A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, and for other purposes.
A summary of the bill can be viewed here.
Please click here to view the full text of the bill.
Mayor Menino today unveiled the City’s Leading the Way III housing strategy, the third comprehensive campaign since 2000, designed to meet Boston’s evolving housing needs.
The full City of Boston press release can be viewed here.
Please click here to view the final report.
Please click here to read, in detail, requests made by the Building Blocks Committee to the Conference Committee.
The Massachusetts economy contracted at a 4.2 percent annualized rate in February according to the latest MassBenchmarks Current Economic Index. Recent data revisions indicate that the state economy declined at a 4.7 percent annualized rate in the fourth quarter of 2008, substantially worse than the 3.5 percent decline previously reported but comparatively better than the 6.3 percent annual rate of contraction the US experienced during the same period.
Please click here to read the full bulletin from MassBenchmarks.