If the bill goes through, it’s flexible– city and town councils can decide if additional tax is needed, and if so, how much ...

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Estimates say that millions of dollars and tens of thousands of acres of land throughout New England were given to soldiers ...

The governor's second so-called Municipal Empowerment Act would allow cities and towns to increase local taxes on meals, ...

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Municipal leaders have used existing local option taxes to raise money for affordable housing and to dodge property tax ...

Lenox tried twice to fluoridate its water. So did Pittsfield and North Adams. At the time, opponents were worried about ...

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. When the 2024 legislative session ended on Jan. 1, thousands of ...

Dozens of communities are demanding marijuana businesses pay up thousands of dollars annually, years after legislators did ...

Massachusetts Secretary of Economic Development Yvonne Hao discusses the state budget, renewable energy, housing, business and working with the Trump administration.

Among those provisions are three tax proposals that could collectively generate more than $150 million in new annual tax ...

The 1836 house, located in one of Cape Cod’s oldest towns, received a fresh look by notable theater set designers ...