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“Liz Speaks Podcast with MassBudget about the 62F ‘Tax Cap’ Ballot Initiative” – Liz Speaks Podcast
On this episode of the Liz Speaks Podcast, Liz chats with Viviana Abreu-Hernández and Gregg Grenier from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget). Viviana ...
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“Wellfleet Wants New Rules for Sharing Lottery Profits” – The Provincetown Independent
By Jack Reardon. July 15, 2026 The select board urged state officials in a June 17 letter to conduct a “comprehensive review” of the decades-old distribution formula ...
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“Here’s who won and who lost in the SJC’s stunning income tax decision” – Boston Globe
By Jon Chesto and Shirley Leung, June 19, 2026 Big news yesterday from the Supreme Judicial Court, which tossed out a divisive ballot measure that would ...
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“Whoops! AG Campbell’s Verbiage Sinks Tax Cut Measure” – Franklin Observer
By Alan Earls, June 19, 2026 The Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday bounced an income tax ballot question from consideration this year, citing what it called a ...
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“Reactions pour in to SJC’s ruling on income tax cut ballot question” – State House News Service
By State House News Service, June 18, 2026 The Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday bounced an income tax ballot question from consideration this year, citing what it ...
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“Income tax cut ballot question tossed by state’s highest court” – GBH
By Hannah Reale, June 18, 2026 Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a proposal to cut the state’s income tax from 5% to 4% will not appear on ...
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“The middle class was hanging on. ‘Now they’ve kind of toppled into the abyss.’” – Boston Globe
By Katie Johnston, June 1, 2026 Within five years, the income needed to maintain a middle-class standard of living for a two-parent family with two ...
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“Millionaire (and Billionaire) Taxes Pick Up Steam” – Governing Magazine
By Jared Brey, Quarter 2, 2026 How much do the richest people owe to society? For a growing number of states, the answer is “more.” ...
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“Mass. Senate proposes ‘historic’ increase in local aid. Is it enough?” – The New Bedford Light
By Jamie Perkins, May 28, 2026 ities and towns across the South Coast are counting pennies as they craft their fiscal 2027 budgets. New Bedford ...
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“The ‘millionaires tax’ was pitched as a $2 billion revenue source. It’s blown past that, yet again.” – Boston Globe
By Samantha J. Gross, May 25, 2026 Billionaires tax is more like it. The state’s surtax on its highest earners has already generated more than $3.1 billion ...
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