Massachusetts could create more than 10,000 new jobs, generate billions more in Gross Domestic Product and lower emissions to 80 percent of the quantity consumed in 1990 by imposing a carbon tax and dedicating the added revenues to investment or lowering other taxes, according to a new report. Scott Nystron, a senior economic associate from […]
David Ullmann
Posted inEconomy, Transportation
Pioneer: T needs to cut repair costs
A CONSERVATIVE-LEANING THINK TANK on Wednesday said the MBTA could save half a billion dollars over the next 10 years by curbing high wages at its maintenance facilities and reforming uncompetitive bidding practices. At a press conference on the State House steps, the Pioneer Institute’s Greg Sullivan said the T’s maintenance employees are overcompensated […]
Posted inEconomy
Firms highlight shortage of grads with tech skills
Representatives from the nation’s leading technology companies urged Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday to address a “talent crisis” among the state’s college graduates in the field of computing. Officials from Google, Microsoft, and Intel said they are facing a shortage of well-trained graduates with computer expertise and warned that the Massachusetts economy may suffer if the […]