The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center provides independent research and analysis of state budget and tax policies, as well as economic issues, that affect low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts.
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The Senate Ways & Means Budget for FY 2014
May 16, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
Comparing Revenue Proposals for Transportation, Education, and Other Investments
May 9, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Law & Public Safety in the House Budget for FY 2014
May 7, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Cuts to Early Education & Care in the House Budget for FY 2014
May 2, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
Shelter, Housing, and Homelessness Policy in Massachusetts
April 30, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
The House FY 2014 Budget for Health Care
May 8, 2013 | PDF | Budget Brief
House Budget for FY 2014: Amendments Adopted During Debate
April 26, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Children and Public Health in the House Ways & Means Budget
April 23, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
Cuts to Youth Empowerment Programs in the HWM Budget
April 22, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
The House Ways & Means Budget for FY 2014
April 11, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
The Joint Ways & Means Transportation Proposal
April 5, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Youth Employment in the Governor's FY 2014 Budget
April 4, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
The Income Tax in Massachusetts
April 3, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Public Higher Education in Massachusetts and the Governor's FY 2014 Budget
March 29, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
General Local Aid in the Governor's Budget
March 20, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
TAFDC: Declines in Support for Low-Income Children and Families
March 18, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
March 12, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Possible Reforms to the Governor's Tax Plan
March 12, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Effects of Raising Rates and Exemptions on the State Income Tax
March 8, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Nurturing Kids, Supporting Families: Early Education & Care in the Massachusetts State Budget
March 7, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
Investments and Revenue in the Governor's Budget
February 28, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Tax Policy Proposals in the Governor's FY 2014 Budget
February 28, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Health Care in the Governor's FY 2014 Budget
February 22, 2013 | PDF | Budget Brief
Income Tax Cuts and the Budget Deficit in Massachusetts
February 19, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Early Education & Care in the Governor's FY 2014 Budget
February 12, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
Tax cuts that continue to haunt Mass.
February 12, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Op-Ed
How Do Massachusetts Business Taxes Compare to Other States
February 4, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
PowerPoint Presentation: Our State Budget and Taxes [PPTX]
January 29, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Budget Monitor: the Governor's Budget for FY 2014
January 24, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
What's It Worth?: The Value of the Minimum Wage in Massachusetts
January 18, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Who is Affected by the Minimum Wage?
January 18, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
The Regional Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase
January 18, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
A First Look at the Governor's Proposals on Education, Transportation, and Revenue
January 18, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
A Preview of the FY 2014 Budget
January 16, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Economic Gains from Early Education & Care
January 16, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
Declines in Spending on Early Education & Care in Massachusetts
January 16, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
The State of Working Massachusetts 2012
January 1, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF
In 7 Charts: Today's State of Working Massachusetts
January 1, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF
The Rise and Fall of Local Aid in Massachusetts
December 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF
December 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Adjusting for Personal Income: When, Why, and How
December 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
The Massachusetts Minimum Wage: Past, Present and Future
December 10, 2012 | PDF
MassBudget Brief: What Are 9C Cuts?
December 4, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Mid-Year Budget Cuts for FY 2013
December 4, 2012 | READ ONLINE | Factsheet
Youth and Work: in Massachusetts and Across the Nation
December 3, 2012 | READ ONLINE | Kids Count
Breakfast and Lunch Participation in Massachusetts Schools
October 18, 2012 | READ ONLINE | Kids Count
October 3, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
Where Does the Taxachusetts Label Come From?
