Lokvani wishes all it readers a very Happy Deepavali.
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The Commonwealth can celebrate that two years after Massachusetts voters passed the Fair Share amendment, it is working as promised. We have a more equitable tax system that has allowed us to make new, transformative investments in education and transportation. Investments like free school meals, free community college, and free and reduced bus and train fares. Thanks in part to Fair Share, we are one of very few states that has been able to continue critical grants for child care providers that were initially funded by the federal government during the pandemic. With $2.3 billion surtax dollars invested and with more than $1 billion in additional funding available in the coming months, we are seeing that Fair Share is working exactly as was intended.