By Mike Deehan and Sara Brown
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Olympics support drops, but statewide plans get a boost
A statewide Massachusetts Olympic Games seems to be the way to go if the organizers behind Boston 2024 want to win over the public. The latest WBUR poll from MassInc shows support at 39 percent against and 49 percent for the games, but when asked about events taking place all across the state, those numbers basically reverse. - http://bit.ly/1B20yLN
Hughes hits Pacheco law on senator's home turf
GOP Chairman Kirsten Hughes takes to the pages of the Taunton Gazette to single out one of the remaining contested pieces of Gov. Baker's plan to reform the MBTA: the privatization regulation law named after the Silver City's own hometown senator. Hughes argues that supporters of the Pacheco Law claim the law doesn't stifle privatization and quotes Auditor Suzanne Bump saying that 12 of the 15 privatization plans reviewed by her office since 1993 have gone through. "Let's think about that number for a moment: the Pacheco Law is so onerous that over 22 years, only 15 proposals to save taxpayer money even made it to the Auditor's office. How many more have been stifled by the stranglehold of regulations imposed by this backwards law? Clearly, taxpayers are getting a raw deal with the status quo," writes the Quincy Republican chair. - http://bit.ly/1BYxsry
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Tweets from MGH
Partisan fight over tax fairness
Republicans are criticizing Democrats for using a plan "to expand tax credits for low- to moderate-income taxpayers as a guise for a progressive tax system that voters have rejected in the past," according to the Gloucester Times. The Senate's tax plan, now part of the kerfuffle under review by the Supreme Judicial Court to see if it can be used as part of a budget, would face strong opposition in the House and from Gov. Baker. "There seems to be a hidden agenda here," Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, said to the Gloucester Times of his Democratic colleagues' plan to freeze the income tax. "There's a lot of language in this proposal suggesting they're trying to circumvent the Constitution." - http://bit.ly/1FRrDwO
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Senate looks to cut film tax credit
The senate could have their eyes on scaling back the film tax credit according to Senate President Stan Rosenberg, signaling that changes to the benefit for the film industry are in play as the House and Senate determine their final budget plan. "Tax credits are great to try to induce and grow industries in the commonwealth, but from time to time, you may need to revise them, and you have to ask the question: When do we phase it out because we don't need it anymore?" Rosenberg told reporters yesterday. Gov. Charlie Baker proposed a plan of phasing out the film tax credit but that was met with resistance. Rosenberg said if the tax stays, there should be new revisions with it. - http://bit.ly/1GrKumD
You're Invited: What do younger voters want?
Join Congressman Seth Moulton and a panel of elected officials this Friday, June 12 at 6 p.m. at Suffolk University, 73 Tremont, 9th floor, for a look at what younger voters and citizens want out of their government. Moulton will give a keynote address on his experiences and work regarding the needs of his constituents and younger Americans nationwide. After Moulton takes audience questions, a panel discussion with Sen. Ben Downing (D-Pittsfield, @BenjaminDowning), Boston City Councillor At-Large Michelle Wu (Boston, @Wutrain), Rep. Evandro Carvalho (D-Dorchester, @EvandroforRep) and Rep. Kate Campanale (R-Worcester, fb.com/ElectKateCampanale) will tackle some of the issues on the minds of younger voters in the commonwealth. - http://bit.ly/1eQ5rxi
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Meet the Yuccies
Mashable's David Infante has feels about being labeled a hipster and wants you to know that he has thoughts to accompany those feels: "Millennial? Hipster? Yuppie? All of these, or none? We don't have a term that quite encapsulates this corner of the despicable millenn-intelligensia. And like any other privileged member of a so-called "creative class," being called a hipster offends me for its inaccuracy. I demand to be snarked in precise terms." So what's your point, Mr. Fancystache? "Let's consider something new: Yuccies. Young Urban Creatives. In a nutshell, a slice of Generation Y, borne of suburban comfort, indoctrinated with the transcendent power of education, and infected by the conviction that not only do we deserve to pursue our dreams; we should profit from them." - http://on.mash.to/1cLqUpl
ALSO: "Millenn-intelligensia" holysh**lolz. ALSO ALSO: No one says "Generation Y" anymore. ALSO ALSO ALSO: This story has a link to "a swimming cap for beards."
Mass. stays on top in institute competitiveness ranking
The Beacon HIll institute ranks Massachusetts as the top most competitive state in the Union for like the 100th time. (Ok, the eighth time in nine years.) The conservative-leaning Suffolk University thinktank's State Competitiveness Index lists the commonwealth's strengths in "human resources, technology, security and openness." Second place: North Dakota! The North Dakotans are gunning for our competitiveness! And yes, Mississippi's dead last. - http://bit.ly/1F7XpEU |
AG applauds plans to forgive student loans
Attorney General Maura Healey said she approves of the U.S. Department of Education's decision to forgive the federal loans of students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges. According to Healey, there are about 4,000 students that owe $8 million in student loans. "I applaud Secretary (Arne) Duncan, Under Secretary (Ted) Mitchell, and the department for standing with student borrowers against for-profit schools that have broken the law," she said in a statement according to the Boston Herald. "Our office will be working to ensure that Massachusetts students victimized by schools like Corinthian get every protection they deserve. We are encouraged that the department intends to rely on evidence from authorities like state AGs to grant group debt relief." - http://bit.ly/1FRrDwO
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