September 27, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Massachusetts Ranks 25th in Taxes in FY 2010
September 26, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Median Household Income Dropped in Massachusetts and the U.S. in 2011
September 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
2011 Poverty Rate Remained Level in Massachusetts While Rising Nationwide
September 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Child Poverty in Massachusetts Unchanged, Most Children Have Health Insurance
September 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | KIDS COUNT
Massachusetts Leads the Nation in Health Insurance Coverage
September 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor: The FY 2013 Budget
September 17, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
State of Working Massachusetts - Labor Day 2012
August 31, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Wages and Inequality in Massachusetts: a Labor Day Report
August 31, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF
The Minimum Wage and Job Creation
August 15, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Health Care in the June Supplement to the FY 2012 Budget
August 14, 2012 | PDF
Health Care in the FY 2013 Budget
August 14, 2012 | PDF
Factsheet: Business Tax Breaks in Massachusetts
August 6, 2012 | READ ONLINE | Factsheet
Business Tax Breaks in Massachusetts
August 6, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Budget Monitor: The Legislature's Budget for FY 2013
July 3, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
Health Care in the Senate Budget Proposal
June 6, 2012 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The Senate Budget Proposal for FY 2013
June 1, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The Senate Ways and Means Budget for FY 2013
May 22, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
Health Care in the House Budget Proposal
May 7, 2012 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The House Budget Proposal for FY 2013
May 3, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
Health Care in the House Ways and Means Budget Proposal
April 19, 2012 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The House Ways and Means Budget for FY 2013
April 16, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
The Governor's Health Care Budget Proposal
February 28, 2012 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The Governor's FY 2013 Budget
January 31, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
Demystifying General Local Aid in Massachusetts
January 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF
January 18, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
The State of Working Massachusetts 2011
January 1, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Median Household Income Dropped in Massachusetts and the U.S. in 2010
December 22, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Cutting Class: Underfunding the Foundation Budget's Core Education Program
November 27, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Massachusetts Ranks 33rd in Taxes in FY 2009
November 1, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Massachusetts Still Leads in Health Care Coverage
September 22, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
2010 Poverty Rate Increases in Both Massachusetts and Across the Country
September 22, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Massachusetts Still a Leader in Health Coverage
September 13, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
September 13, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Jobs and the Massachusetts Economy, Labor Day 2011
September 2, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
September 1, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF
August 31, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Brief: The Fiscal Year 2012 Budget for MassHealth and Related Programs
August 2, 2011 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The Fiscal Year 2012 General Appropriations Act
July 18, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
MassHealth Budget Brief: Fiscal Year 2012: House and Senate Budget Proposals
June 10, 2011 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The Senate Fiscal Year 2012 Budget and Conference Differences
June 7, 2011 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Brief: The Senate Ways & Means FY 2012 Budget Proposals for MassHealth and Related Programs
May 24, 2011 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The Senate Ways & Means Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
May 23, 2011 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Brief: The House FY 2012 Budget Proposals for MassHealth and Related Programs
May 9, 2011 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The House Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
May 6, 2011 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The House Ways & Means Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
April 22, 2011 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Brief: The House Ways & Means FY 2012 Budget Proposals for MassHealth and Related Programs
April 22, 2011 | PDF | Budget Brief
Impact of Proposed Federal Budget Cuts on Massachusetts' Residents
March 9, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Workforce Characteristics and Wages in the Public and Private Sectors
March 7, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Demystifying the State Pension System
March 7, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Budget Brief: The Governor's FY 2012 Budget Proposals for MassHealth and Related Programs
February 10, 2011 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The Governor's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
February 3, 2011 | PDF | Budget Monitor
January 23, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF
MassBudget Brief: Fiscal Year 2012 Chapter 70 Education Aid Preview
January 11, 2011 | PDF | Budget Brief
MassBudget Brief: Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Preview
January 4, 2011 | PDF | Budget Brief
The State of Working Massachusetts 2010
January 2, 2011 | PDF
Allowing for More Meaningful Comparisons: Taxes and Spending as a Share of Personal Income
December 14, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
December 14, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Demystifying the Chapter 70 Formula: How the Massachusetts Education Funding System Works
December 7, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Extending Improvements to Tax Credits for Lower-Income Workers and Their Families
December 2, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Understanding Our Tax System: A Primer for Active Citizens
December 1, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF
November 18, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
No Significant Rise in Poverty in MA in 2009
September 28, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
No Significant Change in Massachusetts Median Household Income in 2009
September 28, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
Massachusetts Still Leads in Health Care Coverage
September 28, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
Massachusetts Still a Leader in Health Coverage
September 16, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
Poverty Rises Nationally in 2009, New Census Bureau Data Show
September 16, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
How Will New Tax on Alcohol Affect Revenues?
September 9, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
September 9, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Where Does MA Rank After Sales Tax Increase?
September 9, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Jobs and the Massachusetts Economy on Labor Day 2010
September 5, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
September 1, 2010 | PDF
The Education Jobs Fund and its Impact on Massachusetts Schools
August 18, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
August 10, 2010 | PDF
FISCAL FALLOUT: The Great Recession, Policy Choices, and State Budget Cuts
July 30, 2010 | PDF | Budget Brief
Universal Voluntary Retirement Accounts: Expanding Employee Savings Opportunities
July 27, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Massachusetts Ranks 31st in Taxes in FY 2008
July 15, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor: The Fiscal Year 2011 Post-Veto Budget
July 9, 2010 | PDF | Budget Monitor
New Corporate Tax Breaks Proposed in Economic Development Legislation
July 6, 2010 | PDF | Factsheet
Economic Stimulus: What Can National and State Governments Do To Save and Create Jobs Quickly?
June 9, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Budget Monitor: The Senate Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
June 8, 2010 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The Senate Ways & Means Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
May 25, 2010 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The Fiscal Year 2011 House Budget
May 18, 2010 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The House Ways & Means Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
April 23, 2010 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Brief: Chapter 70 Funding Options for K-12 Education
April 12, 2010 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Brief: Understanding the State Budget is Getting Easier
April 12, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Browser: A new online, interactive tool
April 6, 2010
Budget Monitor: The Governor's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget (Updated)
March 26, 2010 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Brief: Saving for that Rainy Day: The Stabilization Fund
March 3, 2010 | PDF | Budget Brief
January 12, 2010 | PDF
Massachusetts Stimulus Website: What It Tells Us & How It Could Tell Us More
December 22, 2009 | PDF
Reducing Poverty: Direct Assistance Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
December 22, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
MassBudget Brief: Economic Development Tax Expenditures
December 2, 2009 | PDF | Budget Brief
November 17, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
Providing Health Care for the Unemployed: The Medical Security Trust Fund
November 17, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Brief: The Governor's Plan to Close the FY 2010 Budget Gap
October 29, 2009 | PDF | Budget Brief
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Health Care
October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Direct Benefits
October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Total Funding
October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: What has been spent in Massachusetts so far?
October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Education
October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - State Fiscal Relief
October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
October 14, 2009 | PDF
October 13, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
MassBudget Brief: Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Preview
October 8, 2009 | PDF | Budget Brief
Taxes as a share of personal income fell in Massachusetts in FY 2007
September 30, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
Census data show no rise in poverty rate for Massachusetts in 2008
September 29, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
Median Household Income Flat in Mass. between 2007 and 2008
September 22, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
Massachusetts Leads Nation in Health Care Coverage
September 10, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
The State of Working Massachusetts: Labor Day 2009
September 6, 2009 | PDF
September 4, 2009 | PDF
Budget Monitor: The Legislature's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget with the Governor's Vetoes and Amendments
July 9, 2009 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Brief: Budget Transparency and Balance: The FY 2010 Budget Proposals
June 29, 2009 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The Governor's Revised 2010 Budget and the House-Senate Conference Differences
June 11, 2009 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The Senate Ways and Means FY 2010 Budget
May 15, 2009 | PDF | Budget Monitor
May 8, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor: The Fiscal Year 2010 House Budget
May 7, 2009 | PDF | Budget Monitor
School Finance Reform and the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
April 28, 2009 | PDF
Budget Monitor: The House Ways and Means Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
April 23, 2009 | PDF | Budget Monitor
House 1 Proposed Spending by Category
April 10, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
MassBudget Brief: The Governor's Distribution of ARRA Education Funding
April 3, 2009 | PDF | Budget Brief
April 2, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
April 2, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
April 2, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act & Massachusetts
February 13, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor: The Governor's FY 2010 Budget proposal
February 6, 2009 | PDF | Budget Monitor
MassBudget Brief: Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Preview
January 22, 2009 | PDF | Budget Brief
Substantial Surpluses to Dangerous Deficits: A Look at State Fiscal Policies from 1998 to 2008
January 14, 2009 | READ ONLINE | PDF
Long-Term Causes of the Fiscal Crisis
January 14, 2009 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
January 14, 2009 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet
The State of Working Massachusetts 2008: Entering a Recession After a Recovery That Missed Many
January 1, 2009 | PDF
MassBudget Brief: Examining the Plan to Close the Budget Gap
November 7, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
Massachusetts Online Budget Game: Can you cut $12.6 billion from the state budget?
October 17, 2008 | PDF
MassBudget Brief: Examining the Governor's Plan to Close the Budget Gap
October 16, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
Massachusetts Medicaid in Perspective: An Analysis of Spending Growth and Economic Growth, 1996-2007
September 25, 2008 | PDF
Census Bureau Confirms Significant Drop in the Number of Uninsured in the Commonwealth
August 26, 2008 | PDF | Factsheet
Income remains stagnant in Massachusetts
August 26, 2008 | PDF | Factsheet
Census Bureau Shows No Change in Poverty Rate in Massachusetts
August 26, 2008 | PDF | Factsheet
MassBudget Brief: Transparency and Balance, FY 2009 General Appropriation Act
August 26, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
MassBudget Brief: Transparency and Balance, FY 2009 House and Senate Proposals
August 25, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The Governor's FY 2009 Budget Vetoes
July 16, 2008 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The FY 2009 Conference Committee Budget
July 11, 2008 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Monitor
MassBudget Brief: Legislature Enacts Corporate Tax Reform
July 1, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
MassBudget Brief: Corporate Tax Reform, Comparing House and Senate Proposals
June 5, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The FY 2009 Budget: Senate Floor Action and Conference Differences
June 5, 2008 | PDF | Budget Monitor
US Census Bureau - State and Local Tax Collections 2006
May 21, 2008 | PDF | Factsheet
MassBudget Brief: Property Taxes - Helping Those Who Need It Most
May 20, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The FY 2009 Senate Ways and Means Budget
May 20, 2008 | PDF | Budget Monitor
MassBudget Brief: Transparency and Balance FY2009 House Budget
May 14, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The FY 2009 House Budget
May 13, 2008 | PDF | Budget Monitor
MassBudget Brief: House Action on Loophole Closing Legislation
April 24, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
Budget Monitor: The FY 2009 House Ways and Means Budget
April 24, 2008 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Letter from DOR to Senate President Murray
April 18, 2008 | PDF
MassBudget Brief: Tax Credits for the Motion Picture Industry
April 9, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
Following Through on Welfare Reform: How Savings Could Support Lower-Income Working Families
April 1, 2008 | PDF
Fiscal Year 2009 Tax Reform Proposals
February 28, 2008 | PDF
Budget Monitor: House 2: Governor's FY 2009 Budget Proposal
February 15, 2008 | PDF | Budget Monitor
January 15, 2008 | PDF
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Preview
January 1, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief
A More Transparent Budget: Continuing the Progress
November 23, 2007 | PDF
State of Working Massachusetts 2007 A Growing Economy; A Growing Divide
September 2, 2007 | PDF
Census Data Show Little Progress on Poverty and Incomes
August 28, 2007
Budget Monitor: The FY 2008 General Appropriations Act
August 17, 2007 | PDF | Budget Monitor
The Taxation of Poles and Wires Owned by Telephone Companies
July 12, 2007 | PDF
June 8, 2007 | PDF
Budget Monitor: The FY 2008 Budget: Conference Committee Preview
June 6, 2007 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The FY 2008 Senate Ways and Means Budget
May 22, 2007 | PDF | Budget Monitor
U.S. Census Bureau - FY 2005 State & Local Tax Collections
May 14, 2007 | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor: The FY 2008 House Budget
May 2, 2007 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: The FY 2008 House Ways and Means Budget
April 20, 2007 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor: Governor Patrick's FY 2008 Budget
March 15, 2007 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Combined Reporting: What It Is and How It Works
February 22, 2007 | PDF | Factsheet
Business Taxes in Massachusetts: How Our State Compares to the Nation
February 22, 2007 | PDF | Factsheet
Property Taxes in Massachusetts: Trends and Options
January 10, 2007 | PDF
Dollars and Sense: A letter to the Boston Phoenix Editor
December 22, 2006
December 13, 2006 | PDF
Public School Funding in Massachusetts: Where We Are, What Has Changed, and Options Ahead
November 24, 2006 | PDF
An Examination of Governor Romney's 9C Cuts
November 22, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
Creating a Transparent Budget for Massachusetts
October 6, 2006 | PDF
Can you figure out the budget?
