By Katherine Clark
Last week the Massachusetts Senate passed the Valor Act, new legislation that will expand benefits and increase access to a range of services for veterans, active-duty military members and
their families. The bill was sponsored by Senator Mike Rush (D, West Roxbury), a lieutenant in the United States Navy, who returned in December from a 10-month deployment to Iraq as an intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve.… [more]
Valor Act, Supporting our Veterans
Senator Clark speaks at AICUM Annual Meeting
Senator Clark was joined by Melrose resident and MEFA Executive Director Tom Graf and Boston College President Father William P. Leahy after addressing over 150 representatives from private colleges and universities
throughout the state.
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April: News from the Senate
April 30, 2012
Dear Friends & Neighbors,
April is a great month in Massachusetts: signs of Spring are blooming all around us, Little Leaguers are taking the field across our District, and the Red Sox are back in action at Fenway.
This month’s newsletter highlights the work of the Tax Expenditure Commission, which recently completed its review.… [more]
Investing Through Tax Exemptions – Time for Evaluation
By Senator Katherine Clark
As families and businesses across the state filed their tax returns in April, the Commonwealth was completing an important tax review of its own. Last year, as part of the state’s budget process, the legislature established a Tax Expenditure Commission. The Commission was charged with studying the state’s tax expenditures – the various exemptions, deductions, and credits in the Massachusetts tax code – and recommending ways to measure their effectiveness.
Tax expenditures are designed to encourage certain public policy outcomes, such as creating jobs, hiring veterans, or cleaning environmentally hazardous sites.… [more]
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