Mayor Michelle Wu emphasized urgency for the Senate to act by late November on a stalled bill that would allow Boston to hike commercial tax rates to help homeowners avoid what she now says would be a 28% tax increase next year. The projected property tax increase for the average single-family homeowner is below the … Read more
A summit between Senate President Karen Spilka, Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston senators, and the business community to discuss a controversial tax proposal from the mayor apparently ended without “consensus,” according to one local lawmaker present at the meeting. After months of inaction by the Senate on a plan that would shift more of the city’s … Read more
The City of Boston’s House-approved bid to temporarily shift some of its property tax burden onto the business sector continues to stall in the Senate, where the top Democrat has raised questions about support for the bill and members gave a markedly muted response this week to an informal News Service poll asking for their … Read more
A Boston city councilor is pressing the mayor to provide details on what steps the city will take to blunt the impact of a projected double-digit residential tax increase next year, amid revelations that her bid to raise commercial tax rates is all but dead on Beacon Hill. Originally Published: August 8, 2024 at 7:40 … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took a shot at the Massachusetts Senate for failing to move on her bid to raise commercial tax rates, prompting a sharp retort from the Senate president who indicated in her remarks that the bill is all but dead. Originally Published: August 6, 2024 at 7:02 p.m. Read original article here … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s controversial plan to provide tax relief to homeowners by raising commercial tax rates stalled, and died for now, in the Massachusetts Senate, leaving the mayor disappointed and the bill’s critics taking a victory lap. Originally Published: August 1, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz … Read more
The Cannabis Control Commission is broken by the law that established it and needs to be placed under the authority of a receiver by the end of July, the Bay State’s Inspector General told legislative leaders in a letter. Pointing to numerous problems surrounding the ousted commission chair and challenges with the laws structuring the … Read more
The Steward Healthcare crisis will be kept front and center on Beacon Hill this coming week when the Massachusetts House gavels into session to take up a nearly 100-page proposal that attempts to address some of its root causes. Representatives will be asked to vote on legislation that top Democrats say directly responds to the … Read more
Even in times of economic uncertainty, some investments are worth making, according to state Senate President Karen Spilka. That was the message Spilka shared on Monday after she appeared at Middlesex Community College’s Lowell campus to announce the upper chamber’s plan to provide a free college education to every Massachusetts resident who wants one. “We … Read more
With an unusually high number of initiative petitions to consider this year, leaders in the Legislature have announced they will tackle the long list of potential ballot questions through the creation of a new special joint committee. The offices of House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka issued a joint statement on Monday, … Read more
