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What Does Massachusetts Transportation Funding Support and What Are the Revenue Sources
Where do the resources come from to operate Massachusetts' transportation system, and where is the money spent? A detailed chart shows state revenues and spending ...
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A Preview of the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Challenges
This preview examines both the challenges revenue gap facing the FY 2018 budget and two budget transparency reforms that could help avoid mid-year budget cuts ...
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Massachusetts Ranks near Middle for Taxes in FY 2014
This fact sheets examines where Massachusetts ranks compared to other states in terms of the level of state and local taxation.
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Where Does the Taxachusetts Label Come From?
Massachusetts' taxes rank in the middle of the pack, compared to other states. Where then does the label "Taxachusetts" come from? The answer has much ...
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In 16 Charts: Higher Education Funding in Massachusetts
Organized as a series of charts, this paper details major trends in enrollment and state support for our two-year community colleges, four-year state universities, and ...
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Skills For Our Future: Vocational Education in Massachusetts
As educators prepare our young people with the skills to thrive in the years ahead, vocational education is a growing focus of education debates. Enrollment ...
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Issue in Brief: Vocational Education
A two-page summary of Skills For OurFuture, the report on vocational education.
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Counting Kids at School: 6 Steps to Better Numbers
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has recognized that recent improvements to school meals programs can unintentionally reduce funding for low-income school districts ...
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The Growing Cost of Special Business Tax Break Spending
The cost to the state from special business tax break spending has nearly tripled, even after adjusting for inflation, from $370 million in 1996 to ...
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U.S. and MA Households Make Meaningful Gains in 2015
With the release this week of new American Community Survey (ACS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau, it is clear that working families nationwide and ...
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