Healey Budget Highlights Broken Priorities as State Spending Continues to Soar and Communities Fall Further Behind
Despite record spending growth, Governor’s proposal leaves cities and towns squeezed and taxpayers facing higher property taxes
Read moreHealey Administration Ends Public Shelter Spending Reports, Further Erodes Transparency
MassFiscal calls on Governor Healey to restore bi-weekly shelter reporting, urges Legislature to make disclosure permanent
Read moreLegislature Doubles Down on Unsustainable Spending Despite Fiscal Warnings
The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance today blasted Beacon Hill lawmakers for their plan to override Governor Maura Healey’s extremely modest budget vetoes, warning that the legislature is making a bad fiscal situation even worse.
Read moreLatest State Report Shows Weekly Cost of Emergency Family Shelter Rises to $3,389 Per Family
The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance today responded to the latest biweekly emergency shelter report released by the Executive Office for Administration and Finance and the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities.
Read moreState Spending on Emergency Shelter Benefits at $3,828 Per Week Per Family
In response to the release of the most recent Bi-Weekly Emergency Shelter Report, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance is calling for a renewed urgency for lawmakers on Beacon Hill to reprioritize the failed shelter program under Governor Maura Healey.
Read moreTax Hikes Loom and Beacon Hill Responds with More Spending?
Massachusetts is in a tough financial spot.
Read moreResponse to Governor Healey’s Ballooning $58 Billion Budget
Spending Up as Revenues Decline and Taxpayers Flee to Tax Friendly States
Read moreThe Compromise Budget – Spending More than Originally Proposed
More than three weeks late, leadership demands a vote before Mass. lawmakers can read it.
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