Fiscal Policy Wonks Unite
Written by Chief of Staff Jared Freedman What do Trump’s tariffs and persistent inflation mean for state budgets? Why are so many states moving to decouple from the federal […]
Closing the books on Fiscal Year 2025
On October 23, the Massachusetts Senate debated and unanimously passed a $2.3 billion close out supplemental budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025. (The net cost to the state will be […]
Senate Budget Debate: What happened last week and what’s next?
On Thursday, May 22, after months of work and four days of debate, my colleagues and I passed the Senate’s fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budget. You can watch my opening […]
A look into the crystal ball: Consensus revenue hearing for upcoming fiscal year
How do we know how much money we can spend in next year’s budget? What do recent economic trends, domestically and globally, mean for Massachusetts tax revenues? What will be […]
A journey to seven hearings across seven weeks
The Joint Committee Ways and Means began a series of hearings on February 7 that would take members across Massachusetts to unpack the Governor’s proposal and to inform the legislature’s […]
Unpacking the Governor’s FY25 Budget
Last week, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means kicked off hearings on Governor Healey’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal. (Just as a reminder: The budget process begins with a […]
Closing Out Fiscal Year 2023
On Monday, December 4, the Senate and House passed a conference committee report for a closeout supplemental budget. The $3.1 billion bill provides funds for a number of urgent needs […]
What’s in Team Healey/Driscoll’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget?
The Healey-Driscoll Administration released its $55.5 billion Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal on March 1. Below we’ve unpacked just some of the funding highlights. Learn more about the budget [...]
