The Weekly Wrap: Taxing Rich People Works, Just Ask Massachusetts
Also: There’s a new Urban Institute report on efforts to decommodify housing.
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Also: There’s a new Urban Institute report on efforts to decommodify housing.
"This grant money supports a lifeline for so many," acting Gov. Kim Driscoll said in a statement.
Research Bureau urges other approaches to balancing city's budget
Massachusetts famously brags of living by its wits. While other regions may claim better year-round weather as a draw, or natural resources or an industrial base that fuel their economies, the Commonwealth has looked to a surfeit of brain power as its comparative advantage. That has made recent decades a golden era in Massachusetts, as […] The post Mass. higher ed sector facing stiff headwinds appeared first on Rhode Island Current.
After filing a measure with the city council in the first week of the month, Mayor Wu last week continued her campaign to increase taxes for commercial properties, in an effort to protect residential owners from seeing a substantial increase in their own taxes. Commercial values in downtown Boston are declining as more businesses have adopted work from home, leaving offices