"There's really no money for projects," said Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. "The Legislature is facing a what we've estimated to be a $6 billion shortfall, and they will be forced to make drastic cuts to...

"There's so much up in the air right now," said Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. "This will provide some stability for the state and local governments while they wait for details of a federal aid package." ...

“I’m not sure what the magic of the three months is,” Eileen McAnneny, president of the Taxpayers Foundation, said of the interim budget. “It provides some of the folks who are getting the money at least some certainty in the short term. But it doesn...

Any sort of budget debate without knowing the level of help from the federal government would be only a hypothetical exercise, said Eileen McAnneny, president of the taxpayers foundation. And Brooke Thomson, head of government affairs at Associated...

“These lower appropriation levels address the need for continuing government operations while adjusting for lower tax revenue collections, but even this reduced spending could prove to be overly optimistic should federal assistance levels fall short,...

Unlike Congress, state lawmakers need to pass a balanced budget every year. Money is tight, to say the least: The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation recently estimated that state tax revenue in the next fiscal year will drop by $6 billion,...

In its updated economic outlook released in late May, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a leading Beacon Hill watchdog organization, already predicted the state could face a roughly $6 billion budget shortfall this year. ...

MTF projected before the pandemic hit that the state faced a revenue shortfall of up to $800 million this fiscal year. Even then, the Beacon Hill watchdog group suggested putting off the phase-in of the Student Opportunity Act or hold off spending in...

“Prior to COVID-19, education finance reform was on track to be the centerpiece of the fiscal 2021 budget,” MTF President Eileen McAnneny wrote in a letter to lawmakers. She added, “After the fiscal impact of COVID-19, however, policymakers may need...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation predicts a $6 billion drop in tax revenues for the state due in part to mandated business closures during the pandemic. ...