POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: BALLOT QUESTION wrangling — STATIE pay troubles — New arrivals on the GREEN LINE
BALLOT QUESTION wrangling — STATIE pay troubles — New arrivals on the GREEN LINE 03/27/2018 06:53 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. BALLOT QUESTION LIMBO - There's consistently strong public support for ballot questions poised to reshape the state's tax code this fall, though proponents of multiple questions say they're still open to some sort of legislative compromise that could see the issues resolved by Beacon Hill. Seventy-eight percent of respondents say they support a ballot question that would raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2022 in a new WBUR/MassINC poll - though it's not necessarily a done deal on the ballot. Proponents of the $15 minimum wage question, Raise Up Massachusetts, says they're still open to - and even optimistic - that the legislature will pass a bill this session, rather than through the u...
