Breaking… On Thursday, 13 House Republicans and one House Democrat voted against the controversial and costly climate bill that Governor Charlie Baker originally vetoed and eventually amended. 

Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance (MassFiscal) made the following statement today in response to Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito joining the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI).

Despite 60 Questions, Not a Single Question Asked About Cost to the Consumer

Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement today regarding Governor Phil Scott (R-VT) signing S.337, An act relating to energy efficiency entities and programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the thermal energy and transportation sectors.

It has been a breakneck week on Beacon Hill and we hope to recap you on all the activity of the Massachusetts legislature later this week.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement today in response to news that Massachusetts has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 17.4%.

As positive cases of Coronavirus continue to decline in Massachusetts, legislative leaders have wasted no time getting back to their old tricks.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement today in response to yesterday’s State House News Service interview with Speaker Bob DeLeo in which the Speaker reaffirmed his support for advancing his transportation bill, which includes an increase to the state’s gasoline and diesel tax to the tune of $600 million.

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"Under Speaker DeLeo’s tax proposal, the state’s 24 cent fuel tax would increase to 29 cents per gallon for gasoline, which is a 20 percent increase, and diesel fuel would increase by 9 cents to 33 cents, which is a 38 percent increase."