Executives of 15 Greater Boston cities and towns declared their support for the idea of a state-owned bank tasked with making loans to entrepreneurs of color and other “historically marginalized” business owners and area residents.
Dozens of Boston-area municipal leaders on Wednesday endorsed new or expanded transportation revenue options, including a 15-cent increase in the state’s 24-cent per gallon gas tax, as House lawmakers approach a vote on the topic.
Fifteen metropolitan Boston area communities are coalescing around plans to build even more new housing than Gov. Charlie Baker proposed in his statewide bill.
Boston has played an outsized role in addressing the region’s need for more housing, but a new 14-community partnership is pledging to step up to the plate.
