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Six tax-exempt Boston cultural institutions relieved of PILOT payment duties: ‘Troubling precedent’
Six tax-exempt cultural institutions taking part in the city’s free Sundays museum initiative for Boston schoolchildren and ...
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Outside Super PAC money ramping up in Boston mayoral race
Super PACs, the shadowy big-money spending groups best known for their influence in national politics, are playing an ...
Residents push back against proposed horse race track in Leominster
Developers are proposing to turn a closed landfill in Leominster into Massachusetts' only active thoroughbred horse racing ...
Religious flag flown at CT city hall draws Church of Satanology attention. They want their flag flown
After the City Council approved a Christian flag to be flown over city hall, an activist with Connecticut ties requested to ...
Massachusetts’ mayoral matchups
It’s rematch season in Taunton, too. Councilor Estele Borges is challenging Mayor Shaunna O’Connell, who bested her in the ...
Boston’s tax-exempt sector comes up $30M short of City Hall’s requested PILOT bill [+data]
New data released by the city reveals tax-exempt colleges and hospitals leaned heavily into community benefits credits but left $30 million in cash on the table for Boston’s PILOT program last year, ...