By Globe Staff, Updated December 3, 2025
“Governor Maura Healey knows the stats. Massachusetts job growth has been essentially flat since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, lagging most of the country. The exodus of residents to other, lower-cost states remains sizable. And the federal funding that underpins much of the state’s research economy is under threat by the White House.”
MassBudget Reference:
“Phineas Baxandall, policy director at the left-leaning MassBudget think tank, stressed the importance of state government investments, particularly in education and transportation. Massachusetts, he said, won’t be able to gain a competitive edge by being less expensive than, say, Mississippi or Vietnam.”
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