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Registration Open for FOCUS2025!
Join policymakers, advocates, and community members for this exciting day as we discuss the current state of public policy, deepen relationships, and envision new possibilities for the future.
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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 should include for priority items.
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Analysis: Impact of U.S. House’s Budget Reconciliation Bill on Massachusetts
On May 30, 2025, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) published an analysis of the budget bill recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, including critical data on its impact in Massachusetts.
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Statement on Budget Bill Approved by U.S. House of Representatives
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an extensive budget bill that would cut aid to our most vulnerable in favor of further enriching the nation’s most wealthy. MassBudget President Viviana Abreu-Hernández, PhD has issued this statement in response.
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Testimony: Building on Progress and Improving the Structure of K-12 Funding in MA
MassBudget's testimony to the Joint Committee on Education in support of An Act eliminating education funding inflation cap (SB345), An Act to fix the Chapter 70 inflation adjustment (SB388/HB678), An Act relative to Chapter 70 inflation relief (SB440), and An Act to ensure adequate and equitable funding for public education (SB400).
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PolicyTALKS – GILTI / Corporate Fair Share
On May 13th, 2025, MassBudget hosted our first PolicyTALKS event. Researchers, advocates, and policymakers explored how to improve corporate tax fairness and build a stronger Massachusetts.
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Preliminary Analysis: FY 2026 Senate Ways and Means Budget Proposal
The Senate Ways and Means Committee's FY 2026 budget proposal, released Tuesday, May 6, allocates over $61.3 billion in spending for the Commonwealth. This is MassBudget's first dive into the details.
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MassBudget’s Statement on the FY 2026 Senate Ways and Means Budget Proposal
Coming after the House finalized their budget proposal the week prior, the Senate Ways and Means (SWM) Committee released their proposal, outlining a plan to spend over $61.3 billion for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1.
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MassBudget’s Analysis of the FY 2026 House Budget Proposal
The House budget recommendation for FY 2026 outlines $61.5 billion in spending (before accounting for pre-budget spending and adjustments). With federal budget cuts looming, Fair Share revenues continue to advance education and transportation.
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Estimate of Potential GILTI Revenue
Building off of a recent analysis performed by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), MassBudget estimates that adopting a robust and well-enforced provision requiring multinational corporations to include 50 percent of GILTI (Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income) in their state tax calculations would generate over $400 million a year for the Commonwealth.
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