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Mass. Delays Debate On Education, Other Bills
...statement given that Widmer's position is the head of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. He said it's important for lawmakers to plan for 2010...
Mass. Immigrant Tuition Bill To Get New Push
...out-of-state tuition fees to go to a public college in Massachusetts, and he couldn't afford that. If he had lived in Texas...
Turnpike Authority Could Soon Be Extinct
...signed by the governor on Wednesday. WIDMER: REFORM WILL BRING SAVINGS Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Michael Widmer says this reform will bring real cost savings...
What More Needs To Be Done To Pension Reform?
...system. It would close many loopholes that have outraged the public. Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Michael Widmer says while these changes are important, they are...
Senate's New Budget Crisis Called A 'Catastrophe'
...of the Mass. Taxpayers Foundation calls the situation...overstatement," he said. "Massachusetts has never experienced...
House Debates Sales Tax Hike
...sales tax in Massachusetts. House lawmakers will...you, the Mass. Taxpayers Foundation estimates that a...
Report: MBTA Could Save $1 Billion In Benefits
...set to be released Monday. The analysis by the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said the transit agency must rein in its "extraordinarily generous pension...
Mass. Getting $8.7 Billion From Federal Stimulus
Massachusetts will receive an...the National Science Foundation, since Massachusetts has...to save Massachusetts taxpayers an additional $5...
Are Huge State Pensions Draining City Budgets?
...budget. Another fare is on the horizon. Michael Widmer of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation says "the unions have always been very strong at the MBTA...
Need For Patrick's Pricey D.C. Office Questioned
...cut $1.3 million from his staff. The President of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said having a presence in Washington, D.C. is an important...