• BOSTON GLOBE: Bid to ax tax break for films rejected
    March 12, 2010

    Bid to ax tax break for films rejected
    Panel votes 8-0, in hope of job rise
    By Michael Levenson
    Globe Staff / March 12, 2010

    A legislative committee yesterday rejected a bill that would have sharply curtailed the state’s tax credit for the film industry, saying the legislation would hurt a thriving industry that is one of the few bright spots in a dour Massachusetts economy.

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  • BOSTON HERALD: Panel rejects film tax credit reduction
    March 11, 2010

    By State House News Service
    Thursday, March 11, 2010

    Legislation scaling back the state’s tax sweeteners for the film industry received a thumbs-down today from the Revenue Committee, seriously complicating the bill’s path to passage.

    The Revenue Committee voted unanimously, with panel chair Jay Kaufman, and Reps. Peisch, Greene, Erlich, Driscoll, Cantwell, Arciero, and Barrows voting "ought not to pass."

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  • SALEM NEWS: Massachusetts Film Tax Credit Should Stay
    March 10, 2010

    My View: Film tax credit should stay
    Published: March 10, 2010
    John D. Keenan and Sarah Peake

    As we begin the FY 2011 budget debate at the Statehouse, it is imperative we identify our successful and growing economic engines that create and provide jobs in the commonwealth during the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. We need to stoke these engines because their success means putting people to work and growing our lagging economy. People's lives and livelihoods depend on this.

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