Healey trying again for local option tax hikes
The governor's second so-called Municipal Empowerment Act would allow cities and towns to increase local taxes on meals, ...
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Beacon Hill Roll Call: Bills the House let expire through inaction
There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. When the 2024 legislative session ended on Jan. 1, thousands of ...
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Governor Files Bill to Modernize Public Higher Education Campuses
Representing the largest proposed infrastructure investments in Massachusetts' public higher education system in decades, ...
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Healey signs Rosa Parks Day Bill
Shortly after the new year began, Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill making Feb. 4 a day to set aside in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in Massachusetts. The bill’s initiator, ...
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Attleboro mayor supports Healey's proposal for local option tax hikes
Mayor Cathleen DeSimone says she supports Gov. Maura Healey’s most recent proposal of a mix of local-level revenue sweeteners ...
Town of Norwood, Massachusetts, creates working group with goal of reopening Norwood Hospital
The task will fall on us to do the heavy lifting; we need to find a viable operator with the capital to reopen Norwood ...
Maura Healey wants to let Massachusetts cities, towns hike taxes on meals, hotel stays
Gov. Maura Healey filed legislation Friday that would allow cities and towns to hike taxes on hotel stays and meals, an ...
Peter Durant, a Republican state senator and Healey critic, says he’s weighing gubernatorial run
A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House ...
In re-filed bill, Healey takes second swing to allow cities and towns to raise taxes on hotels, meals, cars
Among those provisions are three tax proposals that could collectively generate more than $150 million in new annual tax ...
The only winner in U.S./Canada trade war ‘will be China’: Top Canadian diplomat in Boston warns
Here's how you might feel the pinch from tariffs on Canadian good and services as they take effect this weekend.
Healey blasts Trump tariffs, saying they'll increase the cost of groceries, clothing, housing and more
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey blasted President Donald Trump’s decision to implement a 25% tariff on goods coming into the ...