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“The unintended consequences of the Student Opportunity Act” – CommonWealth Beacon

Actual inflation rates for school costs have exceeded this cap, reaching 8 percent in recent fiscal years, meaning the aid has not kept up with ...
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“Healey Taps Sports Betting Cash for $24M Massachusetts Workforce Push” – Hoodline Boston

The trust fund's steady stream of cash traces directly back to the 2022 Massachusetts Sports Wagering Act, signed by former Governor Charlie Baker, which authorized ...
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“MA median wealth tops $370K, but 1 in 3 can’t cover a $400 emergency” – New England Public Media

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center pointed to the estate tax as a lever lawmakers could continue to use to handle how wealth and generational wealth is passed ...
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“Top-ranked Massachusetts considers federal school voucher plan” – Public News Service

"This is designed to help wealthier families, which can actually crowd out in the application process, those from lower-income households, English learners, and other students ...
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“Power Play Newsletter” – Boston Globe

It didn’t take long for the progressive Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center to seize on that part of the Fed study as a reason to keep the ...
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“Pointing to Massachusetts’s fare-free experiment, Markey, Pressley press for a $25 billion federal free transit plan” – Boston Globe

By Diti Kohli, August 3, 2026 What would it take to make public transit free in the United States? At least $25 billion, per one ...
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“Mass, Lottery leaps into new world of online sales” – State House News Service

By Colin A. Young, July 27, 2026 The Massachusetts Lottery officially entered the digital world Monday with the launch of Mass. Lottery Online, the long-awaited ...
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“Northeast states avoided big swings in their 2027 budgets” – The Bond Buyer

The commonwealth's Fair Share tax revenue, a 4% surtax on income over $1 million, continues to exceed expectations, said Phineas Baxandall, director of research and ...
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“Massachusetts sets record-tying nine-question ballot for Nov. 3” – Winchester News

The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center counters that folding in the surtax “erodes the intent” of the 2022 Fair Share vote.
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“Federal School Voucher Imbalance” – The Rundown, New England Public Media

By Carrie Saldo, July 24, 2026 The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center urges state officials to avoid a federal school voucher program, saying it’s weighted to benefit private schools. What ...
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