On July 24th, the Senate passed S.3178, An Act Relative to Economic Development in the Commonwealth, a $575 million economic development bill with 365 outside policy sections. The bill authorizes $270 million (88.5 percent) more than the Governor and...

On July 9th, the House passed H.5562, An Act Relative to Economic Development in the Commonwealth, a $561 million economic development bill with 260 outside policy sections. The bill is $256 million (84 percent) more than the Governor’s economic...

On July 31st, 2025, Governor Healey filed H.4375, An Act to preserve and advance Massachusetts’competitiveness in discovery, research, and innovation for a vibrant economy, which proposes a $400million investment in the state’s research and...

In 2024, MTF expanded on its analysis of workforce programs in Massachusetts with a closer look at the state’s behavioral health workforce. The report examined the rising need for behavioral health services, workforce trends, and the factors that...

On January 28th, the Healey-Driscoll administration released its $63.36 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget proposal. The spending plan reflects an increase of $2.3 billion (3.8 percent) over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and $668...

This Fact Sheet builds on MTF’s earlier UI Fact Sheets, which outlined the basic structure of the system and detailed the impacts of the pandemic on the UI Trust Fund.The state’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) system faces a fundamental challenge that...

This is the second installment of the MTF Competitiveness Index, which is designed to provide residents, employers, and policymakers with a holistic assessment of how Massachusetts compares to our regional and economic competitor states across 27...

The state’s UI system is still feeling the impact of significant unemployment during the pandemic, which resulted in thousands of additional individuals receiving UI benefits for an extended period. By April 2020, the state’s unemployment had...

The pandemic hugely disrupted the state’s economy and workforce, as unemployment rates jumped from 3.1 percent in February 2020, one of the lowest in state history, to 17.8 percent in April 2020, the highest in over four decades. During the pandemic,...

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...