The Massachusetts Business Coalition on Skills (MBCS) appreciates your ongoing efforts to prepare an FY 2022 budget that prioritizes economic recovery and invests in workforce skills development. The MBCS is a coalition of 27 diverse business...

Tackling the racial wealth gap is a top priority for the Black Economic Council, which is located in one of the most inequitable cities in the country. According to a 2021 report by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the median net worth of...

“This isn’t about crisis management today, but about that longer term,” said Douglas Howgate, executive vice president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, in an interview. “So it’s appropriate that [federal funds go] through the...

The legislature meeting in Constitutional Convention is expected to send that question onto the November 2022 ballot with a vote on Wednesday. But critics of the measure are poised for pushback. “It could be an impediment to investment, to innovation...

The United States Treasury recently released guidance concerning fiscal recovery funds (FRF) provided to states, counties and municipalities that were authorized in the American Rescue Plan. The guidance provides critical details on eligible uses for...

Long before the pandemic, Black businesses, organizations, and people in MA faced barriers in receiving equitable access to resources and economic opportunities. A May report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation found closing the wealth gap in...

“Although the pandemic and addressing the public health and economic fallout from it has to be our top priority, we cannot lose sight of Massachusetts’ long-term transportation and environmental goals,” said Eileen McAnneny, president of MTF. “TCI is...

Putting the $2.1 billion over-benchmark number for May in context, Doug Howgate of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said tax collections in Massachusetts have never exceeded benchmarks for any full fiscal year going back to at least fiscal 2006...

This report is the final installment in a three-part series on the implications of telework for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in which we explore what the trend toward telework could mean for the broader Massachusetts economy. ...

The MTF report estimates that the gross state product would increase by $25 billion over five years if Massachusetts were able to close its racial divide in wages, housing, investments and wealth. According to MTF President Eileen McAnneny, much...