After spending practically two months at loggerheads, there’s an opportunity high Democrats attain a breakthrough on their stalled financial growth and tax aid invoice forward of the Nov. 8 election, at the least in Gov. Charlie Baker’s view.
Baker mentioned Thursday that he thinks a compromise model of the unanimously-approved-and-then-frozen laws will doubtless emerge “sometime in the next couple of weeks,” which might put it in play earlier than voters head to the polls with all 200 seats within the Legislature up for election.
“The timeframe people talked about previously was the end of October. The end of October, obviously, is this week, unless you want to count Halloween (on Monday),” Baker mentioned in an interview on GBH’s “Boston Public Radio.” “It’s probably going to be sometime in the next couple of weeks that we’ll probably see that bill.”
Powerball jackpot estimated $800M
No one gained an estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot, which means the massive prize will develop to an estimated $800 million for the subsequent drawing.
The numbers drawn Wednesday evening have been: 19, 36, 37, 46 and 56. The Powerball was 24.
No one has matched all six numbers and gained the Powerball jackpot since Aug. 3, permitting the prize to develop to the fifth-largest in U.S. historical past. That quantities to 36 consecutive drawings and not using a jackpot winner. The subsequent drawing is Saturday.
The new $800 million jackpot quantity is for winners who take their winnings by an annuity, paid yearly over 29 years. Nearly all winners truly select the money choice, nonetheless, which might be $383.7 million after taxes.
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