Policymakers used additional state and federal resources during the pandemic to make a significant investment in the state’s workforce development system. These workforce investments all share a common goal; to address labor shortages in critical...

On March 1st, the Healey-Driscoll administration unveiled their economic development bill, titled An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts’ Economic Leadership or the Mass Leads Act. Through $2.815 billion in capital spending authorizations, ...

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...

The following brief provides an analysis of state workforce investments in state budgets from FY 2019 to FY 2023 organized in MTF’s training opportunities for state-serving populations workforce category. As MTF noted in our earlier introductory...

On October 18th, the Healey administration unveiled a $4.1 billion housing bond bill, titled the Affordable Homes Act, which combined a new five-year capital funding plan with a variety of policy proposals intended to spur production and accelerate...

The following brief provides an analysis of state workforce investments in the FY 2019 to FY 2023 budgets focusing on sector-based training programs. As MTF noted in our earlier introductory brief, these programs prioritize creating talent pipelines...

House and Senate conferees have released a compromise tax bill that includes an impactful combination of tax cuts to help people and employers in Massachusetts. The $951 million package includes a total of 17 different tax relief provisions, each of...

The State’s Workforce Investments – Most Important Things to Know1.;State investments in workforce programs have significantly increased over the past five years. In FY 2023, policymakers increased workforce spending by $214 million (62 percent) over...

Six months after Governor Healey filed her administration’s original tax relief bill and one month after a Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget that reflects the cost of a tax relief package was signed into law, House and Senate conferees have yet to produce...

The House and Senate have both unanimously passed major tax relief legislation in the last two months and a Conference Committee has been appointed to resolve differences. While both bills share many major elements, the bills differ in scope,...