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Big Oil’s Big Gift

December 18, 2015 By senedmarkey 15 Comments

In the final actions of the year, the House and Senate passed a spending bill with a big gift for Big Oil. By permanently lifting the longstanding crude oil export ban, Congressional Republicans made sure it will be Christmas all year round … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-oil, budget, clean-energy, climate-change, economy, ed-markey, energy, environment, global-warming, jobs, massachusetts, senate, us-senate

Massachusetts left in great shape at change of administration

August 5, 2015 By AlecK 10 Comments

Massachusetts was left in great shape after Deval Patrick left office, with ten straight months of job growth, high reserves and historic credit ratings due to the Patrick-Murray Administration's investments in education, innovation and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, charlie-baker, deval-patrick, tim-murray

Dropping film tax credit to expand EITC is both progressive & populist… why aren’t Dems on board?

March 12, 2015 By SamTracy 61 Comments

As Judy Meredith pointed out earlier this month, Governor Baker's proposal to kill the film tax credit and use the money to fund an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit is both a great idea, and would be very difficult to fight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, charlie-baker, democrats, Earned Income Tax Credit, EITC, film tax credit, Governor Baker, ma-sen, massgop, taxes

Fully Baked Baker Budget

March 5, 2015 By massmarrier 7 Comments

With an ostensible liberal Democratic-controlled General Court, MA remains traditionally fiscally conservative. That's fertile ground for GOP Gov. Charlie Baker to plant his no-new taxes seeds. Thus, most of his first budget proposal likely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baker, budget, charlie-baker, deficit, funding, mbta, taxes

Why Partners Healthcare’s Market Power (and Proposed Expansion) is bad for MA

November 23, 2014 By LennyGrover 6 Comments

It is time for Massachusetts to lead the nation, once again, on healthcare.  An “historic” opportunity to address provider pricing power, in a period of market consolidation, should not be overlooked.  The governor-elect and attorney … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, health-care, ma, massachusetts

House Committee Proposes More Than 50% Cut To Arts

April 9, 2014 By masscreative 6 Comments

BOSTON, April 9, 2014— Statement by Matt Wilson, MASSCreative Executive Director on House Ways and Means Committee Recommended Funding of the Massachusetts Cultural Council in FY15 State Budget: “We are deeply disappointed with the House … [Read more...]

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Austerity for Little Kids’ Brains: Boston School Budget Cuts Mean Mass Layoffs

February 27, 2014 By thegreenmiles 36 Comments

Boston is the 26th-wealthiest city on the entire planet, according to a Brookings Institution report, yet it is declaring it can't afford to invest in its future. The city is slashing its school budget, laying off hundreds of teachers and … [Read more...]

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Analyzing the Governor’s Budget for FY 2015

January 23, 2014 By massbudget Leave a Comment

Yesterday, the Governor filed his budget proposal for FY 2015—his blueprint for what he thinks we should do together through state government in the coming year (and how we will pay for those things.) Unlike his proposal last year, … [Read more...]

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A Preview of the FY 2015 Budget

January 15, 2014 By massbudget Leave a Comment

With the national economy still struggling to recover from the Great Recession, for the sixth year in a row Massachusetts starts the budget process facing a substantial gap between ongoing revenue and the cost of maintaining current … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, budget-deficit

GOP Austerity Forcing More Families to Shiver Through Polar Vortex

January 7, 2014 By thegreenmiles Leave a Comment

Wealthy Americans aren't being asked to pay a dime more than pre-Bush-era tax rates to close the budget deficit. Oil & coal companies are still getting their billions in subsidies. But as MSNBC's Ned Resnikoff reports, conservatives are … [Read more...]

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1/3 NY awarded contracts for 2.5 GW of OSW the day before @MassGovernor vetoed the #NextGenClimate bill, which included 2.4 GW of OSW for MA. The result? NY is now positioned as the “undeniable center of gravity” for the E. Coast OSW industry.

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