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.
Boston’s limited number of hotel rooms makes the city one of the country’s most expensive convention destinations, state officials were told last week. That information could weigh on an in-limbo process to redevelop parking lots near the city’s biggest convention center.
City officials and a state senator representing South Boston raised concerns Thursday that the independent convention center authority may be planning under “false pretenses” to develop land taken by eminent domain for mixed use rather than convention-related purposes.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts has provided “unprecedented support” and “unprecedented access to capital” to entrepreneurs of color, MassINC research director Benjamin Forman told lawmakers Tuesday.
Foreclosures would have to go through mediation and a judicial process under a bill proposed by Sen. Nick Collins.
Not taking action to address a housing shortage in the state could drive an “enormous amount” of young workers and families out of Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday as he announced plans to propose a tweaked version of a housing production bill he advocated for last session.
