March 31, 2020
BUDGET & TAXES

More Help Is Likely on the Way for States and Localities and the Coronavirus-caused Recession

Paul W. Taylor & Girard Miller ,

Governing Magazine

Massachusetts is facing scrutiny on two fronts as public markets collapse and pressure on government pensions for its nearly 300,000 public employees and retirees and budgets rise. The commonwealth’s credit rating could take the real hit in all of this. The Boston Globe reports “the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said a prolonged market slump could make it tougher for the state to reach its goal of fully funding its pension obligations by 2037. If the state falls short, bond rating agencies such as S&P and Moody’s will pay attention.”

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