Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) “said he wants to turn some of the state’s expected budget surplus into a two-month sales tax holiday. But he almost immediately faced resistance from lawmakers with other ideas for the money,” the Boston Globe reports.
“No matter what lawmakers decide on Baker’s two-month proposal, the state’s annual two-day tax holiday will go forward as planned, on Aug. 14 and 15.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.