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casinos, consumer issues, convention center, development strategy, housing, industry regulation, inequality, intellectual property, net neutrality, non-competition agreements, olympics, poverty and assistance, turnpike air rights development, work

Banning agreements not to compete

Discussion is heating up in the State House about legislation to ban agreements not to compete. I filed with Senator Pat Jehlen a complete ban on these agreements and Rep. Lori Ehrlich has filed a bill that would limit them.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJuly 13, 2009July 1, 2014Posted inEconomy, Non-competition Agreements, Updates and Analysis4 Comments on Banning agreements not to compete

Casinos are not inevitable

One of the arguments sometimes made in favor of licensing casinos is that Indian tribes in Massachusetts will get full casino licenses under federal law no matter what we do.   This appears to be false. 

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJune 17, 2008July 1, 2014Posted inCasinos, Updates and Analysis

Economic benefits of casinos

The one clear argument in favor of building casinos is job creation.  The creation of construction and low skill jobs is real.  As to the revenue benefit for the state, the numbers are unclear. 

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJune 15, 2008July 9, 2014Posted inCasinos, Economy

Economic development strategy — sequel to the casinos issue

Massachusetts has been losing manufacturing jobs for decades and some segments of our labor force are giving up on work.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerMarch 27, 2008July 9, 2014Posted inDevelopment Strategy

Affordable Housing

Brief statements on freedom to marry, death penalty, choice, sex education, stem cell research, criminal justice issues, affordable housing

Posted byWill BrownsbergerMarch 25, 2008June 30, 2014Posted inHousing

Saying no to Casinos

It’s over for this year.  The House voted down the Governor’s casino proposal by a margin of 106 to 48 this evening.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerMarch 20, 2008January 8, 2015Posted inCasinos, Updates and Analysis

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