
Matt Stout
State House Reporter at The Boston Globe
State House reporter for the @BostonGlobe, covering politics and government. Formerly @bostonherald. Reach me at [email protected]
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2 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Matt Stout
Maybe people should start calling it the “$1.1 millionaires” tax. Two-plus years after residents voted to more heavily tax earnings over $1 million, inflation is steadily raising the bar on who actually needs to pay the extra levy each year. As written, the constitutional amendment applies a 4 percent surtax on annual income “in excess” of $1 million.
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3 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Matt Stout
Dean Tran, a former state senator already serving an 18-month sentence on a federal fraud conviction, pleaded guilty Monday in state court on charges he stole a gun from an elderly constituent who had contacted him for help after her husband died.
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4 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Samantha Gross |Dan Glaun |Matt Stout
Federal officials on Monday said that immigration authorities had arrested 1,461 people in Massachusetts in May, just over half of whom had a “significant criminal history.”“Make no mistake, ICE is going to keep doing this,” acting ICE director Todd Lyons said at a Monday press conference.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Emma Platoff |Matt Stout
A super PAC aligned with mayoral candidate Josh Kraft announced Thursday it will spend an additional $1 million on attack ads against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, bringing its total negative spending to $2.4 million — an eye-popping sum so early in the race that could put the city on track for its most expensive mayoral race yet.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Matt Stout
Governor Maura Healey said her administration is trimming or eliminating dozens of regulations for companies and workers in Massachusetts, changes that will affect details as granular as label colors in grocery stores but, officials contend, help streamline the rules many businesses face. Healey unveiled the changes Wednesday in a prop-laden news conference at the State House where aides lined stacks of paper topped with sheets labeled “red tape” next to shredder.
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Here's the clip of the hearing (19:00 mark) where Senator Jacob Oliveira is barred from giving remote testimony under a House rule. Senator @Payano calls move a "hit on democracy." Rep. @tackeychan says intent is to "have folks actually show up for work." https://t.co/JUrpj2YUI5

Some growing friction between Mass. Democratic legislative leaders: Senate President Karen Spilka’s office said the House denied a senator from testifying remotely on his own bill. (The House wants to require that lawmakers be physically present to participate in hearings.) https://t.co/xMnu7ZUMYn

Some growing friction between Mass. Democratic legislative leaders: Senate President Karen Spilka’s office said the House denied a senator from testifying remotely on his own bill. (The House wants to require that lawmakers be physically present to participate in hearings.) https://t.co/xMnu7ZUMYn

RT @kellygarrity3: Senate seems ~not so happy~ with the speed w/ which the House moved on a supp budget they’re addressing today that inclu…