FACT CHECK: Boston Globe Poll Finds High Costs Are Driving Residents Out
A recent Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll captured what many Massachusetts residents already know all too well – the rising cost of living is making it harder to live here.
NOT GILTI: State Lawmakers Cool to Business Tax Hike – For Now
The proposal to increase the GILTI tax did not move forward on Beacon Hill in advance of a key deadline this week. But this doesn’t mean it’s fully off the table.
BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL: Mass. doesn’t need a tax hike. It needs a reality check.
Today, Massachusetts’ business confidence has dropped to its lowest point since the depths of the pandemic. That’s troubling — but hardly surprising.
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FACT CHECK: Boston Globe Poll Finds High Costs Are Driving Residents Out
A recent Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll captured what many Massachusetts residents already know all too well – the rising cost of living is making it harder to live here.
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Annual state budgets now just a starting point for spending
Massachusetts ended fiscal year 2025 with a state budget bottom line that quietly crept higher and higher and ultimately eclipsed the budget Gov. Maura Healey signed five months ago for fiscal 2026.
NOT GILTI: State Lawmakers Cool to Business Tax Hike – For Now
The proposal to increase the GILTI tax did not move forward on Beacon Hill in advance of a key deadline this week. But this doesn’t mean it’s fully off the table.
BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL: Mass. doesn’t need a tax hike. It needs a reality check.
Today, Massachusetts’ business confidence has dropped to its lowest point since the depths of the pandemic. That’s troubling — but hardly surprising.
A Feast of Fees? Mass. Residents Aren’t Giving Thanks for High Costs, New Taxes
Recent polling from MOA suggests Bay State families are bracing for a holiday that could carve deeper into their wallets than seasons past.
MOA-Inspired Ballot Proposals Gather 170,000+ Signatures, Soaring Past Goal
Two ideas to put more money in taxpayer pockets could be on the ballot next fall. Together, these big ideas gathered more than 170,000 signatures from Massachusetts residents, each exceeding the required threshold to qualify for the 2026 ballot.
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