October 6, 2006
State of Working Massachusetts 2006: As the Economy Moves Forward, Wages Fall Back
September 3, 2006 | PDF
Four Years into Recovery, Still No Improvement in Poverty in Massachusetts
August 29, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
Four Years into Recovery, Incomes Stagnant in Massachusetts
August 29, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
Four Years into Recovery, Uninsurance Still Higher than in 2001
August 29, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
MassHealth and State Fiscal Health: A New Look at the Effects of Medicaid Spending on State Finances
June 29, 2006 | PDF
Facts and Claims on Raising the Massachusetts Minimum Wage
June 20, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
Income Inequality and the Minimum Wage
June 16, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
Comparing the Minimum Wage Proposals
June 15, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
FY 2007 Senate Ways and Means Budget
May 23, 2006 | PDF
Public School Funding in Massachusetts: Putting Recent Reform Proposals in Context
May 20, 2006 | PDF
House Floor Action on the FY 2007 Budget
May 5, 2006 | PDF
The Minimum Wage and Tipped Employees
May 5, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
Funding Public School Education in Massachusetts
April 26, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
The FY 2007 House Ways and Means Budget
April 24, 2006 | PDF
Taxes in Massachusetts: How They Are Used, How They Compare to Other States
April 12, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
US Census Bureau State Tax Collections for FY 2005
March 30, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
March 20, 2006 | PDF
New Directions in Closing Income Gap
February 16, 2006
Governor Romney's FY 2007 Budget
February 1, 2006 | PDF
The Growing Gap: Income Inequality in Massachusetts
January 26, 2006 | PDF
Impact of Reducing the Personal Income Tax Rate
January 18, 2006 | PDF | Factsheet
A Preview of the FY 2007 Budget
January 17, 2006 | PDF
US Census Bureau State and Local Government Finance Data for FY 2004
January 1, 2006 | Factsheet
Kids, Cuts, and Consequences: How Cuts to Effective Public Programs Hurt Our Children
November 28, 2005 | PDF
Public School Funding in Massachusetts: How It Works, Trends Since 1993
November 2, 2005 | PDF
September Tax Collections in Perspective - Will There Be a Surplus in FY 2006?
October 5, 2005 | PDF | Factsheet
Choose or Lose: A Review of Proposals to Reform Massachusetts' Welfare Program
September 8, 2005 | PDF
August 30, 2005 | PDF
Inflation Indexing and the Massachusetts Minimum Wage
August 16, 2005 | PDF | Factsheet
Measuring Up: Taxes and Spending in Massachusetts
August 1, 2005 | PDF
Measuring Up: Taxes and Spending in Massachusetts
August 1, 2005 | PDF
Preliminary Tax Collections and the Apparent FY05 Surplus
July 25, 2005 | PDF | Factsheet
The $60 Million Movie Industry Tax Cut
July 22, 2005 | PDF | Factsheet
The Senate's Phased-In Personal Income Tax Cut
July 19, 2005 | PDF | Factsheet
Facts and Claims on Tax Loopholes
July 14, 2005 | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor -- The Governor's FY 2006 Veto Message
July 7, 2005 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor--The FY 2006 Conference Budget
June 29, 2005 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Summary of Recent House Action on Tax Loopholes
June 20, 2005 | PDF
Who Benefits from a Capital Gains Tax Cut?
June 10, 2005 | PDF
Budget Monitor -- Senate Floor Action and Conference Differences
June 3, 2005 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor--The FY 2006 Senate Ways and Means Budget
May 23, 2005 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor -- House Floor Action on the FY 2006 Budget
May 5, 2005 | PDF | Budget Monitor
The SJC's Recent Ruling on the Taxation of Capital Gains
April 28, 2005 | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor--The FY 2006 House Ways and Means Budget
April 21, 2005 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Monitor--Governor Romney's FY 2006 Budget
February 11, 2005 | PDF | Budget Monitor
January 30, 2005 | PDF
December 7, 2004 | PDF
Keeping It Real: The Effects of Increasing and Indexing the Massachusetts Minimum Wage
November 26, 2004 | PDF
What is the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Really Worth?
November 26, 2004 | PDF | Factsheet
Who Would Gain from an Increase in the Massachusetts Minimum Wage?
