Nothing like a tragedy to get Congress to open the spigot. Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Tuesday hailed Senate passage of an amendment to an appropriations bill providing an additional $1 billion for bridge repairs. The vote was 60-33 and in the wake of last month’s I-35 bridge collapse in Minnesota in which 13 people [...]
An increase in the meals tax may not be a matter of local option after all. Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini said Monday night that the Patrick administration’s new strategy may be to impose a statewide tax increase to fund local services. Speaking at a candidates’ forum sponsored by Team Haverhill, the local chapter of the [...]
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