June 01, 2021
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2022

Baker had wide leeway with federal COVID funds. Now, lawmakers want a say in how $5.3b is spent

Matt Stout ,

The Boston Globe

Publicly subjecting spending decisions to that type of process — particularly for an unprecedented lump sum of federal funds — helps offer “much-needed clarity,” said Eileen P. McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.