Description: Cable tv companies protest proposed 5% state tax, which they will pass on to consumers. Samples of programming from Continental Cablevision. MTV logo.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/12/1989
Description: Examination of revenue raising options: regressive vs. progressive taxes according to Barbara Anderson and Jim Braude.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/30/1989
Description: Explainer on the arguments about state tax increases and the change in per capita burden over the last 12 years.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1989
Description: Interview with Taylor Branch, author of "Parting the Waters" on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/16/1989
Description: Boston Teachers Union reaches tentative agreement with city on 3-year contract. Ray Flynn, Laval Wilson, Thomas O'Reilly, Edward Doherty. Young children walk behind teacher into corridor.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/22/1989
Description: House Ways and Means sends temporary income tax increase to full House for debate. Reps. Voke, Poirier, McGee, Keverian, Pierce, Sen. Bulger.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/06/1989
Description: Committee chairs Rep. John Flood, William Galvin, Joseph Herman vote against temporary income tax increase rather than go along with House leadership.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1989
Description: Operatic tenor Carlo Bergonzi gives master class at BU. Student sings.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/18/1989
Description: Chefs at BCH and Pine Street Inn shelters cook huge Thanksgiving dinners for homeless people. Trays of muffins and pies. Steaming cauldron. Institutional kitchen.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/22/1989
Description: "The Boys Next Door" - humorous play about mentally retarded men living in a group home. Visit to a community residence.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/04/1989