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EB-5 Program Reauthorization: Proposed Legislative Reforms
July 6, 2015 | Alert | By Douglas Hauer, Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin
Created by the Immigration Act of 1990, the Immigrant Investor Program, more commonly referred to as the EB-5 program, offers foreign investors an opportunity to secure permanent residency in the United States by making a minimum capital investment of $1 million per investor into a New Commercial Enterprise (NCE) that will create at least 10 jobs for US workers.
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Baker Calls for Industry Input on Regulatory Review and Economic Development Strategy
June 15, 2015 | Advisory | By Julie Cox, George Atanasov, Ana Lopez
Responding to criticisms that state regulations are burdensome and make Massachusetts a more costly and less competitive place to live and do business, Governor Charlie Baker signed Executive Order 562 to simplify the Commonwealth’s regulatory regime.
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Health Care Update & Telehealth Policy Alert
June 2, 2015 | Alert | By Alexander Hecht, Andrew Shin
In the previous Congress, we saw a burst of policy and industry attention to telehealth as lawmakers and stakeholders alike recognized the cost, quality, and accessibility benefits of telehealth.
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FY2016 Massachusetts Budget Update: The Senate Budget
June 2, 2015 | Alert | By Julie Cox, George Atanasov, Maxwell Fathy
On May 22, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously approved a $38.1 billion budget for FY2016. The Senate budget hews closely to the spending plans proposed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in April and Governor Charlie Baker in March.
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Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law Takes Effect July 1
May 7, 2015 | Alert | By George Atanasov, Julie Cox, Ana Lopez, Amarynth Sichel
Massachusetts’ Earned Sick Leave Law, which voters passed by ballot initiative last November, is set to become effective in less than two months on July 1, 2015. On April 27, Attorney General Maura Healy’s office released proposed regulations to clarify how the ballot law will be implemented.
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FY2016 Massachusetts Budget Update: The House Budget
May 1, 2015 | Alert | By George Atanasov, Julie Cox, Maxwell Fathy, Amarynth Sichel
On April 29 the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a $38.1 billion spending plan for FY2016 by a unanimous vote of 158-0. Over roughly 28 hours of sessions, the House dispensed with over 1,000 amendments to pass a final budget that spends $10 million less than Governor Baker’s spending plan, but closely resembles it in many regards.
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Modest Energy Efficiency Bill Heads to Obama’s Desk
April 27, 2015 | Alert | By Jordan Collins
The first energy bill of the 114th Congress is heading toward the President’s desk for signature.
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Tax Amnesty Program and New Leadership at the DOR
April 1, 2015 | Alert | By Julie Cox, Ana Lopez, Amarynth Sichel
On March 16, Massachusetts officials announced a tax amnesty program, effective immediately, to recoup delinquent corporate taxes. The program is part of a larger effort by the Baker administration and the Department of Revenue (DOR) to raise funds to close the Commonwealth’s midyear budget deficit.
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Baker Proposes State Budget Focused on Savings
March 6, 2015 | Alert | By George Atanasov, Amarynth Sichel, Julie Cox
Wednesday, the Baker-Polito administration revealed the details of their $38.1 billion FY2016 budget. Seeking to overcome a structural deficit, which at $1.8 billion, represents nearly five percent of the total budget, the Governor doubled down on cost-saving measures rather than raising taxes, increasing fees or drawing from the state’s rainy day fund.
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US Sanctions as Diplomacy Tools and Political Weapons: Complexities and Opportunities for the Business Community
February 5, 2015 | Alert | By Steve Ganis
In response to a number of foreign policy crises encountered over the past few years, the Obama Administration has sought a new and more aggressive approach to using sanctions to advance US global security goals.
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Baker Administration Announces Budget Fix Plan
February 4, 2015 | Alert | By George Atanasov, Julie Cox, Amarynth Sichel
Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito announced on Tuesday a series of proposals aimed at closing the Commonwealth’s substantial budget gap for Fiscal Year 2015. According to the current administration, even after Governor Patrick’s attempts to close the fiscal gap, a $768 million budget shortfall persists.
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Massachusetts Senate Committee Leadership Established, Signaling Priorities
January 22, 2015 | Alert | By George Atanasov, Julie Cox, Amarynth Sichel
Yesterday afternoon, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg revealed his senior leadership team and announced which legislators he selected to lead the Senate’s special and standing committees.
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Telehealth, Health IT, and mHealth Policy: Considerations for Stakeholders
January 6, 2015 | Alert | By Alexander Hecht, Andrew Shin
In recent months, as the conversation about reforming the health care system has shifted from websites and coverage expansion to achieving greater delivery system efficiencies, cost containment, and quality improvement, the role of health care technology — specifically, telehealth, health information technology (health IT or HIT), and mHealth — is becoming an even more prevalent area of bipartisan cooperation among health care policymakers.
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Governor Patrick Proposes State Budget Cuts; Speaker DeLeo Opposes
November 20, 2014 | Alert | By Julie Cox, George Atanasov, Amarynth Sichel
This morning Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo indicated that he will not support the Governor’s plan to trim the state budget to close a projected $329 million mid-year budget gap.
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2013-2014 Massachusetts Legislative Session Ends
August 6, 2014 | Advisory | By Julie Cox, George Atanasov, Amarynth Sichel, Candice Porter, Patrick Regan, Conor Henrie
Last week, the 2013-2014 Massachusetts legislative session came to a close amid a flurry of activity on Beacon Hill. Lawmakers rushed to finalize and pass priority bills, working past their deadline on Thursday, sending a number of proposals to the Governor’s desk after midnight.
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ML Strategies FY2015 Massachusetts Budget Update:
July 16, 2014 | Advisory | By Julie Cox, George Atanasov, Amarynth Sichel
On Friday, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a $36.5 billion state budget for FY2015, which is nearly $10 billion larger than the budget he proposed back in January 2014.
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Uncertain Fate of Non-competes in Massachusetts: Senate Passes Compromise; Legislation Heads to Conference Committee Negotiations
July 2, 2014 | Advisory | By Julie Cox, George Atanasov, Amarynth Sichel
On July 1, 2014 the Massachusetts Senate voted for a compromise on employee non-compete agreements, and the Joint Economic and Emerging Technology Committee heard testimony on the same issue.
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Massachusetts Legislature Passes Minimum Wage Increase and Economic Development Package
July 1, 2014 | Advisory | By George Atanasov, Julie Cox, James Sasso
In a previous article, “Massachusetts Legislature Considers Unemployment Insurance Reform and Minimum Wage Increase,” we outlined the Massachusetts House and Senate’s separate plans to increase the minimum wage and reform the unemployment insurance system.
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ML Strategies FY2015 Massachusetts Budget Update: The House Budget
May 13, 2014 | Alert | By Julie Cox, George Atanasov, Amarynth Sichel
Earlier this year, ML Strategies offered an overview of the Governor’s FY2015 budget proposal. Now that the House of Representatives has passed its version of the FY 2015 spending plan, we provide an update on the budget process and an overview of the budget timeline.
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The Best Prospects for Federal Funding of Clean Energy in 2014
May 2, 2014 | Article | By Jordan Collins
While it has been several years since the apex of federal clean energy funding, the Administration continues to utilize its executive authority – leveraging existing agency programs and initiatives to develop, commercialize, and deploy clean energy technologies both domestically and internationally.
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