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“MassBudget: state should skip federal school voucher program” – State House News Service
By Sam Drysdale, July 14, 2026 A think tank is urging Massachusetts to reject a new federal school voucher program created under the One Big ...
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“State may be playing its own role in unfolding SNAP benefit crisis” – State House News
By Alison Kuznitz, July 14, 2026 Days after Gov. Maura Healey signed the new state budget, food security advocates are already asking for supplemental funding ...
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“New error rate highlights risks for Massachusetts SNAP program” – State House News Service
By Michael P. Norton, July 6, 2026 Largely due to overpayments, Massachusetts registered a 12.5% error rate for SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2025, which could ...
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“New error rate highlights risks for Massachusetts SNAP program” – 22 News WWLP
By Michael P. Norton, July 6, 2026 Largely due to overpayments, Massachusetts registered a 12.5% error rate for SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2025, which ...
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“Lawmakers send Healey $63.4 billion annual budget bill” – GBH
By Colin A. Young | State House News Service , July 02, 2026 Gov. Maura Healey has the next 10 days to review and act ...
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“Lawmakers send Healey $63.4 billion annual budget billl” – State House News Service
By Colin A. Young, July 01, 2026 STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, July 1, 2026…..Gov. Maura Healey has the next 10 days to review and act on ...
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“Massachusetts lawmakers send Maura Healey $63.4 billion annual budget bill” – Boston Herald
By State House News Service, July 1, 2026 Gov. Maura Healey has the next 10 days to review and act on the $63.4 billion budget that lawmakers ...
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“Here’s who won and who lost in the SJC’s stunning income tax decision” – Boston Globe
By Jon Chesto and Shirley Leung, June 19, 2026 Big news yesterday from the Supreme Judicial Court, which tossed out a divisive ballot measure that would ...
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“Whoops! AG Campbell’s Verbiage Sinks Tax Cut Measure” – Franklin Observer
By Alan Earls, June 19, 2026 The Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday bounced an income tax ballot question from consideration this year, citing what it called a ...
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“Reactions pour in to SJC’s ruling on income tax cut ballot question” – State House News Service
By State House News Service, June 18, 2026 The Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday bounced an income tax ballot question from consideration this year, citing what it ...
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“Income tax cut ballot question tossed by state’s highest court” – GBH
By Hannah Reale, June 18, 2026 Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a proposal to cut the state’s income tax from 5% to 4% will not appear on ...
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Press Release: Massachusetts Ranks 2nd in 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book
Massachusetts Ranks 2nd in 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book as Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Urges Continued Focus on Supporting Thriving Kids and Families; State ...
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“MassBudget: Enrollment Decline and Fiscal Pressure in Massachusetts Public Schools” – Franklin Matters
By Steve Sherlock, June 1, 2026 Since FY 2019, statewide public school enrollment has declined by nearly 50,000 students, placing school districts under growing financial ...
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“The middle class was hanging on. ‘Now they’ve kind of toppled into the abyss.’” – Boston Globe
By Katie Johnston, June 1, 2026 Within five years, the income needed to maintain a middle-class standard of living for a two-parent family with two ...
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“Millionaire (and Billionaire) Taxes Pick Up Steam” – Governing Magazine
By Jared Brey, Quarter 2, 2026 How much do the richest people owe to society? For a growing number of states, the answer is “more.” ...
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“Superintendent: ICE impacting Lynn enrollment” – ItemLive
By Deyscha Smith, May 29, 2026 LYNN — Lynn Public Schools has lost 633 students between April 2025 and April 2026, a decline Superintendent Dr. ...
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“Mass. Senate proposes ‘historic’ increase in local aid. Is it enough?” – The New Bedford Light
By Jamie Perkins, May 28, 2026 ities and towns across the South Coast are counting pennies as they craft their fiscal 2027 budgets. New Bedford ...
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“The ‘millionaires tax’ was pitched as a $2 billion revenue source. It’s blown past that, yet again.” – Boston Globe
By Samantha J. Gross, May 25, 2026 Billionaires tax is more like it. The state’s surtax on its highest earners has already generated more than $3.1 billion ...
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“Ballot initiative that would roll back recreational weed threatens nearly $300 million in yearly taxes” – Boston Globe
By Bryan Hecht, May 19, 2026 Tax revenue from recreational marijuana, one of the state’s most highly taxed consumer products, could vanish if a November ballot ...
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“Mass. public school enrollment is down 14K. Nearly half were English language learners.” – GBH
By Sarah Betancourt, May 14, 2026 Enrollment numbers in K-12 schools are dropping significantly in Massachusetts, and the impact of immigration enforcement might be a major ...
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