Governor Patrick's fiscal 2008 state budget includes a proposed spending increase of 3.8 percent. Tables 1 and 2 summarize his recommendations by category and track spending from 2001 to 2008. After adjusting for inflation, proposed 2008 spending is...

Tax revenues will grow much more slowly in 2007 and 2008 than they did the past two years, according to a forecast released today by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.

The overall municipal financial picture stabilized in 2006. Nevertheless, most communities continue to face a fiscal squeeze as underlying costs grow faster than revenues, according to the Foundation's 36th annual analysis of local revenues and...

In its annual review of state finances, the Foundation cautions that while the Commonwealth is in its third year of financial recovery, the state's leaders now face the challenge of choosing from a long list of competing funding priorities that far...

"In recent testimony (August 8) before the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, MTF President Michael J. Widmer said that the proposed regulation issued by the Division fairly reflects the compromise agreement reached by the legislative...

In a new analysis of the Commonwealth's financial situation, the Foundation focuses on a mounting appetite for new initiatives that threatens to overwhelm the state's ongoing fiscal capacity.

In its annual review of state finances, the Foundation cautions that while the Commonwealth is in its third year of financial recovery, the state's leaders now face the challenge of choosing from a long list of competing funding priorities that far...

In its new analysis of Governor Romney's proposed 2007 budget, the Foundation highlights the budget's focus on restoring local aid to cities and towns and providing financial support for health care reform. At the same time, however, the more than $1...

The state's public colleges would gain millions of dollars in new revenue if undocumented immigrants were allowed to attend these schools at in-state tuition rates, according to an analysis released today by the Foundation.