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MassBudget’s In-Depth Analysis of Governor Healey’s FY 2027 Budget and FY 2026 Supplemental Budget Proposals
Governor Healey’s Proposed Budget Braces for Difficult Times Ahead While Making Ample Use of Fair Share Governor Maura Healey’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget proposal ...
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“Governor’s budget proposal seeks to trim environmental programs roughly 4 percent” – CommonWealth Beacon
By Jordan Wolman, February 11, 2026 THE PROVERBIAL TOUGH CHOICES stemming from a squeeze on state finances had to show up somewhere in Gov. Maura Healey’s ...
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“How does the Student Opportunity Act work?” – The New Bedford Light
By Isabelle Oss, February 8, 2026 Several years into Massachusetts’ education funding reform, the Student Opportunity Act, the state has poured millions into high-need districts — ...
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“From T support to school aid, surtax emerges as crutch for state budgeting” – CommonWealth Beacon & The Local News Ipswich
By Chris Lisinski, CommonWealth Beacon, February 7, 2026 DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK, there’s either a sea change underway in how Beacon Hill thinks about ...
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“Governor Healey Releases New Impact Report on Transformative New Fair Share Investments in Education, Transportation” – Office of the Governor Press Release
Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll Press Release, February 5, 2026 Today, Governor Healey posted Delivering on Fair Share, a new Impact Report on how the Healey-Driscoll Administration has ...
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“Chapter 70: Some of What You Need to Know to Understand the School Budget Process” – Amherst INDY
By: Kiera McLaughlin February 5, 2026 Chapter 70, the primary Massachusetts state aid program for public elementary and secondary schools, is supposedly designed to ensure equitable ...
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“Advocates sue to block vote on income tax cut” – Gloucester Daily Times
By Christian M. Wade, February 3, 2026 A coalition of union leaders and community activists are suing to block a proposed cut to the state’s ...
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“Unpacking the governor’s state budget proposal” – The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon
THE FINAL STATE BUDGET Gov. Maura Healey will file before she’s up for reelection landed last week amid a maelstrom of federal feuding and economic strain. ...
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MassBudget’s Preliminary Analysis of Governor Healey’s FY 2027 Budget and FY 2026 Supplemental Budget Proposals
Read MassBudget’s Statement on Governor Healey’s FY 2027 Budget Proposal. Below, MassBudget provides a preliminary analysis of Governor Maura Healey’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget ...
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“Massachusetts could lose $5B from income tax cut” – The Salem News
By Christian M. Wade, Jan 27, 2026 A proposal to cut Massachusetts’ personal income tax to 4% would cost the state government an estimated $5 ...
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