On April 31st, the House finalized its $61.58 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget, after adding $81.9 million in spending and 35 outside policy sections over the course of three days of debate. The House took action on 1,650 amendments through...

The Hispanic/Latino population in Massachusetts has experienced significant growth over the pastdecade, which has resulted in more economic production for the state, a more educated and skilledworkforce, and greater levels of household wealth. While...

La población hispana/latina en Massachusetts ha experimentado un crecimiento significativo durante la última década, lo que ha generado una mayor producción económica para el estado, una fuerza laboral más educada y calificada y mayores niveles de...

MTF’s latest report, Examining Recent Trends in Rental Assistance & Emergency Assistance Shelter Spending, provides a detailed look at the evolving landscape of state-funded rental assistance programs and the Emergency Assistance (EA) shelter...

5 Things to Know:House members filed 1,650 amendments, 155 more than in FY 2025 and 84 more than in FY 2024.The fiscal impact of all amendments if $2.45 billion; however, this estimate may be conservative because the fiscal impact of all amendments...

The House Ways and Means (HWM) committee released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget proposal earlier today; a spending plan that totals $61.5 billion, $3.7 billion (6.4 percent) more than the FY 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and $580 million ...

On April 9th, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 55, An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects. The $1.32 billion...

The purpose of this chartbook, and MTF’s follow-up research, is to contextualize the potential impacts of federal action on Massachusetts. In this introduction, we provide a rubric for how to think about those federal impacts, including the...

Chairman Michlewitz, Chairman Rodrigues, members of the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means,Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on House Bill 55, An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing...

The Healey-Driscoll administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget proposal tops $62 billion, increasing spending over the FY 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) by $4.3 billion (7.4 percent) and over the administration’s estimated spending level by...