A Senate subcommittee charged responding to demands from the State Auditor seeking to audit the legislature in accordance with last fall’s voter-passed referendum, raised a set of questions and offered a meeting, partial steps that are not sitting well with the Auditor. The letter sent Mondsay to State Auditor Diana DiZoglio, laid out some concerns … Read more
Beacon Hill witnessed something rare this past week. A Democratic state senator from Quincy publicly rebuked Senate President Karen Spilka’s reelection to the chamber’s top leadership post. Sen. John Keenan opted to vote “present” during Spilka’s reascension to the Senate President’s Office because of what he said were the branch’s poor marks on transparency. He … Read more
State Auditor Diana DiZoglio plans to again ask the Massachusetts Legislature Friday to participate in an audit of “high-risk areas” after she faced repeated rejections from top legislative leaders who claimed an audit law did not formally take effect until this month. In an interview with the Herald, DiZoglio said she is preparing to send … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took a swipe at the state Senate for killing her plan to hike commercial tax rates, while the City Council swiftly opted to set tax rates based on a conciliatory recommendation from the city’s chief financial officer. The City Council voted unanimously to set the residential tax rate at $11.58 per … Read more
I have heard clearly that there currently is not sufficient support for this proposal. I will therefore not bring it to the floor for further debate. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: December 9, 2024 at 11:21 PM EST Read original article here Denial of responsibility! … Read more
The office of the state’s top election overseer is partially backing away from a document that helped spark a brawl this week over the implementation date of a legislative audit law championed by Auditor Diana DiZoglio. The PDF document crafted by Secretary of State William Galvin’s Office says a successful voter-approved ballot question from the … Read more
Four business stakeholders who withdrew their opposition to Boston’s plan to hike commercial tax rates are rethinking their compromise with the mayor, given the latest city data that show homeowners won’t be hit with a dramatic tax increase. Originally Published: December 5, 2024 at 4:40 PM EST Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more
Gov. Maura Healey asked, the Legislature delivered. Healey called on the Legislature, which had failed to complete work on two key pieces of legislation during a messy, late-summer end to formal lawmaking, to return to work to tie off a massive jobs package and energy reform proposal that the first-term Democrat argued were critical to … Read more
Auditor Diana DiZoglio – whose ballot question promotes legislative transparency – was among the State House lawmakers and state officials skirting state law by pocketing large donations from powerful lobbyists’ families. DiZoglio was not included in a Boston Globe expose on state pols like Senate President Karen Spilka taking thousands of dollars in contributions from … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s unwillingness to compromise on cuts to the city’s $4.6 billion budget has been a sticking point in private talks she’s had with the Senate about her stalled plan to hike commercial tax rates, the Herald has learned. The Massachusetts Senate is interested in a compromise and the compromise highlighted has involved … Read more
