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Report: Higher Gas Tax, Like Higher Transit Fares, Could Increase Inequality
Streetsblog Mass
October 17, 2019
While many sustainable transportation advocates champion higher gasoline taxes as a way to pay for transportation improvements, a new report from the Massachusetts Budget and ...
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Quincy lawmaker faces backlash over ethnic identification bill
The Patriot Ledger
October 16, 2019
At a packed hearing on the bill Tuesday, critics of the legislation blasted it as a form of racial profiling and accused its backers of ...
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House Dems dump Baker’s ‘working families’ tax relief
Fall River Herald News
October 15, 2019
Kurt Wise, senior policy analyst at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, questioned the use of one-time surplus tax revenues to drive permanent tax policy ...
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Beacon Hill Roll Call, October 11, 2019
The Enterprise
October 11, 2019
"In Massachusetts, living in high-poverty neighborhoods affects six percent of all children, and these neighborhoods are mostly in the Gateway Cities and the City of ...
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What Are The Effects Of Childhood Poverty?
WGBH
October 5, 2019
Rath: In terms of addressing this, you said money does matter, and in its report, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center calls for changes to ...
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Senate approves big boost in school aid
Commonwealth Magazine
October 3, 2019
Baker filed a funding bill in January that would have increased state aid to districts by $460 million, according to an estimate by the Massachusetts ...
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90,000 Mass. kids living in ‘concentrated poverty,’ researchers say
WCVB
October 1, 2019
About 90,000 children in Massachusetts are growing up in neighborhoods where 30 percent of more of the population is living in poverty, according to local ...
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Tens of thousands of Mass. children still live in areas of concentrated poverty, report says
Boston Globe
October 1, 2019
"Growing up in high-poverty neighborhoods has long-term impacts on our kids," said Marie-Frances Rivera, president of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a nonpartisan research ...
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On education bill, funding and taxes loom large
Commonwealth Magazine
September 26, 2019
Colin Jones of the liberal-leaning Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center applauded the bill, calling it "a very significant move forward," but added that the idea ...
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Enforcement Climate Causing Immigrants to Forego Care
State House News Service
September 18, 2019
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center estimated this month that there are about 185,000 undocumented immigrants currently residing in the state.
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Our Opinion: Modest tax reforms would have benefits
The Berkshire Eagle
September 12, 2019
According to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget), an independent group that researches and analyzes the state's finances, Massachusetts' business tax levels rank in ...
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Rep. Antonio Cabral: Address charter funding in school budget bill
SouthCoast Today
September 12, 2019
Cabral hosted a caucus briefing where Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center analyst Colin Jones laid out the facts of competing school funding proposals and the ...
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Licensing bill triggers debate over immigration, driving
Andover Townsman
September 12, 2019
Supporters of the legislation argued at the hearing that it would make the roads safer for everyone and ease the stress on the state's roughly ...
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Representative Barber testifies with hundreds of supporters for her Driver's License Bill
The Somerville Times
September 5, 2019
"Allowing immigrants the right to drive is good for the economy and for your pocket," said Ben Echevarria, Executive Director of The Welcome Project. "The ...
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Bill To Make Driver's Licenses Available To Undocumented Immigrants Debated At Massachusetts State House
CBS Boston
September 5, 2019
Supporters of the legislation argued Wednesday that it would make the roads safer for everyone and ease the stress on the state's undocumented immigrants — ...
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