The Taxpayers Foundation, in the latest of a series of reports on the financial and operational status of the critical transportation system, said its analysis of MBTA payroll data, state demographics, and studies by both industry groups and...

Between an upcoming wave of retirements at the T and an increasingly difficult labor market, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation — the think tank behind the report — forecasts an uphill battle. “A sufficient workforce is the most fundamental...

The MBTA appears to be on track to start the next fiscal year with staffing levels 20 to 25% below what's required to maintain the system and needs to hire 2,800 workers in the next 12 months to ensure safety and progress, according to a new report,...

A new report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation suggests inadequate staffing levels have become the T’s biggest challenge and perhaps the most difficult one to resolve. The numbers are not pretty. According to the foundation, the T needs...

Gov. Maura Healey has placed meaningful tax reform atop the policy agenda this session, with a $987 million package that was filed in conjunction with her inaugural budget. As we laid out in a recent report, significant tax relief is not only...

A new report released Monday lays out in stark detail the future the MBTA faces if it cannot hire the number of employees it needs to put itself back on track — reduced service, the inability to fix aging infrastructure, and a shift away from new...

State lawmakers must do more to address the MBTA’s severe workforce shortage, a problem that will likely extend service cuts through the remainder of the year, as the agency needs far more manpower to safely operate its current system, a new report...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation noted in a new report that there are currently major gaps in the T’s staffing, including having one-third fewer people than needed to properly operate the capital budget office. Moreover, one in every 10 of the...

Gov. Maura Healey signed a supplemental budget for fiscal year 2023 Tuesday, just a few weeks after announcing her FY-2024 budget. As Doug Howgate of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation explains, this is normal and is essentially a way for the...

"Having a way to make sure we are reassessing elements of our tax code is always a good idea," said Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. "In some cases it makes sense to have a sunset date. The state can say let's try...