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...Ballot Question 9--the controversial proposal to abolish rent control in Massachusetts--drew an estimated 70 percent of Cantabrigians to the polls yesterday, according to officials of the city's Election Commission...
...California ballot initiative to deny services to suspected illegal immigrants threatens minorities across the country, undergraduates tabling in front of Widener Library said yesterday...
Approval of ballot Questions 6 and 7 will transform Massachusetts from a state with an arcane and regressive system of taxation into a state that taxes fairly and progressively...
...ballot question would lower the personal income tax rate for couples with adjusted gross income less than $102, 000 per year from 5.95 per cent to 5.5 percent. This bracket would encompass 92 percent of Massachusetts residents. Those falling into other brackets would have additional income up to $150,000 taxed at 8.8 percent, and income over $150,000 taxed at 9.8 percent. Total state revenue would be unchanged...
With Question 9 finally on the ballot--after much legal wrangling by rent control supporters--Cambridge and Massachusetts have a chance to start over, and restore the free-market system It's a chance that shouldn't be missed...