The Massachusetts childcare subsidy program is complicated, inefficient and fails the families who need it most, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. The subsidy program provides vouchers for low...

Meaghan Callahan was most recently the Deputy Budget Director for the Massachusetts State Senate Committee on Ways and Means, where she contributed to the development and passage of the state’s annual budget. Prior to serving as Deputy, Meaghan was a...

Pablo Suarez joins MTF having most recently served as the Director of the Baker Administration’s Constituent Services Office, where he oversaw all incoming and outgoing correspondence to constituent inquiries.  Pablo joined the Constituent...

In the last two years, MTF has deepened its engagement in child care policy due to the essential role it plays in creating economic opportunity across the state. Without it, parents cannot enter and remain in the workforce and employers cannot...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, in a report released last week, said the state’s population already was aging and growing at a slower rate before the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s been “exacerbated” by employees’ ability to work remotely,...

The pandemic put a strain on our workforce here in Massachusetts. The latest report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) found startling trends when it comes to the population of Massachusetts, and they were all exacerbated by COVID-19. ...

Demographics pose a problem for the health of the Massachusetts economy. The state’s population is aging. The number of people in the workforce is declining. While policy makers may not be able to do anything to increase the birth rate, there are...

 MTF President Eileen McAnneny discusses a new report on Massachusetts demographics. ...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, in a report released Wednesday, said the state’s population was aging and growing at a slower rate before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the trends have been “exacerbated” by more employees being able to work...

“The decline in the birth rate over the past few decades, the aging of our population, the shrinking of our workforce age population, and then the reduction in international immigrants into Massachusetts, all are somewhat troubling because it means...