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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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MassBudget Statement on Governor Healey’s FY 2027 Budget Proposal
Today, Governor Maura Healey released her proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY 2027). This proposal starts the FY 2027 budget cycle and outlines the ...
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MassBudget Statement on the FY 2027 Consensus Revenue Estimate (CRE)
MassBudget statement released on 1/14/26 at 4:30PM “Today the Governor, Senate President, and Speaker of the House jointly announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Consensus ...
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Protect Massachusetts’s Fiscal Stability: Which OB3 Tax Changes to Opt Out of and Why
Unfortunately, changes to the federal corporate tax code included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OB3) will make our state fiscal situation worse. Many ...
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Show Me the Money: Cannabis Revenue, Spending, and Equity in Massachusetts
Key Takeaways Since the legalization of recreational, adult-use cannabis in 2016, cannabis sales in Massachusetts have generated nearly $2 billion in state and local revenue, ...
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Payouts and Risks in Massachusetts’s Gambling Revenue
Key Takeaways The Lottery, casinos, and sports betting together generate $1.5 billion in annual taxes, the state’s fourth largest source of revenue. The Lottery is ...
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MassBudget’s Analysis of the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act
The state budget Governor Maura Healey signed on July 4th for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 reflects both caution in the face of federal funding threats ...
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Preliminary Analysis: FY 2026 Conference Committee Budget Proposal
The Conference Committee’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal, released Sunday, June 29, allocates over $61 billion in spending for the Commonwealth. MassBudget shares our preliminary ...
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MassBudget’s Statement on the FY 2026 Conference Budget
On Sunday, June 29th, the Conference Committee released their proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, outlining a plan to spend over $61 billion for ...
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Comparative Analysis of the House & Senate Budget Proposals: Opportunities for the Conference Committee to Promote Equity and Uplift Communities
MassBudget examines differences between the House's and the Senate’s FY 2026 budget proposals in specific policy areas and provides recommendations on what the Conference Committee ...
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