Nine statewide ballot questions will face all Massachusetts voters this November, and a new poll finds that nearly all of them are likely to pass at this stage.

A technical objection should not deny voters the right decide whether to lower the income tax rate By Robert Cordy A Popular Proposal to lower the Massachusetts state income tax rate is tied up in a legal challenge at the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. The complaint is political posturing, not legal substance. The proposal itself is straightforward: reduce the state income tax rate from 5 percent to 4 percent over the course of three years. The lawsuit challenging it was bro

By Paris Hugley A proposed 2026 ballot question to lower the Massachusetts income tax rate from 5% to 4% would cut household tax bills across the state but also blow a multibillion-dollar hole in state finances and force significant budget decisions on Beacon Hill, according to a recent Tufts University analysis. The report from the Center for State Policy Analysis estimates the measure would reduce the state income tax collections by 18.9% and total state tax revenue by abou