Gov. Maura Healey is proposing a bill that would let Massachusetts cities and towns raise local taxes on meals, hotel rooms and cars. Municipalities say the proposal would help them deal with cost increases that are outpacing their current revenue growth.
After Gov. Maura Healey on Monday unveiled $375 million in mid-year spending cuts to balance the state budget, progressive groups painted the maneuver as a byproduct of a relief package that they feel was unnecessarily packed with benefits for wealthy Bay Staters.
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