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FISCAL FALLOUT: The Great Recession, Policy Choices, & State Budget Cuts, Fiscal Years 2009-2012 (updated)

This updated report examines state budget cuts since the onset of the current economic downturn. It builds on our prior edition published in April (which ...
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Budget Brief: The Fiscal Year 2012 Budget for MassHealth and Related Programs

This Budget Brief describing the Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 2012) budget for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other related health care programs is the last in a ...
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Budget Monitor: The Fiscal Year 2012 General Appropriations Act

The FY 2012 budget includes deep cuts in a number of areas including $24 million from the Judiciary (including probation) and over $60 million in ...
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MassHealth Budget Brief: Fiscal Year 2012: House and Senate Budget Proposals

This Budget Brief on the House and Senate proposals for MassHealth and related health care programs is the fifth in a new series published by ...
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Budget Monitor: The Senate Fiscal Year 2012 Budget and Conference Differences

With House and Senate budget debate complete, conferees from the two branches are now meeting to resolve differences. The Conference Committee is expected to craft ...
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Budget Brief: The Senate Ways & Means FY 2012 Budget Proposals for MassHealth and Related Programs

This Budget Brief on the Senate Ways and Means proposals for MassHealth and related health care programs is the fourth in a new series published ...
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Budget Monitor: The Senate Ways & Means Fiscal Year 2012 Budget

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Senate Ways and Means (SWM) budget proposal shares a basic structure with the proposals from the Governor and House. All ...
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Editorial: “Zero-based” budgeting

Still, residents should not let their hopes soar. Eliminating waste is unlikely to be enough. According to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, since the ...
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Budget Brief: The House FY 2012 Budget Proposals for MassHealth and Related Programs

This Budget Brief on the House proposals for MassHealth and related health care programs is the third in a new series published by the Massachusetts ...
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Budget Monitor: The House Fiscal Year 2012 Budget

The final budget approved by the House of Representatives for Fiscal Year 2012 includes modestly more funding than recommended by the House Ways & Means ...
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