The Governor’s FY 2018 budget proposal (House 1) has been released and proposes $45.2 billion in spending. This Bulletin provides an overview of the major spending, revenue and policy components included therein.

The Secretary for Administration and Finance and the Chairs of House and Senate Ways and Means Committees have agreed to assume $27.072 billion in tax revenue in FY 2018. This amount represents 3.9 percent growth over expected FY 2017 revenues. While this level of projected growth is low compared…

The Consensus Revenue Hearing, held on December 5th, kicked off the FY 2018 budget development process. The testimony at the hearing highlighted a number of fiscal challenges that the state can expect in the near future. The Foundation is providing a list of the top ten FY2018 budget questions, the…

Today, the Baker Administration announced $97.9 million in midyear budget (9C) cuts.1 These cuts come during a particularly challenging budget year in which revenues have been reduced by $800 million already. This brief provides background on the FY 2017 budget gap and summarizes the budget cuts…

Eileen McAnneny, President of MTF, presented the Foundation’s economic and revenue forecast to members of the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees and the Secretary of Administration and Finance at their annual consensus revenue hearing at the State House today.“The Foundation advises extreme…

Earlier in October, the Baker Administration identified an estimated midyear budget gap of $294 million. Today, Administration and Finance Secretary Lepore laid out the plan to close that gap and keep this year’s budget in balance. This brief outlines the causes of the budget shortfall and reviews…

This brief frames the final FY 2016 budget shortfall and takes a closer look at some of the factors that created the gap. It will also preview some of the solutions likely to be used to close the gap and outline possible implications for FY 2017.

On July 31st the Legislature completed its budget override process for FY 2017, finalizing the years General Appropriations Act. In total the Legislature overrode $231.6 million of the $267.1 million originally vetoed by the Governor.

The eventful final stages of the FY 2017 budget process are nearly complete. Last week, Governor Baker signed the Conference Committee budget after vetoing $267.1 million in spending and striking or proposing amendments to 60 budget sections. The legislature has until the end of July to take up…

The FY 2017 Conference Committee report released yesterday reconciles the House and Senate budgets while assuming $750 million less in tax revenue than previous spending plans. This analysis outlines the Conference Committee plan for balancing the budget in light of reduced tax revenues and…