During some six weeks of public hearings, legislators received requests totaling about $30 billion, according to Representative Dan Hunt, who chaired some of those hearings. In the 24 hours House members were given to file amendments to the House...

State representatives then proposed 1,128 amendments seeking another $5.8 billion, according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. ...

Baker split his proposal to use $2.9 billion of state government’s ARPA funds and its surplus tax revenue into separate bills. In an analysis published Monday afternoon, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said the House Ways and Means Committee’s...

Baker split his proposal to use $2.9 billion of state government’s ARPA funds and its surplus tax revenue into separate bills. In an analysis published Monday afternoon, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said the House Ways and Means Committee’s...

Chakrabarti and Stacy were brought together by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation for a discussion about an equitable economic recovery as part of the think tank’s forum series focused on ARPA. MTF in May published a report titled Closing the...

Experts who testified suggested there may be room for both approaches. Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, suggested, similar to Baker, that lawmakers use some money now to ramp up existing programs and jumpstart the...

Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said the state needs to spend some relief funds to maintain its economic recovery but it should also squirrel away money for "unforeseen circumstances." ...

"We have until 2026 to actually spend it and we should take the time necessary to develop a forward-looking, comprehensive plan that considers other resources available and how best to leverage them for the maximum impact,” Eileen McAnneny of the...

Doug Howgate, executive vice president at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said that many business owners would gladly accept the tradeoff inherent in the Legislature’s approved budget, given that they still stand to save a substantial amount...

"Achieving a balance well in excess of $5 billion is a critical goal for the Commonwealth as we build our economic recovery and prepare for future challenges," the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation wrote in a report about the budget redraft. ...