The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance today applauded voters across the Old Colony Regional Vocational School district for rejecting the proposed $288 million building project, calling the outcome a clear message that local taxpayers will not accept unnecessarily expensive construction plans padded with costly alternative add-ons.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance is highlighting a new analysis from the Tax Foundation confirming that Proposition 2 ½ continues to serve as one of the Commonwealth’s most important taxpayer protections, especially at a time when state leaders are allowing local aid to erode despite record-breaking revenues.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance today criticized the latest push by organized labor groups to impose an economy killing measure on the state, this time as they begin collecting signatures for government-mandated rent control across the Commonwealth.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance today blasted Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s comments criticizing Proposition 2½, the landmark taxpayer protection law overwhelmingly approved by voters in 1980.

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.

A new Tax Foundation report shows Massachusetts has the fifth highest property tax rate in the country, with our state’s ranking not improving over the last few years.