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Question 1: Millionaire’s tax decoded

Bailey Scott November 9, 2022
Q1, also known as the millionaire's tax, would add a 4% state income tax to all income over $1 million
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City Council endorses statewide child care assistance bill

Madison Mercado April 6, 2021
The Common Start bill would provide public funding for affordable early education and child care.
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City and state lawmakers jumpstart child care agenda

Samuele Petruccelli February 22, 2021
The Mayor’s Office will conduct its second Boston Childcare Survey alongside this year’s Annual Resident Listing. Meanwhile, a separate bill pushing to establish universal child care in Massachusetts is circulating the statehouse.
The dome of the Massachusetts State House. The legislature will begin to take action on possible ballot questions Wednesday. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/DFP FILE PHOTO

Advocates petition for increased minimum wage, safe patient limits for nurses

Hannah Schoenbaum May 1, 2018
Proponents of several proposed ballot initiatives will begin the final stage of their petitioning efforts Wednesday to secure spots on the November 2018 ballot. The proposed ballot questions include a gradual minimum wage increase, paid family leave for working individuals and balanced nurse-to-patient ratios in Massachusetts hospitals.
Youth organizers from “I Have a Chance” start the event off with a chant. The community meeting was held by Raise Up Massachusetts at St. Pauls Church in Boston. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Greater Boston community gathers in support of $15 minimum wage, paid leave

Michal Shvimer March 21, 2018
Nearly 300 people gathered to spread a message to their legislators demanding job-protected paid leave and a $15 minimum wage at Boston’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral Tuesday night.

Minimum wage increase, mandatory paid family leave bills heard in Massachusetts Congress

Camille Mojica January 31, 2018

The Massachusetts State House heard two bills on Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $15 and mandate paid family and medical leave in the state. Raise Up Massachusetts, an alliance of community,...

Raise Up Massachusetts hosts a march for the Fight for $15 on the Boston Common on March 4. Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill Thursday to increase the minimum wage to $15 over the next five years. PHOTO BY FRANCHESCA VIAUD/ DFP FILE PHOTO

$15 minimum wage, paid leave petitions qualify for 2018 ballot

Vivian Situ December 7, 2017

Raise Up Massachusetts — a coalition composed of labor, community and religious organizations — submitted two initiative petitions on Tuesday to the state legislature, calling for paid family and...

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Corporate executives challenge Millionaire’s Tax

Ellisa Riddell October 6, 2017

Corporate lobbyists filed a legal motion with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Wednesday in an attempt to get the Fair Share Amendment taken off of the 2018 ballot. The amendment, also...

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey certifies Raise Up Massachusetts petitions that call for a $15 minimum wage and paid leave. PHOTO BY FRANCHESCA VIAUD/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Raise Up Massachusetts launches signature campaign for workers’ benefits petitions

Breanne Kovatch September 13, 2017

  Two potential ballot questions to increase minimum wage in Massachusetts and ensure paid medical and family leave have been approved by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to start...

Locals gather Tuesday afternoon at Boston Common to march in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. and advocate for a $15 minimum wage. PHOTO BY FRANCHESCA VIAUD/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Residents march to commemorate MLK, call for increased minimum wage

Breanne Kovatch April 4, 2017

Approximately 100 people stood in the rain to voice their support for an increased minimum wage at Boston Common Tuesday afternoon. The protest was one of around two dozen called “Fight Racism,...

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Massachusetts job opportunities, unemployment rate increases

Breanne Kovatch March 14, 2017

The Massachusetts unemployment rate has increased from 3.1 percent to 3.2 percent in January, according to a press release from the state’s Office of Labor and Workforce Development. This increase...

Mass. minimum wage increases to $11 per hour

Mass. minimum wage increases to $11 per hour

Ezgi Toper January 7, 2017

The statewide minimum wage increased from $10 an hour to $11 on Jan. 1, according to a press release issued by Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition that fights for higher minimum wage in Massachusetts. This...

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