Today, the House Ways and Means Committee (HWM) released a $45.05 billion budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2018. This brief provides initial analysis of major spending and policy provisions in the budget plan.

The House Ways and Means Committee (HWM) will release its spending plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 next week. The bill will reflect the House’s spending and policy priorities, which could closely mirror or significantly differ from Governor Baker’s...

Last week, the legislature enacted a fiscal year (FY) 2017 supplemental budget to address $144.4M in costs unaccounted for in the original budget. With this spending bill completed, MTF takes stock of the state’s fiscal position as we head into the...

As health care costs continue to consume more of the state budget each year, Governor Baker's most recent budget proposal includes several bold policy provisions to curb this trend. This brief summarizes the Administration’s proposal, and highlights...

I am Eileen McAnneny, President of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to provide accurate, unbiased research with balanced, thoughtful recommendations that strengthen the state's finances and economy in order to...

The Governor’s FY 2018 budget proposal (House 1) has been released and proposes $45.2 billion in spending. This Bulletin provides an overview of the major spending, revenue and policy components included therein.

The Secretary for Administration and Finance and the Chairs of House and Senate Ways and Means Committees have agreed to assume $27.072 billion in tax revenue in FY 2018. This amount represents 3.9 percent growth over expected FY 2017 revenues. While...