Facing criticism for not addressing steep tax hikes in Boston and a legislative stalemate on Beacon Hill, the Senate plans to sidestep the House and possibly advance its own proposal that could deliver limited relief in any Massachusetts city or town.

On Thursday, Senate leaders plan to pull proposals from Sen. William Brownsberger and Sen. Nick Collins (S 1933 and S 1935) out of the joint committee process and place them before the Senate Ways and Means Committee, according to a senator familiar with the plans. The move is designed to open a legislative path for a bill that had been stuck for months. The senator said this step is necessary because House leaders blocked the measure from receiving a hearing, leaving it trapped and effectively frozen.

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