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Apr 20, 2019
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
But as the Taxpayers Foundation points out, there are also some trip wires out there — items perpetually underfunded. When Administration and Finance Secretary Mike Heffernan announced the governor was putting in $100 million for snow and ice removal...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
Apr 19, 2019
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Eileen McAnneny said lawmakers should be "very careful"in considering changes to the capital gains tax rate, warning of potential unintended consequences like discouraging people from investing or saving....
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Apr 18, 2019
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
According to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the Ways and Means budget bumps higher education funding $55 million above this year's spending levels, with $40 million in additional support for UMass and $12 million for state universities and...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
Apr 10, 2019
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE’S House Ways and Means Committee will unveil on Wednesday its budget proposal for state fiscal year 2020, which begins on July 1. Their budget document will describe proposals to allocate more than $46 billion in...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget