Gov. Maura Healey has placed meaningful tax reform atop the policy agenda this session, with a $987 million package that was filed in conjunction with her inaugural budget. As we laid out in a recent report, significant tax relief is not only...

A new report released Monday lays out in stark detail the future the MBTA faces if it cannot hire the number of employees it needs to put itself back on track — reduced service, the inability to fix aging infrastructure, and a shift away from new...

State lawmakers must do more to address the MBTA’s severe workforce shortage, a problem that will likely extend service cuts through the remainder of the year, as the agency needs far more manpower to safely operate its current system, a new report...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation noted in a new report that there are currently major gaps in the T’s staffing, including having one-third fewer people than needed to properly operate the capital budget office. Moreover, one in every 10 of the...

Gov. Maura Healey signed a supplemental budget for fiscal year 2023 Tuesday, just a few weeks after announcing her FY-2024 budget. As Doug Howgate of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation explains, this is normal and is essentially a way for the...

"Having a way to make sure we are reassessing elements of our tax code is always a good idea," said Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. "In some cases it makes sense to have a sunset date. The state can say let's try...

Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, supported the governor's bill. In prepared testimony, he told Revenue Committee members that while the state's economic and policy landscape has changed in three key ways since the...

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget development process is well underway, but with about 4 months remaining in FY 2023 this brief takes a fresh look at the state’s current fiscal picture. Based on current spending and revenue collections to date, the...

Will MBTA Labor Shortages Impede its Future? Like transit agencies across the nation, the MBTA is struggling to find the talent it needs to deliver full bus and rapid transit services today, let alone the expanded services being planned or...

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