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Archive of Massachusetts on Monday June 29, 2009
MA: Deval Patrick signs off on tax hike bill
Bay State consumers, already hard-pressed by a slumping economy, will be slapped with a 25 percent sales tax hike and nearly $1 billion in total tax increases Aug. 1, Gov. Deval Patrick said yesterday after signing a massive transportation reform bill. Read More
MA: Small investors saved day for state
When state government faced an urgent cash crunch, an unexpected ally stepped forward to help raise money when it became impossible to borrow from Wall Street: Massachusetts residents. Read More
MA: Gov. Patrick signs transportation reform bill
Gov. Deval Patrick signed the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority out of existence Friday. Read More
MD: Governor designates 'Smart Sites' across state
A new housing development near Aberdeen Proving Grounds and the revitalization of Mount Airy's fire-damaged Main Street are among 15 projects that Sunday received a new designation that will focus public and private investment in initiatives that use green building practices and encourage smart growth. Read More
MA: Gov. Deval Patrick sides with dental benefits, immigrant coverage
Gov. Deval Patrick will agree to the Legislature's plan to preserve $100 million worth of dental benefits for enrollees in MassHealth and Commonwealth Care, heavily subsidized programs that serve largely lower income residents, according to a person briefed on the governor's plans for dealing with the $27.4 billion state budget on this desk. Read More
US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work. Read More
MA: Gov. Deval Patrick eyes pricey solution to counterfeit cigarette tax stamps
Bay State consumers, already hard-pressed by a slumping economy, will be slapped with a 25 percent sales tax hike and nearly $1 billion in total tax increases Aug. 1, Gov. Deval Patrick said yesterday after signing a massive transportation reform bill. Read More
MA: Gambling debate kicks off at state house
A new round of public debate about allowing casinos in Massachusetts kicks off at the State House on Monday. Read More
MA: Mass turnpike board to withdraw toll hike
A $100 million toll increase on on the Massachusetts Turnpike is just days away, but the Turnpike Board of Directors is likely to rescind the toll hike. Read More
MA: Mass. high court upholds local fee for burial permits
A quest by members of a Fall River clan to end what they considered an illegal tax on grieving families ended yesterday when the state's high court said burial permit fees are legal. Read More
MA: Patrick stresses upside of tax hikes
Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday that he will sign more than $1 billion in tax increases, ending a months-long standoff with the Legislature and ensuring Massachusetts residents will pay more for everything, from satellite dishes to cheeseburgers. Read More
MA: Patrick set to keep healthcare for poor
Governor Deval Patrick plans to announce a spending proposal tomorrow that retains medical coverage for some 30,000 legal immigrants who are at risk of losing it, and will also agree to ensure dental coverage for another 700,000 of the state's poorest residents, administration officials said yesterday. Read More
MA: Some still slow to make the move to Fast Lane
Every commuter and Sunday driver has seen the Soviet-style lines at the Turnpike tollbooths. Many get stuck in them. The waits - almost always in the cash lanes -- can last 15 minutes or longer during the summer travel season, while the drivers with the white plastic Fast Lane boxes whiz by. Read More
MA: Local health inspectors feel strain
Massachusetts is recognized as a pioneer in public health. It was here, in 1799 in Boston, that the nation's first local board of health was created. But now the state's network of community health departments is stretched so thin that some are unable to provide important services, public health officials said. Read More |
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