MassBudget's Policy Director Phineas Baxandall urges the Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development to pass a bill to increase the minimum wage out of committee. The bill under discussion would raise the wages of almost 1 million workers.

Policy Director Phineas Baxandall delivers testimony in support for H.2811, “An Act to establish the micro business employee training and workforce development program."

Testimony presented to the Joint Committee on Revenue on March 28, 2023, regarding Governor Healey's tax proposals.

MassBudget stands in opposition to House bill (H.4375/H.4376), An Act defining and regulating the contract-based relationship between network companies and app-based drivers.

To the Joint Committee on Revenue December 14, 2021 RE: Testimony in support of An Act Relevant to the Repeal of the Sales Tax Exemption for Aircraft (H.2923/S.1797). Chairman Hinds, Chairman Cusack, and distinguished members of the Joint Committee on Revenue: Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on behalf of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (“MassBudget”), in support of H.2923/S.1797: An Act Relevant to the Repeal of the Sales Tax Exemption for Aircraft. The bill would end the current sales and use tax exemptions for aircraft and aircraft parts. These exemptions are economically regressive, fiscally costly, and ...

To the Joint Committee on Revenue December 13, 2021 RE: Testimony in support of An Act to increase family stabilization through the earned income tax credit (H.2871/S.1841) and An act providing a minimum income to all Massachusetts families (S.1852). Chairman Hinds, Chairman Cusack, and distinguished members of the Joint Committee on Revenue: Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on behalf of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (“MassBudget”), in support of H.2871/S.1841: An Act to increase family stabilization through the earned income tax credit. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, or “MassBudget,” is a public policy think tank ...

October 6, 2021 Chairman Murphy, Chairman Crighton, and distinguished members of the Joint Committee on Financial Services: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important matter. I write in opposition to House Bill 1234. As Attorney General Attorney General Maura Healey has maintained, a company like Uber or Lyft assigns tasks to their workers via cell phone app should not excuse them from providing the full benefits and protections due under Massachusetts Wage and Hours Laws, including those granted by the Wage Act, Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Law, Earned Sick Time Law, and Anti-Retaliation Statutes. The bill in ...

October 1, 2021 Chairman Rodrigues, Chairman Michelwitz, and distinguished members of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on plans for using the unassigned federal American Rescue Plan Act funding in Massachusetts. My name is Anastasia Martinez and I am a policy analyst at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a nonpartisan research organization that works with partners and policymakers to advance racial and economic equity in the Commonwealth. Today, I will be sharing how COVID-19 has exacerbated inequities in our public higher education system and urge for investments in our students. Overall, ...