Bite Size News, December 18: How much? Edition

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  • Massachusetts' Revenue Commissioner says the recent sales tax increase has worked, and is saving the Bay state from larger deficits. [Boston Herald]
  • First Premier Bank is actually offering a credit card with an interest rate of 79.9%. It's apparently legal. [AP via Google]
  • State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill and the executive director of the Massachusetts State Lottery, Mark J. Cavanagh, have amassed "unusually high" legal expenses while fighting a lawsuit alleging they exchanged campaign contributions for state contracts. [Boston Globe]
  • Boston won a seven-year tax fight over how to assess National Grid's property. [Boston Globe]
  • A 5-year-old German shepherd from Dartmouth returned home despite being shot. [WCVB]
  • Elevator etiquette is still a work in progress at the State House. [Boston Herald]

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