The hot button plan was negotiated by the city and the business community for months but ultimately killed by South Boston State Senator Nick Collins, who slammed the data behind the bill, saying it was false information. Collins received campaign funding from real estate officials, public records show.

In recent weeks, two fund-raisers for state Senator Nick Collins, from South Boston, pulled in roughly $25,000 from the real estate and hospitality industries.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s controversial plan to hike commercial tax rates is dead, according to damning comments made Monday night by Senate President Karen Spilka.

Sen. William Brownsberger of Belmont called for the bill to be laid aside and for Boston to finalize its property tax rates without any shift.

For the second time this week, a Boston state senator moved to stall Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to hike commercial property tax rates stalled, arguing that the city’s estimates on the potential increases homeowners could face are “far off” from Wu’s earlier,

Four business stakeholders who withdrew their opposition to Boston’s plan to hike commercial tax rates are rethinking their compromise with the mayor, given the latest city data that show

A Boston senator delayed action on a controversial home rule petition for the second time this week, pushing consideration off after new data emerged about the city's property tax outlook.

Minor swings in real estate assessments are fairly common, but one torpedoed Mayor Wu’s high-profile push to boost commercial property tax rates.

Massachusetts state Sen. Will Brownsberger joins Radio Boston to discuss the collapse of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's plan to avert a property tax spike for city homeowners by temporarily raising rates on commercial property owners.