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.
Massachusetts House Passes Boston Property Tax Adjustment Bill, Now Faces Senate Scrutiny
The Massachusetts House passed a bill to adjust Boston's property tax, which now proceeds to the Senate amid debate over fiscal impacts.
House Vote Sends Boston Tax Bill to Senate
A Boston property tax bill passed the House of Representatives Thursday after warnings from the city that time was running out.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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 legislation over to the Senate.
The Senate’s intolerable, and secretive, delay on Mayor Wu’s tax plan
Whether to pass it or kill it, Senate President Spilka should allow a roll-call vote on this important bill soon.
After delay, Boston Mayor Michelle 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 ...
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 ...