned parcels in Boston’s Back Bay and Chinatown sit undeveloped while officials await signs of progress from their hand-picked developer, Peebles Corporation.
Setting the Record Straight on T Funding
For years, a pernicious notion has floated around certain corners of Beacon Hill that the MBTA is a black hole that tries to suck in any and all taxpayer dollars. Now the idea is threatening to rear its head again.
State Budget Swings into Red, Shifting Tax Debate
The sudden thud of collapsing state tax revenues echoed through the halls of Beacon Hill on Wednesday, inverting a projected surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars into a shortfall nearly as large and reshaping debate about government spending and tax relief plans.
Fiscal Groups Focus on Energy, Taxes
Business-minded, small government groups from each New England state think it’s critical to “start working together as a region” to address cost of living issues, high energy prices and economic competitiveness.
MassFiscal Takes Anti-Tax Torch From CLT
After nearly 50 years, Citizens For Limited Taxation is turning off the lights at the end of 2022, and its final leader on Thursday said he expected CLT’s members would bolster the ranks of another Bay State fiscal watchdog.
With Millionaires Tax on Ballot, Opponents Promise Fight
With business groups unable to keep a proposed surtax on incomes over $1 million off the 2022 ballot, opponents of the so-called millionaires tax are promising a strong electoral challenge.
Mass. Barrels Ahead With Next Phase of Reopening
Massachusetts will move into the third phase of its gradual plan to revive public activity in most of the state on Monday, allowing gyms, museums, movie theaters and more to resume some operations even as COVID cases surge in other parts of the country.
Baker Criticized for ‘Snail’s Pace’ Reopening
With Connecticut’s decision to allow indoor dining to resume Wednesday, Massachusetts is now alone among the New England states with its prohibition, another sign that the state is not moving fast enough to reopen, according to the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance.
TCI Opponents: Gas Price Impacts Underestimated
A new study conducted by opponents of a regional cap-and-trade program for vehicle emissions found that assumptions made by Transportation and Climate Initiative states the program could increase the price of a gallon of gas by 26 cents.
Estate Tax Targeted to Keep Capital in Mass.
A long-running debate over the state’s estate tax revived on Beacon Hill as the Revenue Committee took up bills Tuesday calling for reforms or outright abolition of the levies charged when assets are passed along following a person’s death.
New Campaign Donations Rule Curbs Union Power
Unions and nonprofits will be limited to contributing $1,000 a year to a candidate for pubic office starting next month after the Office of Campaign and Political Finance followed through Thursday by submitting a new rule that will close the controversial “union loophole” in state regulation.
