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Jul 18, 2023
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation think tank, said the escalating credits designed to prime housing development take aim at the lack of affordable housing strangling many Bay Staters. “This has a significant cost...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Jul 17, 2023
HEALTH CARE
Health and human services’ current structure does have advantages, said Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a nonprofit budget watchdog. The marginalized communities the office is most likely to serve tend to need...
HEALTH CARE
Jul 07, 2023
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
“House and Senate conferees have the opportunity to negotiate a compromise tax relief bill that adheres to these principles, includes all of the proposals put forward by both branches, and remains within the $600 million set aside for FY 2024,” MTF...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Jul 05, 2023
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
“We think you can have an inclusionary tax relief proposal and still stay within that $600 million envelope for fiscal 2024,” said Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, previewing the theme of a report the group is...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Jun 26, 2023
TRANSPORTATION
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation released a study in April that said the agency must hire 2,800 workers in the next 12 months for the system to be fully operational. According to a Federal Transit Administration report last summer, inspectors’...
TRANSPORTATION
Jun 17, 2023
ECONOMY
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report said U.S. Census Bureau data shows Suffolk and Middlesex County residents left at the highest rates. And 2021 tax returns for 2020 showed residents aged 26 to 35 were the largest group leaving, according...
ECONOMY
Jun 16, 2023
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
“The scope of the House bill is more responsive to the cost of competitive challenges,” Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, told the Herald. “We’re still going to crunch the numbers, but the hope would be that the final...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Jun 15, 2023
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Meanwhile, a May report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said the “red flags are waving”when it comes to housing, transportation and migration trends. The state lost 110,000 workers between April 2020 and July 2022, MTF said. That outflow...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Jun 15, 2023
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, praised the Senate’s plan for a “commitment to meaningful reform” but said the exclusion of capital gains tax cut, as well as a scaled back estate tax relief and limited child tax...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
May 30, 2023
ECONOMY
Massachusetts is hemorrhaging people. In fact, it’s seeing the highest outmigration numbers in the last 30 years, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. A net 110,000 people moved out of the Bay State over roughly the...
ECONOMY