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Voters approved the Community Preservation Act at the polls last November.

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In a 7-3 vote, the City Council set the 2015 tax factor to 173 Tuesday evening. The increase will result in higher taxes for both home and business owners.

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Yet another apparent scam is working its way through another Southcoast community.

Dartmouth Police say they've fielded numerous complaints regarding phone scams where the caller poses as an Internal Revenue Service representative

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State authorities are warning Massachusetts residents about a nationwide phone scam that aggressively targets taxpayers.

The state attorney's general's office says it has received several complaints about the scam

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A state senator wants to impose Massachusetts' 6.25 percent sales tax on medical marijuana purchases and assess soon-to-be opened dispensaries a 4 percent surcharge on their revenues.

Sen. Brian Joyce, a Democrat from Milton, proposes money generated from the marijuana taxes be designated to a new state fund for substance abuse treatment programs

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Republican lawmakers and business groups are ramping up pressure on the Legislature to repeal a new sales tax on computer and software services.

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More Democratic legislators are fessing up and admitting that the recent passing of the 6.25% sales tax, to a wide variety of computer and software services, was a bad idea and want it repealed.

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First she was for it, and now State Senator Karen Spilka has changed her mind about the new computer software services tax, and wants it repealed!

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Tax collections don't want to see a huge drop in revenues because of smoking cessation, so the government doesn't really want you to quit smoking.

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Congressman and Democratic senatorial candidate Stephen Lynch says the income cap on Social Security contributions should be raised at a faster pace to help keep the retirement system solvent.

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