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Budget Brief: The House Ways & Means FY 2012 Budget Proposals for MassHealth and Related Programs
This Budget Brief on the House Ways & Means proposals for MassHealth and related health care programs is the second in a new series being ...
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Impact of Proposed Federal Budget Cuts on Massachusetts’ Residents
Proposed legislation (H.R. 1) that funds the federal government through the final six months of Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 2011) cuts funding for non-security discretionary ...
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Workforce Characteristics and Wages in the Public and Private Sectors
Across the country there has recently been extensive attention focused on issues relating to public employee compensation. This report examines Massachusetts wage and benefits data ...
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Demystifying the State Pension System
The Massachusetts State Board of Retirement, which administers the Massachusetts State Employees' Retirement System (MERS), was established in 1911 as the second-oldest public pension system ...
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Budget Brief: The Governor’s FY 2012 Budget Proposals for MassHealth and Related Programs
This Budget Brief on the Governor's proposals for MassHealth and related health care programs is the first in a new series being published by the ...
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Budget Monitor: The Governor’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
In the coming fiscal year (Fiscal Year 2012) the state is facing a budget gap of approximately $1.9 billion between the cost of providing current ...
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Quality, Cost, and Purpose: Comparisons of Government and Private Sector Payments for Similar Services
We count on government to do many important things--things we can't do alone--like provide good schools, protect our environment, promote public safety, and offer a ...
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Mass. budget builders agree on $20.5B in revenues
Noah Berger, executive director of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a nonpartisan budget watchdog, said the estimate was "reasonable and cautious." The total of ...
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Outlook for State Budget
Noah Berger of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center discusses the 2012 Massachusetts budget with Steve Ives.
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Better By Degrees
All that good news comes from a report released earlier this month by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. The State of Working Massachusetts 2010 ...
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