economic growth

State Senate President Karen Spilka is taking preliminary steps towards reforming the state’s tax code, assembling a group of policymakers, academics, and other specialists to look for ways to make the Massachusetts tax code more progressive and possibly raise revenue. One place...

http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/col-state-tax-incentive-economic-development-pew-study.html Each day, memories of the 1990s economic boom grow more remote, replaced by what feels like a permanent era of scarcity. In an effort to show that they are working to create jobs and promote economic activity, state leaders are increasingly...

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2012/02/03/is-it-manufacturings-moment/ Manufacturing has a bad image these days.  For those of us inside Route 128, it can feel like there’s nothing left.  But the reality for the rest of the state is very different. Manufacturing still employs approximately 260,000 people or 8...

Municipal Benchmarks for Massachusetts’ Middle Cities: A Look at Economic Growth Municipal Benchmarks for Massachusetts Middle Cities: A Look at Economic Growth BOSTON- A new policy paper from Pioneer Institute?s Middle Cities Initiative calls for citizens and city officials to shift their...