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MassBudget Brief: Fiscal Year 2012 Chapter 70 Education Aid Preview
While projecting Chapter 70 state education aid ahead of the formal budget process is always an inexact science, the precarious economic recovery and the termination ...
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MassBudget Brief: Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Preview
This Budget Brief examines the condition of state finances as the budget process begins for the fiscal year that starts on July 1, 2011. Walking ...
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The State of Working Massachusetts 2010
Like the rest of the nation, the Commonwealth is struggling to emerge from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Nationally the economy has ...
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Allowing for More Meaningful Comparisons: Taxes and Spending as a Share of Personal Income
This Facts At A Glance describes methodological issues regarding the comparison of tax and spending levels between different time periods or different states.
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The Income Tax
Massachusetts has an income tax rate of 5.3 percent. The income tax is the single-largest source of revenue for the state, with collections totaling $10.1 ...
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Demystifying the Chapter 70 Formula: How the Massachusetts Education Funding System Works
This Facts At A Glance explains the basic structure of the state's Chapter 70 formula for distributing education aid to local school districts.
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Extending Improvements to Tax Credits for Lower-Income Workers and Their Families
This fall, Congress will debate whether to extend tax cuts adopted over the past decade. While there appears to be general agreement among policymakers that ...
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Expiring Federal Tax Cuts: Costs and Beneficiaries of Extending Cuts Targeted at Highest-Income Taxpayers
In the coming weeks, the U.S. House and Senate may debate whether to extend (or make permanent) all or only some of the Bush-era income ...
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No Significant Rise in Poverty in MA in 2009
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual update of state-level poverty rates from the American Community Survey (ACS). It indicates no statistically significant change ...
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No Significant Change in Massachusetts Median Household Income in 2009
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual update of state-level data on household income from the American Community Survey (ACS).
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