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“State may be playing its own role in unfolding SNAP benefit crisis” – State House News

By Alison Kuznitz, July 14, 2026 Days after Gov. Maura Healey signed the new state budget, food security advocates are already asking for supplemental funding ...
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“New error rate highlights risks for Massachusetts SNAP program” – State House News Service

By Michael P. Norton, July 6, 2026 Largely due to overpayments, Massachusetts registered a 12.5% error rate for SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2025, which could ...
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“New error rate highlights risks for Massachusetts SNAP program” – 22 News WWLP

By Michael P. Norton, July 6, 2026 Largely due to overpayments, Massachusetts registered a 12.5% error rate for SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2025, which ...
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“Lawmakers send Healey $63.4 billion annual budget bill” – GBH

By Colin A. Young | State House News Service , July 02, 2026 Gov. Maura Healey has the next 10 days to review and act ...
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“Lawmakers send Healey $63.4 billion annual budget billl” – State House News Service

By Colin A. Young, July 01, 2026 STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, July 1, 2026…..Gov. Maura Healey has the next 10 days to review and act on ...
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“Massachusetts lawmakers send Maura Healey $63.4 billion annual budget bill” – Boston Herald

By State House News Service, July 1, 2026 Gov. Maura Healey has the next 10 days to review and act on the $63.4 billion budget that lawmakers ...
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“Here’s who won and who lost in the SJC’s stunning income tax decision” – Boston Globe

By Jon Chesto and Shirley Leung, June 19, 2026 Big news yesterday from the Supreme Judicial Court, which tossed out a divisive ballot measure that would ...
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“Mass. Senate proposes ‘historic’ increase in local aid. Is it enough?” – The New Bedford Light

By Jamie Perkins, May 28, 2026 ities and towns across the South Coast are counting pennies as they craft their fiscal 2027 budgets. New Bedford ...
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“The ‘millionaires tax’ was pitched as a $2 billion revenue source. It’s blown past that, yet again.” – Boston Globe

By Samantha J. Gross, May 25, 2026 Billionaires tax is more like it. The state’s surtax on its highest earners has already generated more than $3.1 billion ...
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“Ballot initiative that would roll back recreational weed threatens nearly $300 million in yearly taxes” – Boston Globe

By Bryan Hecht, May 19, 2026 Tax revenue from recreational marijuana, one of the state’s most highly taxed consumer products, could vanish if a November ballot ...
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