Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means released their tax relief proposal. The plan includes 7 major provisions and carries a fiscal impact of $654 million in FY 2024. When fully-phased in after 3 years, the annualized cost of the proposal is ...

A Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report released last week reached many of the same conclusions. Without an influx of new employees, the MBTA will not be able to elevate service levels, fix deteriorated infrastructure and focus on new major...

He also addressed a recent Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report which concluded that the T will need to hire around 2,800 workers within the next 12 months if it hopes to address service cuts, safety issues, and other ongoing challenges. ...

A sobering report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation shows the T won’t be fixed, much less back to normal, any time soon. But that’s no reason to give up on it. The system, MTF found, needs nearly 50 percent more new hires in the next...

The T’s bus driver shortage is part of a larger hiring problem facing the agency. A report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation last week said the T must hire 2,800 workers in the next 12 months for the system to be fully operational. ...

In January, budget-writers upgraded the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 tax revenue benchmark by just over $150 million, from $39.618 billion to $39.768 billion. Tax collections for the month of March (announced on April 5th) are the first collections to be...

The Taxpayers Foundation, in the latest of a series of reports on the financial and operational status of the critical transportation system, said its analysis of MBTA payroll data, state demographics, and studies by both industry groups and...

Between an upcoming wave of retirements at the T and an increasingly difficult labor market, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation — the think tank behind the report — forecasts an uphill battle. “A sufficient workforce is the most fundamental...

The MBTA appears to be on track to start the next fiscal year with staffing levels 20 to 25% below what's required to maintain the system and needs to hire 2,800 workers in the next 12 months to ensure safety and progress, according to a new report,...

A new report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation suggests inadequate staffing levels have become the T’s biggest challenge and perhaps the most difficult one to resolve. The numbers are not pretty. According to the foundation, the T needs...