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WORCESTER – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is touting the fact that her new plan to solve the MBTA’s financial problems does not require raising new taxes, though that could change.
Solving the T’s financial problems
The mood was celebratory at Worcester’s Union Station Tuesday as Healey touted improvements in MBTA service (“no more slow zones for the first time in 20 years!”) and unveiled a plan to use funds from the Millionaire’s Tax to solve the T’s short-term financial crisis.
Healey said the state will “invest over $8 billion over the next 10 years to improve transportation in every corner of our state,” and vowed that “this does not require new taxes – no new taxes!”…