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Adjusting for Personal Income: When, Why, and How
When we commit to doing things together through our government, we also commit to paying for them together through taxes. Discussions of budgets and taxes ...
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MassBudget Brief: What Are 9C Cuts?
On October 29, 2009, Governor Patrick exercised his authority under state law to make spending cuts to the state's FY 2010 budget. This MassBudget Brief ...
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Youth and Work: in Massachusetts and Across the Nation
Here in Massachusetts, close to 1 in 7 young people is unemployed. Nationwide, 6.5 million "disconnected youth" are out of school and also out of ...
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Breakfast and Lunch Participation in Massachusetts Schools
Are free and reduced-price school meals getting to all the kids who need them? That's the question that motivated Breakfast and Lunch Participation in Massachusetts ...
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Funding for Dept. of Children and Families and Children at the Dept. of Mental Health, FY 2009 – FY 2013
Funding for children through the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Mental Health has been cut significantly since the beginning of the ...
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Massachusetts Ranks 25th in Taxes in FY 2010
State and local taxes in Massachusetts are roughly in line with the national average, according to data released today by the census bureau. Massachusetts ranks ...
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Median Household Income Dropped in Massachusetts and the U.S. in 2011
Median household income in Massachusetts fell to $62,859 in 2011, a decline of 1.7 percent from 2010. This is the second year in a row ...
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2011 Poverty Rate Remained Level in Massachusetts While Rising Nationwide
The overall poverty rate in Massachusetts was 11.6 percent in 2011—roughly the same as in 2010. By contrast, the overall U.S. poverty rate did show ...
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Child Poverty in Massachusetts Unchanged, Most Children Have Health Insurance
Children in Massachusetts fare better than in much of the rest of the nation, as child poverty in the Commonwealth remains unchanged and health insurance ...
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