The fiscal year ended at the end of June and the final numbers are in. The result: Beacon Hill lawmakers are rolling around in piles of cash like Scrooge McDuck.

Last Thursday, the House passed their budget by a vote of (143-14-2). The roll call vote is available by clicking here.

Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement today in response to Speaker Bob DeLeo’s $46 billion-dollar state budget, which calls for a half billion dollar increase in spending over Governor Baker’s mid-October budget proposal. 

Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement today in response to Governor Charlie Baker’s $45.5 billion-dollar revised state budget, which calls for more spending than his pre-COVID budget released in January. 

Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement today regarding Speaker Robert DeLeo’s comments over the weekend on the Jon Keller show, in which he claimed the Massachusetts state budget requires additional federal money to fill a $2-$6 billion-dollar “shortfall.”

Last week, the legislature had its busiest week in recent memory, scrambling to get promised pieces of major legislation out the door before the hovering deadline of July 31st.

By Shira Schoenberg | July 22, 2019 

The Massachusetts House and Senate on Monday passed a $43.1 billion state budget for fiscal 2020, 22 days after the start of the fiscal year.

By Mary Markos BOSTON HERALD | July 18, 2019 

A government watchdog is calling for new leadership after the “embarrassment” of Massachusetts coming in dead last across the nation on finalizing a budget for the second year in a row.

By Bob Salsberg ASSOCIATED PRESS | July 2, 2019 

BOSTON (AP) — State budget negotiators were continuing closed-door talks Tuesday as Massachusetts again earned the dubious distinction of being among the few U.S. states without a permanent spending plan in place for the new fiscal year.

July 1 came and went without the Democratic-controlled Legislature reaching an agreement on a $42.7 billion budget.

A six-member panel led by Sen. Michael Rodrigues, of Westport, and Aaron Michlewitz, of Boston, are trying to resolve disagreements over the House and Senate versions of the plan.

By The Lowell Sun | July 2, 2019 

BOSTON Unable to agree on an annual state budget by the July 1 deadline, House and Senate Democrats are breaking for the Fourth of July holiday and now hoping that a budget deal might come next week.