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WICKED LOCAL: How much money do the Boston Marathon winners actually take home? They pay taxes on it
With winning comes a prize, of course. Both the first place winners as well as the first and second runners-up in each heat receive a cash reward. Here’s a look at how much the runners take home after all is said and done.
BOSTON GLOBE: The millionaires tax: A cautionary tale for RI
Rhode Island legislators — led by Representative Karen Alzate, a Democrat from Providence, and Senator Melissa Murray, a Democrat from Woonsocket — recently proposed new taxes on high earners.
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Biz groups fighting possible “tax hike” to pay for UI “blunder”
Business groups are ramping up the pressure on Beacon Hill to use state dollars, not employer taxes, to repay the federal government for an unemployment insurance error committed by the Baker administration.
EAGLE TRIBUNE: Mass. consumers sour on candy tax
Massachusetts consumers are souring on Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to set a “candy tax” on sugary sweets, according to a new poll from a pro-business group.
CBS NEWS: Survey asks former Massachusetts residents who moved to Florida or New Hampshire why they left
Why do people move out of Massachusetts? A new survey from a pro-business group posed that question to residents who recently left Massachusetts for two states in particular.
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