Maura Healey wants to let Massachusetts cities, towns hike taxes on meals, hotel stays
Gov. Maura Healey filed legislation Friday that would allow cities and towns to hike taxes on hotel stays and meals, an ...
Lucas: Healey’s candy tax a sour deal for Massachusetts
The candy tax Healey is proposing is part of her $62 billion budget that she filed with the Legislature last week.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s 7.4% spending hike in FY26 ‘certainly gives us pause,’ Senate budget chief says
A top Senate Democrat expressed skepticism toward Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to boost state spending by 7.4% in fiscal year ...
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Healey trying again for local option tax hikes
The governor's second so-called Municipal Empowerment Act would allow cities and towns to increase local taxes on meals, ...
Healey refiles bill that would allow municipalities to raise taxes on meals and lodging
The Gov. Maura Healey administration refiled legislation that would allow Massachusetts municipalities to raises taxes on ...
Warren keeps up the pressure on Kennedy
CABINET BATTLE — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is doubling down on her efforts to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. out of President Donald ...
What to know about Healey’s proposed candy tax
When Gov. Maura Healey announced her $62 billion budget proposal earlier this month, she floated the idea of removing the ...
These local leaders are lining up behind Gov. Healey’s tax plan. Here’s why | Bay State Briefing
Municipal leaders have used existing local option taxes to raise money for affordable housing and to dodge property tax ...
In ‘tense’ call, Mass. Gov. Healey, other Dem governors push Senate leader Schumer to resist Trump
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and five Democratic governors pressed Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer during a ...
In re-filed bill, Healey takes second swing to allow cities and towns to raise taxes on hotels, meals, cars
Among those provisions are three tax proposals that could collectively generate more than $150 million in new annual tax ...
Peter Durant, a Republican state senator and Healey critic, says he’s weighing gubernatorial run
A veteran lawmaker, state Senator Peter Durant twice flipped what had been Democratic districts to win a seat in the House ...