Workforce challenges at the MBTA have received extensive reporting in recent years. Those challenges took on a new sense of urgency in 2022 when a safety management inspection by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) found that the MBTA needed to...

MTF’s latest chartbook, The Importance of Commonwealth Cares for Children, provides a comprehensive overview of this critical new childcare program, including:A history of the program and its purpose;An overview of funding history;A breakdown of how...

MassHealth, the state’s combined Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program [CHIP], provides healthcare coverage to Massachusetts’ highest need residents. MassHealth enrollees have access to doctor and hospital visits, prescription drugs, and...

On January 24th, the Healey administration filed its budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The $58.13 billion spending plan is supported by tax, departmental, and federal revenues, as well as the use of trust fund resources built up in recent...

On March 7th, Senate Bill 2697, An Act ensuring affordability, readiness and learning for our youth and driving economic development was released from the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. Senators have until Monday, March 11th to review the...

On January 24th, Governor Healey released her administration’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The $58.13 billion spending plan included critical investments in childcare, healthcare, and transportation; as well as $20.3 billion in gross...

On January 24th, the Healey-Driscoll administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal, with significant investments in childcare, education, and transportation. The $58.13 billion spending plan is a $2.1 billion increase (3.7 percent...

On Monday, March 4th MTF was invited to testify before the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions.  MTF testified in opposition to House Bill 4252, which would eliminate any statewide standard for high school graduation in Massachusetts...

The Healey-Driscoll administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal on January 24, 2024. The Governor’s budget proposes $58.13 billion in total on-budget spending including $1.3 billion in spending supported by income surtax...

Last spring, just before graduating from the Master of Public Health program at the School of Public Health, Leedya Senbetta was selected by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) to be their inaugural Policy Start Fellow.Developed in...