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Massachusetts' millionaire tax

Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, discusses the impact of Massachusetts' “millionaire’s tax,” noting “the net effect is still that the state has more revenue because of this tax than it would have otherwise.”

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Dorchester Reporter

Meeting Housing Needs: Use Preservation Act funds, not new fees, to create housing

This opinion piece references a new collaborative report from cSPA that outlines the shortcomings of a proposed real estate transfer tax to help address housing shortages in Massachusetts.

Nisha Iyer, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and a male student in PhD prgram in Biomedical Engineering, pose for a portrait

Tufts University Drove $3.1 Billion in U.S. Economic Benefits, $2.1 Billion in Mass. in FY2023

Within the Commonwealth, healthcare and other academic, research, and athletics activity made significant contributions to the university’s economic impact

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The Boston Globe

Let’s just shut up about the ‘millionaires tax’ for a while

Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, says that it will be a couple of years before an analysis can assess the net impact of the millionaires tax in Massachusetts.

Education and Civic Engagement Are ‘Life Preservers’

Foreign policy expert Fiona Hill emphasizes the value of being actively engaged in the world, regardless of the challenges

Three graduates at Tufts commencement ceremony

2024 Commencement Weekend in Pictures

Photos from the all-University Commencement Ceremony, Baccalaureate Service, and Illumination Ceremony

MassLive

Healey admin. awards $37M to boost regional transit efforts from Brockton to the Berkshires

Findings from a new collaborative report from cSPA that examined the state of regional transit agencies in Massachusetts are cited in this article

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A Tufts Hip-Hop Album Just Dropped

30 students, led by professional rapper Dee-1, show how to create music with a real message

NPR

Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws

This article references data from CIRCLE on Idaho’s youth voter registration, which grew faster than any other state between 2018 and 2022.