Following the Tax Foundation’s release of a report ranking states based on their local property tax burdens, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance issued the following statement today noting that for the first time New Hampshire has overtaken Massachusetts in the rankings.

Just in time for the holiday weekend, the Senate finished their budget deliberations, adding $82.2 million in spending which pushed their total budget number to $55.9 billion.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance released the following statement thanking the three Republican state senators, Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester), Senators Ryan Fattman (R-Sutton), and Patrick O’Connor (R-Weymouth) for publicly debating and voting in favor of protecting the voter approved tax cap and rebate law known as 62F.