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.… [more]
Op-Ed: Investing Through Tax Exemptions – Time for Evaluation
Equal Pay Day
by Katherine Clark
Despite many decades of progress, women still earn less than men in the United States. According to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2010 women’s earnings were 81 percent of men’s. Massachusetts mirrors the national trend.
These data also show that women continue to make impressive gains in educational attainment.… [more]
Transportation Bond Bill Passes Senate
BOSTON – The Senate on Thursday passed legislation that will provide funding to continue current transportation-related projects through Fiscal Year 2013, Senator Katherine Clark announced.
“This critical investment in state road, bridge and rail transportation projects is important for our continued economic recovery, and the Chapter 90 funds will provide for much needed repairs to local roads throughout our district and the state,” said Senator Katherine Clark (D-Melrose), Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Revenue.… [more]
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