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Five initiatives appear headed for ballot

Activists pushing five proposed initiatives appear to have submitted enough signatures to put the questions on next November’s election ballot, Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday.

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11-28-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Gov. Deval Patrick warms to sales-tax cut

The Patrick administration has done an about-face on a possible rollback of the state sales-tax increase.

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09-03-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Sales tax rollback ballot questions clear hurdle

A ballot question that would reduce the sales tax to 3 percent was approved today by the state attorney general, who ruled that it passed constitutional muster.

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09-02-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

AG OKs ballot drives to lower taxes, nix tolls

Prospective changes to state law whose effect would range from repealing the state sales tax on alcoholic beverages to expanding the use of charter schools have moved a big step closer to the ballot box.

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09-02-09 By Kim | Comment (1)

Perry supports term limits initiative

State Rep. Jeffrey Perry said yesterday that he supports a constitutional amendment that would set 12-year term limits for Massachusetts state legislators.

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09-01-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

To close tolls, drive the info superhighway

A new group, Citizens Against Road Tolls (CART), is proposing to run a new kind of ballot-initiative campaign - an Internet campaign.

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08-09-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Ballot initiatives include toll repeal, sales tax cut

MetroWest residents who hope to curb state spending are helping back some of the fiscally driven ballot initiatives proposed for the November 2010 state election.

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08-06-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Ballot could be littered with pocketbook votes

Voters beset by the worst recession in decades and smacked with a variety of new taxes are turning to the 2010 ballot for several different ways to reverse Beacon Hill wallet grabs.

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08-06-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Ballot questions

Today is the deadline for submitting questions to the attorney general’s office for the 2010 ballot.

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08-05-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

Ballot question submissions for 2010 ballot

Multiple questions have been submitted to the attorney general's office for Massachusetts' 2010 ballot.

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08-05-09 By Kim | Comment (0)

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