National Grid Site

Urban renewal plans are a tool afforded to municipalities by the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development. The plan, if approved by the state, would give the city (through the Malden Redevelopment Authority) greater control over the site and future development there. The plans require the property involved be blighted, substandard or otherwise underutilized

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If people would go back to the progressive income-taxation that made this country great--i.e., your tax rate rises with your wealth rate--instead of the REGRESSIVE taxation we have now--i.e, the richer you are, the less you pay in income taxes. And since the poor, rightly, pay NO income taxes--guess who foots the bill for America? Right--the Middle Class.

I'm tired of paying rich people's way. Can we PLEASE go back to the way that it used to be, before Ronnie Dearest took over in 1980 and started slashing tax rates on the rich? And Ronnie Reagan was a MISER with the rich, compared to what George W. Bush did. He gave it ALL AWAY. But then he wasn't really a President. He did nothing for this country, nothing at all. Except kill a lot of our young people, and a lot of innocent Iraqis.

Medicare Cost Control

And here’s what you need to know: Medicare actually saves money — a lot of money — compared with relying on private insurance companies. And this in turn means that pushing people out of Medicare, in addition to depriving many Americans of needed care, would almost surely end up increasing total health care costs.

Computer access @ Malden Community Senior Center

By Guest Blogger Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President, The White House

At the start of his Administration, President Obama identified transparency, participation and collaboration as the principles of an open government, requiring that government information and data be accessible to all citizens. To ensure that persons with disabilities have equal access, government agencies must buy and use accessible technology.

MASS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE RECEIPTS

So far this fiscal year, which ends June 30, Massachusetts has collected $676 million more than predicted.

MASS HEALTH CARE LAW

The poll results show that residents with incomes below $30,000 — the bracket that would probably make them eligible for state-subsidized care — were the most likely to say the law is helping to control the cost of their care.


The law expanded eligibility for subsidized coverage to thousands more residents, and state figures a year after the law went into effect showed that more than 200,000 residents were added to state-run coverage.


The poll results also showed that the highest income group, those whose income exceeds $75,000, were more likely than the lowest income group to say the law is hurting their health costs.


Kay Lazar can be reached at klazar@globe.com.

Medicaid

Medicaid is financed jointly by the federal government and the states. When a state wants to modify its Medicaid program, it must amend its state Medicaid plan. The changes are subject to federal review and approval.