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.

By Mary Markos, Boston Herald | June 8, 2019 

Almost $3 billion in state revenue hasn’t been collected over the years, according to a Herald analysis of state data, while legislators prepare to vote on the “millionaires tax” in an attempt to fatten the state’s wallet.

More than three weeks late, leadership demands a vote before Mass. lawmakers can read it.

As the Commonwealth heads into its 18^th day without a state budget, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance took legislative leaders to task for their unfortunate annual tradition of budgetary dysfunction.