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The House Budget for FY 2015: Analysis of Amendments Adopted During Debate

Last week, the House finalized its budget proposal for FY 2015. The final House budget, like the Governor's proposal, makes incremental efforts to address major ...
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House Ways & Means FY 2015 Budget Proposal

On April 9, 2014, the House Ways and Means Committee (HWM) presented its budget proposal for FY 2015. This Budget Monitor details how this proposal ...
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The Governor’s FY 2015 Budget Proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and Health Reform Programs

On January 22, the Governor released his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2015, which begins on July 1, 2014. The Governor's budget ...
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The Governor’s Budget for FY 2015

The Governor's budget proposal for FY15 does not include significant new revenue, which means that the investments he specifies for education, human services, and elsewhere ...
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A Preview of the FY 2015 Budget

For the sixth year in a row Massachusetts starts the budget process facing a substantial gap between ongoing revenue and the cost of maintaining current ...
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PowerPoint Presentation: Our State Budget and Taxes [PPTX]

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The Role of Trust Funds in MassHealth and Health Reform Spending: A Primer

This brief, produced by MMPI in partnership with the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, will supplement the MMPI budget ...
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The Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers

Massachusetts has a separate minimum wage for workers who regularly earn tips, like waiters and hairdressers. We find that in states where the "tipped minimum ...
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Budget Monitor: The FY 2014 Budget

All of the parts of the state's FY 2014 budget are now in place. The budget includes new investments to fix and repair our state's ...
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Health Care in the FY 2014 Budget

A new fact sheet, "Health Care in the FY 2014 Budget", summarizes the budget's impact on MassHealth (Medicaid) and other subsidized health coverage programs. The ...
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