Language shielding lenders of an unusual type of mortgage from lawsuits got included in the state’s big economic development bill this week over the objections of the state’s biggest mortgage-lender trade group.
After one of his first public appearances at the State House since formal sessions ended on July 31, House Speaker Ron Mariano defended the Legislature’s right to make laws throughout the two-year session, telling reporters that it doesn’t matter to him whether major bills get done before or after November’s election.
The two sides warring over Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s property tax shift proposal huddled in Senate President Karen Spilka’s office Thursday afternoon, but emerged with no sign of an agreement.
The political tug-of-war over Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to raise commercial property tax rates continued on Beacon Hill and Boston City Hall Wednesday, showing the issue is far from dead.
Senate Democrats appear not to be pursuing a cut to the state’s short-term capital gains tax rate, a House- and Gov. Maura Healey-backed tax relief measure popular with businesses that has earned the scorn of progressives.
The lead budget negotiator for the House downplayed animosity between his branch and the Senate on Thursday as the Legislature departed Beacon Hill for the weekend without a deal in place to fund state government for the fiscal year that began on Sunday.
