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Archived: $15 Minimum Wage, Paid Family Leave Approved for Ballot

Attorney General Maura Healey today certified proposals for mandated paid family leave and a $15 per-hour minimum wage…

Archived: Employer Confidence Dips; Overall View Remains Optimistic

Massachusetts employer confidence edged lower for the second consecutive month during August, but remained comfortably in optimistic territory.

Archived: Two Bills Advance Efforts to Address Skills Shortage

AIM’s Blueprint for the Next Century long-term economic plan for Massachusetts identifies the shortage of qualified workers as…

Archived: New Greenhouse Regulations Will Drive Up Costs for Employers

The Baker Administration will today introduce new regulations that set specific limits on sources of greenhouse gases, the…

Archived: Governor to Sign Employer Assessment

Governor Charlie Baker said last night that he intends to sign legislation imposing a $200 million MassHealth assessment…

Archived: Business Confidence Weakens Slightly in July

Massachusetts employer confidence meandered through the first full month of the summer, edging down during July but remaining…

Archived: Paul Ryan Visits New Balance; Says Tax Reform Coming This Year

For a man who carries the weight of the nation’s economy, budget and health-care systems on his back,…

Archived: Legislature Levies Medicaid Assessment Minus Reforms

The Massachusetts Legislature today levied a $200 million tax on employers to cover a shortfall in the MassHealth…

Archived: AIM Calls for Long-Term Cost Changes to MassHealth

Archived: Governor Sends Back Employer Assessment; Seeks MassHealth Reforms

Governor Charles D. Baker returned to the Legislature today the employer health-care assessment portion of the Fiscal Year…

Archived: Boston Lawmaker Named Chair of Ways & Means Committee

House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Sunday named a Boston legislator with extensive experience in health-care policy to chair…

Archived: AIM to Governor: Send Employer Health Assessment Back to Legislature

Editor’s note – AIM delivered the following letter from CEO Richard C. Lord to Governor Charles D. Baker…

Archived: Beacon Hill Passes Health Assessment Without Reforms

The Massachusetts Legislature today passed a Fiscal Year 2018 budget that requires employers to cover a financial shortfall…

Archived: Employer Confidence Strengthens Again

Massachusetts employer confidence rose for the ninth time in 10 months during June amid optimism about an economy…

Archived: Infographic: Paid Leave Law Raises Benefit Costs by 87 Percent in California

The Massachusetts Legislature is considering a paid leave bill that would establish the right of employees to receive…

Archived: Governor, Business Community Reach Compromise on Health Assessment

The Massachusetts business community has agreed to support a broad compromise plan to stabilize the Massachusetts Medicaid and…

Archived: A Better Idea to Reduce Carbon Emissions…

Massachusetts could reduce carbon emissions far more significantly by streamlining existing greenhouse-gas reduction initiatives than by implementing a…

Archived: Income Tax Surcharge Would Harm Business

We call ourselves a commonwealth.

Archived: Paid Leave Proposals Not Reasonable or Manageable

Editor’s Note: The following testimony opposing paid leave was delivered to the State House by AIM today. The…

Archived: The Constitutional Amendment Tax Trap – Myths and Facts, Part 4

Editor’s note – Beacon HIll lawmakers will vote on Wednesday whether to place on the 2018 statewide ballot…

Archived: The Constitutional Amendment Tax Trap – Myths and Facts, Part 3

Editor’s note – Beacon HIll lawmakers will vote on Wednesday whether to place on the 2018 statewide ballot…