The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation is pleased to issue this report entitled: “The Commonwealth’s Capital Budget: A Primer” the purpose of which is to provide a guide on the process, how it differs from the operating budget and how capital...

Health insurance costs for municipal employees in Massachusetts have skyrocketed by 63 percent between 2001 and 2005, according to a new Foundation report. This growth is more than four times greater than the rate of growth in local budgets and...

Warning of a fiscal meltdown, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation called on Governor Patrick and legislative leaders to cut several hundred million dollars from the fiscal 2009 budget which the Legislature approved and sent to the Governor last...

The Foundation’s latest release, issued jointly with The Boston Foundation and Metropolitan Area Planning Council, summarizes the enormous success of the state’s municipal health insurance law on the one-year anniversary of its passage by the...

I write to you concerning the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation’s priorities for the health care reform legislation now pending in conference committee. The Foundation has long advocated for reforms to our health care system in order to reduce costs...

The eventful final stages of the FY 2017 budget process are nearly complete. Last week, Governor Baker signed the Conference Committee budget after vetoing $267.1 million in spending and striking or proposing amendments to 60 budget sections. The...

We support renewable energy. We support the Commonwealth’s efforts to transition our economy to non-carbon fuel sources, utilizing a balanced approach that includes a variety of energy sources, energy efficiency, and new technologies to meet our...

The MTF is pleased to report that we were successful in preserving the FAS 109 tax deduction for over 120 companies based in Massachusetts while increasing the EITC to 23 percent thanks to the efforts of Governor Baker, Senate President Rosenberg and...

In an update to the Foundation’s 2006 analysis, the Foundation estimates that allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at state institutions of higher education would result in between approximately $1.8 million and $2.1 million...