In late June, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation published a seven-page analysis that projected the state could wind up with a discretionary surplus from fiscal 2021 of between $1.13 billion and $1.48 billion after accounting for an automatic...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a business-backed research institute, predicted that the state would end the fiscal year in less than three days with a sizable surplus that would allow lawmakers to cover additional spending and deposit money...