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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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Shelter and Housing for Homeless Families: Historical Funding and the Governor’s FY 2015 Budget Proposal
Providing access to stable, safe, affordable housing is an important way the state helps low income families avoid homelessness. Funding for the state program that ...
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Unlocking Potential: Examining the Funding of Juvenile Detention and Effective Alternatives in Massachusetts
Over the past decade, the number of teenagers involved with the juvenile justice system has declined significantly. Among other things, this has meant fewer arrests, ...
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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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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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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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