MTF has analyzed transportation budgets – both operating and capital – for decades. MTF served on the MBTA Blue Ribbon Committee (2000), the Transportation Finance Commission (2004 – 2007), and the Commission on the Future of Transportation (2018)....

Health care is a multi-faceted issue that MTF analyzes from many different perspectives. The state’s Medicaid Program, MassHealth, is the largest single spending program in the state’s annual operating budget and is funded by both state and federal...

The backbone of the Massachusetts economy is our well-educated workforce, making our public education system a critical component of the state’s long-term economic well-being. MTF recognizes education as a core competitive edge. From a budgetary...

The state borrows approximately $4.5 billion annually to spend on infrastructure such as roads, bridges, schools, court houses, climate resiliency, and other needs. Separate from state investments, authorities including the Massachusetts Water...

The tax base of the Commonwealth’s 51 cities and towns is a critical component of the Commonwealth’s fiscal health. For many cities and towns, property taxes are the largest funding source, providing revenues to pay for teachers, police,...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts raises and spends more than $60 billion annually across four major classes of spending (operating, capital, trust, federal grants), ten policy areas, and hundreds of spending accounts. MTF's award-winning&nbsp...

The Commonwealth raises the revenue necessary to support public policy priorities with an array of revenue sources, including taxes, federal reimbursements, fees, fines and penalties, transfers from authorities, and numerous other revenue types. MTF...

State and local public finance is the analytical framework for virtually all MTF research projects, in furtherance of the organization’s mission to strengthen the state’s finances and position the Commonwealth for long-term growth. MTF’s award...

Taxes are the way the Commonwealth generates revenue to pay for the wide array of services that it provides to its residents. To advance MTF's mission of strengthening the state's finances and position the Commonwealth for long-term growth,...