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Statement on the Passage of the Affordable Homes Act
On the morning of August 6th, Governor Healey signed the 2024 housing bond bill, also known as the Affordable Homes Act, into law. Read our ...
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Listening Session Remarks to the Early Education and Care Task Force
MassBudget's Adam Jones submitted remarks to the Early Education and Care Task Force for their summer 2024 listening session that took place on August 6, ...
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Testimony in Support of “An Act Relative to Property Tax Classification in the City of Boston” (HB.4805)
MassBudget's Phineas Baxandall testifies: Allow Boston to protect residents against a big property tax increase resulting from lower business taxes.
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Testimony in Support of H489/S301 on Affordable and Accessible Early Education
Policy Analyst Adam Jones urges the Joint Committee on Education to create a Commonwealth that features high-quality, affordable child care accessible to more families.
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Statement on Governor’s Affordable Homes Act
Statement by Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in response to bill H.4138, which takes the scale of our state's housing challenges seriously and can be ...
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Statement on Governor’s Proposal to Leverage Stabilization Funds to Secure Federal Grants
Statement by Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Interim President Phineas Baxandall in response to today’s proposal by Governor Maura Healey to utilize interest from the ...
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Testimony in Opposition to H.1848 on Reclassifying Rideshare Drivers
MassBudget's written testimony submitted in opposition to H1848, An Act establishing rights and obligations of transportation network drivers and transportation network companies.
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MassBudget Statement on the 2023 Tax Relief Package
Today, the conference committee presented the biggest package of tax changes in 15 years. We commend them for taking important steps to improve affordability for ...
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Testimony in Support of Raising the Minimum Wage
MassBudget's Policy Director Phineas Baxandall urges the Joint Committee on Labor & Workforce Development to pass a bill to increase the minimum wage out of ...
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MassBudget testifies to end tax subsidy for private jets
MassBudget testified in support of House bill 2826 and Senate bill 1758, which would end the sales tax exemption for personal aircraft. The exemption disproportionately ...
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New Poll: Big Majority of Voters Support Child and Family Tax Credit that Reaches $600
Newly conducted polling shows 77% of registered Massachusetts voters support the creation of a Child and Family Tax Credit of $600. The Massachusetts legislature is ...
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Testimony to support employment of formerly incarcerated individuals and people on transitional assistance in microbusinesses
Policy Director Phineas Baxandall delivers testimony in support for H.2811, “An Act to establish the micro business employee training and workforce development program."
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Statement on the Senate Ways and Means Budget Proposal
The state budget process continues on as the Senate Ways and Means Committee (SWM) released its proposal for the State budget today. With recent news ...
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Statement on the House Budget
The final House version of the budget, at $56.2 billion, is $154 million larger than the Governor’s proposal. It includes notable amendments to the House Ways ...
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Statement on the House Ways and Means Budget Proposal
While this proposal includes some important investments and policies, both it and the Governor’s proposal are limited by a set of proposed regressive tax cuts.
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Statement on the House Tax Reform Bill
Meaningful credits for working families mixed with benefits solely for the wealthy - MassBudget reacts to House of Representatives' recently released tax proposal.
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Testimony to the Joint Committee on Revenue on the Governor’s Tax Proposals
Testimony presented to the Joint Committee on Revenue on March 28, 2023, regarding Governor Healey's tax proposals.
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Statement on Governor Healey’s Budget Proposal
Important investments and missed opportunities - MassBudget reacts to the Governor's budget proposal.
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