November 26, 2004 | PDF | Factsheet
The Effects of Prior Minimum Wage Increases on Wages, Poverty, and Employment
November 26, 2004 | PDF | Factsheet
The State of Working Massachusetts 2004: Down But Not Out
September 5, 2004 | PDF
Budget Monitor --The FY 2005 Budget: Final Numbers Including Vetoes and Overrides
August 9, 2004 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Four Key Questions on the Governor's Tax Cut Proposal
July 20, 2004 | PDF
Budget Monitor --The FY05 Governor's Vetoes
July 2, 2004 | PDF | Budget Monitor
The Governor's FY 2005 Veto Message
July 2, 2004 | PDF
Fact Sheet - Stabilization Fund Constitutional Amendment
June 23, 2004 | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor--The FY05 Conference Budget
June 22, 2004 | PDF | Budget Monitor
June 22, 2004 | PDF
Budget Monitor -- The FY 2005 Senate Budget
June 10, 2004 | PDF | Budget Monitor
May 28, 2004 | PDF
Fact Sheet -- Census Bureau FY2003 State Tax Collections
May 27, 2004 | PDF | Factsheet
Budget Monitor -- The FY 2005 Senate Ways and Means Budget
May 18, 2004 | PDF | Budget Monitor
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
May 7, 2004 | PDF
Highlights from the FY 2005 House Budget
May 5, 2004 | PDF
Tax Expenditures and Economic Development
April 27, 2004 | PDF
MBPC's House Ways and Means Budget Monitor
April 22, 2004 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Setting the Record Straight on Combined Reporting
March 30, 2004 | PDF
Tax Law Enforcement: Progress and Opportunities
March 30, 2004 | PDF
March 23, 2004
Needed: Reform of the state tax code A Provider op-ed by MBPC Policy Analyst Jeff McLynch
February 10, 2004 | PDF
Needed: Reform of the state tax code
February 10, 2004 | PDF
Budget Monitor -- Governor Romney's FY 2005 Budget: The Fiscal Crisis and the Human Crisis Continue
February 6, 2004 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Massachusetts' Business Taxes: Still Comparatively Low?
January 28, 2004 | PDF
Cuts That Hurt: An Examination of Painful Cuts in the FY2004 State Budget
January 27, 2004 | PDF
Public School Funding in Massachusetts: How Does the Commonwealth Compare to the Nation?
January 16, 2004 | PDF
A Few Commonly Asked Questions about Combined Reporting
October 29, 2003 | PDF
September 26, 2003
Massachusetts' Business Taxes: 'High and Rising' or Low and Falling?
September 25, 2003 | PDF
Tax Credits Provide Boost for Low-Income Families
September 1, 2003 | PDF
Three Years of Spending Cuts and Their Effects on Low- and Moderate-Income People
August 29, 2003 | PDF
A Review of the FY04 Vetoes and Overrides
July 28, 2003 | PDF
Budget Monitor -- The FY04 Conference Budget
June 26, 2003 | PDF | Budget Monitor
June 15, 2003 | PDF
Budget Monitor -- The FY04 Senate Budget
June 5, 2003 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Highlights from the Senate Ways and Means Budget
May 22, 2003 | PDF
May 18, 2003 | PDF
May 18, 2003
Budget Monitor -- The House Ways and Means FY04 Budget
April 29, 2003 | PDF | Budget Monitor
April 29, 2003 | PDF
Highlights from the FY04 House Ways & Means Budget
April 23, 2003 | PDF
Budget Monitor -- Local Aid and the FY04 Budget
April 4, 2003 | PDF | Budget Monitor
Budget Cuts, Taxes, and the Fiscal Crisis
March 31, 2003 | PDF
Budget Monitor -- Governor Romney's FY04 Budget: Does it Keep the Promise?
March 5, 2003 | PDF | Budget Monitor
February 28, 2003 | PDF
Trading Places: The Role of Taxes and Spending In the Fiscal Crisis
February 18, 2003 | PDF
Trading Places -- Press Release
February 18, 2003 | PDF
House Closes Corporate Tax Loopholes; Others Remain -- Press Release
February 5, 2003 | PDF
MBPC Announces New Executive Director -- Press Release
January 31, 2003 | PDF
January 15, 2003 | PDF
January 8, 2003 | PDF
Gone With the Wind -- Press Release
January 8, 2003 | PDF
January 7, 2003 | PDF
The State of Working Massachusetts 2002 As Good as it Gets?-- Press Release
September 2, 2002 | PDF
The State of Working Massachusetts 2002: As Good as it Gets?
September 1, 2002 | PDF
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