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...

The MTF Mid-Career Fellowship (MCF) provides a professional with 5 or more years of experience connected to the public sector with an opportunity to conduct research and publish written material in public policy issues of interest, present work to a...

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 1st, the House and Senate are preparing to enact the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget, totaling $63.42 billion in line-item spending. The compromise budget proposes spending growth of 3.9 percent over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act and...

The bill increases investment in primary care by establishing spending targets for hospitals, health centers, and other health care entities without increasing overall health care costs and supports community health centers through higher...

The Mass. Taxpayers Foundation, led by Doug Howgate, is often the go-to source for state budget info in the business community. They too, came out in opposition, in May, and expressed concern about how Beacon Hill might raise taxes or fees to make up...

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget development process has now entered one of its final stages, Conference negotiations. The Conference Committee, led by the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, must reconcile all spending,...

For the second year, the Healey-Driscoll administration and policymakers in the House and Senate have put forward an Innovation and Capital Fund supplemental budget to complement the annual budget development process for FY 2027. The supplemental...

On April 16th, 2026, the Healey-Driscoll administration filed an economic development bill, titled An Act Relative to Massachusetts Winning Global Investment, Talent, and Innovation, or the Mass Wins Act. The bill includes $305 million in capital...

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...