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WBUR
The increasingly public fight over MBTA funding
Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, is briefly quoted from his May 9 appearance on Radio Boston discussing the Massachusetts FY 2025 budget negotiations.
San Francisco Chronicle
Young people could decide the 2024 election, but how do you get them to vote?
Multiple studies conducted at CIRCLE on state-by-state youth voter turnout in elections since 2014 and the impact of different registration requirements are referenced in this opinion column.
Inside Higher Ed
A New Push to Get Community College Students to the Polls
Adam Gismondi, director of NSLVE, comments on NSLVE data indicating that community college students tend to vote at lower rates than their four-year college peers.
CommonWealth Beacon
Boston’s taxing war of words
This article references a recent cSPA report that projected a 20 to 30 percent decline in Boston office real estate values by 2029.
WBUR
With plans on the table, the state budget negotiation begins
Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, joins this Radio Boston segment to discuss how Massachusetts FY 2025 budget negotiations will progress now that the House, Senate and Governor Healey have submitted their versions.
The Boston Globe
A few Mass. Democrats put $5m into the budget for dog parks, a castle, and more. And they did it in secret.
Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, calls local earmarks in the Massachusetts House budget “a stark reminder of the State House’s unbalanced power dynamic.”
Commercial Observer
Flood of Property Assessment Appeals Could Wallop U.S. Cities
Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, is quoted about predicted declines in commercial properties tax revenues in Boston, noting it “is very foreign territory for Boston politicians.”
The Boston Globe