“Even before the pandemic hit, the MBTA’s operating costs jumped by 5.3%, a five-fold increase over previous years. Combine that steep rise in expenses with a $240 million loss in fare revenues due to the pandemic, and the T’s balanced budget has...

The business-backed financial watchdog said $827 million in federal aid is bailing out the T this fiscal year and next, but the transit authority is likely to face a $400 million deficit in fiscal 2022, which begins on July 1, 2021. Long-term, the...

Budget watchdogs are warning of more pain to come. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, in a report released last week, projected it could take five years for revenues to exceed prepandemic levels, and that the state could be looking at revenue...

As Congress bickers over the size and scope of the next federal relief package, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation warned this week that the pillars of the state’s economy – health care, higher education, tourism – could be so fundamentally...

Hopes for an expedited economic rebound from the COVID-19 shutdown simply isn’t realistic, according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which predicts a prolonged recovery period that will strain state resources, which may not fully recover...

“If you’re selling that many fewer meals, it means you may have less profit, you pay less taxes, and so it goes,” Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said. Back in April, the foundation forecasted a V-shaped...

According to one watchdog, the state budget won’t weather it well. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation projected in a report released Thursday that it could take five years for state revenues to exceed prepandemic levels. Even that scenario...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation has projected the state will not be able to collect close to $6 billion in revenue. “This is going to have a dramatic impact on local revenues,” said Fitzgerald. “Soaring unemployment and the expectation...

The hopes for a sharp and immediate rebound from the COVID-19 shutdown in Massachusetts are no longer realistic, according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which is now predicting a long and slow climb that will strain state resources....

The third big question is how to pay for everything. The Mass Taxpayers Foundation forecasts a $6 billion loss in state revenue in FY 2021, which starts July 1. This gigantic shortfall greatly reduces the chances of new revenue for schools from the...