House advances Wu’s property tax proposal; Senate to debate it after Thanksgiving
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has been attempting to enact a contentious plan to temporarily increase commercial property tax rates.
After delay, Boston Mayor Wu’s tax shift plan clears the House, advances to Senate
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu caught a break Monday when the absence of a Republican lawmaker who blocked her plan to hike commercial tax rates on two occasions last week allowed the bill to pass the
GOP lawmaker again blocks Wu’s property tax proposal from advancing in State House
This is the second time state Representative David DeCoste of Norwell, who does not represent any part of Boston, has prevented Mayor Michelle Wu's measure from moving forward in the state House.
Republican lawmaker delays vote on Boston property tax shift plan
A House vote on Boston's plan to temporarily shift the property tax burden from residential to commercial owners was blocked yesterday by a Republican representative from Norwell. With only around five members in the chamber,
Mass. House approves Boston tax shift bill
The bill, the product of a compromise between Mayor Michelle Wu and business groups, now heads to the state Senate.
‘It’s disappointing’: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s property tax proposal for city blocked by Republican lawmaker
Wu has said the measure is urgently needed, but a lawmaker who does not represent any part of Boston was able to stop the bill from advancing, at least temporarily.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s tax shift plan blocked for second time in Mass. House
A Republican from Norwell shut down a House session Friday for the second day in a row over concerns he has with a tax shift plan from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu that has faced renewed pushback in the Legislature this week.
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House approves Boston tax bill, sends on to Senate
Norwell Rep. David DeCoste slowed the bill’s advancement last week but was not in the House chamber when Democrats put the bill up for a vote at the immediate outset of their 11 a.m. session and moved ...
The opposition is coming from inside the State House
SPOTTED — at Abundant Housing Massachusetts’ annual celebration: state Reps. Sam Montaño and Jim Arciero, Somerville Mayor ...
Tax-bill delay is just the latest example of our broken Massachusetts Legislature
Representative David DeCoste, a South Shore Republican who does not represent one square inch of Boston, blocked a home-rule petition that would allow the city to increase tax rates on commercial real ...
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House vote sends Boston tax bill to Senate
The House on Monday approved the City of Boston’s request to temporarily reconfigure the way it splits property taxes between ...