Panel discussion: January 25, 2022, 12 PM EST Click here to join the free event on Zoom! Event sponsored by The American Book Center in Amsterdam, and managed by Harvard Book Store Before sailing to America in 1620, the Pilgrims found refuge from persecution in England in the Dutch city of Leiden. There they enjoyed →
OBS imprint Protean Press is proud to announce the publication of Carl Oglesby’s Clandestine America: Conspiracies from the Nazi “Surrender” to Dallas, Watergate, and Beyond (Protean Press, 2020). Protean Press publisher Laura Fillmore is looking forward to today’s virtual book launch, hosted on Zoom by the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts and co-sponsored by →
This past Saturday Senator Elizabeth Warren visited Cape Ann, where OBS is headquartered, for an inspiring town hall with 800 citizens. OBS president Laura Fillmore was the first to ask a question of the Senator, and, fittingly, the internet pioneer asked about the FCC’s December 14 decision to eliminate Net Neutrality, basically turning the free and open →
Last Friday, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick ended a two-month controversy by repealing the 6.25% “tech tax” levied on all computer and software services as part of a transportation bill passed in July. Software companies across the state challenged the tax the moment it passed into law, claiming it inhibited their ability to compete with firms →
In Massachusetts, the controversial “Tech Tax” is still being debated. This past July, a transportation bill was passed that included a measure for adding a 6.25% tax on software and computer services in the state of Massachusetts. The highest such tax in the nation, the tech tax drew opposition from business owners across the state →
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has gained the support of state lawmakers in promising to repeal the newly-passed software services tax. Included in a transportation bill that was passed earlier this summer, the new law extends a 6.25% sales tax – the highest in the nation – to software and computer services, including website design and →