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May 01, 2007
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2008
"The fiscal 2008 state budget debate turns to the Senate this week at a particularly delicate time for state finances. The final tally shows that the House added $204 million in spending during floor debate, a net increase of $171.6 million in state...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2008
Apr 01, 2007
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2008
"The House Ways and Means fiscal 2008 budget, which will be debated by the full House beginning April 23, has a bottom line that is very similar to the Governor's budget proposal but rejects most of his specific initiatives. The House proposes to...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2008
Apr 01, 2007
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2008
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...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2008
Mar 28, 2007
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION
Jan 01, 2007
PUBLIC FINANCE > Revenue
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.
PUBLIC FINANCE > Revenue
Nov 01, 2006
PUBLIC FINANCE > Municipal
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...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Municipal
Sep 01, 2006
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2009
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...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2009
Aug 01, 2006
HEALTH CARE
"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...
HEALTH CARE
Jun 01, 2006
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY Pre-2008
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.
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY Pre-2008
Apr 01, 2006
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY Pre-2008
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...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY Pre-2008