Member Briefing, featuring a preview of the conference committee's 2027 budget plans and the Innovation and Capital supplemental budget. You can register here.

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget development process has now entered one of its final stages, Conference negotiations. The Conference Committee, led by the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, must reconcile all spending, policy, and technical differences between the budget…

Chair Rodrigues will share his insights on the FY 2027 Budget. You can register here.

On May 21st, the Senate finalized its budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. Over four days of debate, $70.53 million in new spending and 44 outside policy sections were added to the SWM spending plan.The Senate took action on 1,158 amendments through a combination of standalone votes and…

Today, the Senate Ways and Means (SWM) committee released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget proposal, a $63.29 billion spending plan. Their budget represents an increase of $2.25 billion (3.7 percent) over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and is $66.3 million (0.1 percent) less than…

On April 29th, the House finalized its $63.41 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget, after adding $82.9 million (gross) in spending and 21 outside policy sections to their spending plan over three days of debate.The House took action on 1,737 amendments through a combination of seven consolidated…

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said there were 18 tax-related outside policy amendments filed to the budget, carrying a fiscal impact of more than $1.7 billion. But as they also worry about eroding federal supports, the real impact that House Democrats are fretting is the potential for the…

Policy Conversation with Aaron Michlewitz, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means. Chair Michlewitz will share his insight on the House's FY2027 Budget.You can register here.

The House Committee on Ways and Means (HWM) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget proposal earlier today; a spending plan that totals $63.33 billion. Their budget represents a $2.3 billion (3.7 percent) increase over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and is $29 million (0.05 percent…