These local leaders are lining up behind Gov. Healey’s tax plan. Here’s why | Bay State Briefing
Municipal leaders have used existing local option taxes to raise money for affordable housing and to dodge property tax ...
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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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Law takes effect allowing 'accessory dwelling units'
BOSTON — Massachusetts property owners now have a right to build accessory dwelling units or so-called in-law apartments in single-family zoning districts across most of the state, under a law ...
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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, ...
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 ...
In ‘tense’ call, Mass. Gov. Healey, other Dem governors push Senate leader Schumer to resist Trump
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and five Democratic governors pressed Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer during a ...
Gov. Healey to revisit plan to close Canton children’s rehab, congressman says
Gov. Maura Healey will revisit her plan to close a Canton pediatric rehab and relocate services to western Mass., according ...
What to know about Healey’s proposed candy tax
When Gov. Maura Healey announced her $62 billion budget proposal earlier this month, she floated the idea of removing the ...
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 ...
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 ...