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How Do You Start a Micro Lending Company in Massachusetts?
In order to issue small loans and start working in this area, you need initial capital. Where can you get it? You can take a loan from a bank, but then the profit will be less due to the payment of interest on the loan. You can find an investor, but in order to convince…
The University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) Enhances Medicine in States
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Foundation year: 1964 Tuition fees: from $ 36,500 per year About university In 2018, the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) entered the U.S. News & World Report for the third time in a row. The Princeton Review named UMass Boston as one of the best universities in the Northeast and…
How U.S. Health Insurance Works
Medicine in the USA is very expensive, therefore. We have prepared a small overview of health insurance. Is medical insurance mandatory in the USA? What types of insurance do exist? How much does it cost and where to get it? You will find the answers below! Are Americans obligated to purchase insurance? Yes, according to…
GALVIN SENDS SEVEN PETITIONS TO CLERK FOR CONSIDERATION IN 2014
When the Legislature returns to formal sessions in January, lawmakers will have four months to consider seven initiative petitions certified by Secretary of State William Galvin and referred to the House clerk on Monday. Galvin forwarded to the clerk the seven petitions whose backers gathered in excess of the 68,911 signatures required to initially qualify…
COAKLEY OUTLINES EDUCATION PLEDGES, VIEWS NEW TAXES AS LAST RESORT
Pushing education to the front of her gubernatorialcampaign’s agenda, Attorney General Martha Coakley on Thursday pledged to expand access to pre-kindergarten programs and eliminate the waitlist for early childhood education. The policy goals are among a series of education initiatives she plans to roll out in the coming months. Coakley also prioritized giving school districts…
Economic triggers have been met to force a reduction in the state income tax in 2014 from 5.25 percent to 5.2 percent.
“We’ll be reduced to 5.2 percent as of Jan. 1 2014,” Administration and Finance Secretary Glen Shor told the News Service. Asked about the tax cut’s impact on the state budget, Shor said, “There’s lot of moving parts to the budget in any given year.” The Department of Revenue estimates the tax cut will reduce…
BAKER OUTPACES GUV CANDIDATES IN OCTOBER FUNDRAISING
Charlie Baker, the only candidate in the gubernatorial race who has run for the office before, trounced the field in fundraising last month, hauling in $261,370 in October. Democratic frontrunner Attorney General Martha Coakley has not yet cracked $100,000 in monthly donations during her bid for the Corner Office, and Treasurer Steven Grossman, who has…
Businesses Sound the Alarm Over Recently Passed “Tech Tax”; Governor Plans Summit to Address Concern
After the passage of the Commonwealth’s plan to address the transportation financing gap, many in the business community have raised alarm over the serious harm one of the key tax components presents to Massachusetts companies. In particular, a movement has begun to solidify behind efforts to repeal the so-called “tech tax” – the new sales…
Attorney General Narrows Potential Ballot Initiatives
With the deadline for submitting ballot initiatives for the 2014 election cycle, various interest groups submitted 33 ballot petitions to the Massachusetts Attorney General for her initial approval. The ballot petitions, which at their earliest stages simply require ten signatures, progress only if the Attorney General rules that they are properly drafted and constitutional. Of…
Senate Minority Party Loses Quarter of its Membership as Veteran Legislator Knapik Announces Departure
State Senator Michael Knapik (R-Westfield) recently resigned the Second Hampshire and Hampden Senate seat to join Westfield State University as the new executive director of advancement. Senator Knapik was serving his 10th term in the Senate, and previously served two terms in the House. He had been the ranking Republican on the Senate Ways and…
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