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Mar 12, 2020
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
The margin for error already seemed slim: The business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation issued a report on Wednesday highlighting several uncertain aspects of Governor Charlie Baker’s spending plan for the next fiscal year. MTF said Baker’s...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
Jan 22, 2020
ECONOMY
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation is best known for the critical eye it casts on state finances. But the business-backed group is also using its data-crunching for another purpose: curbing opioid abuse. President Eileen McAnneny is spearheading...
ECONOMY
Jan 16, 2020
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2020
“We’re talking about big increases and every year and the cost is expected to go up almost 10% a year,” said Heath Fahle, policy director for the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. “Health care, local aid, public safety, MBTA and road projects all...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2020
Jan 15, 2020
HEALTH CARE
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Eileen McAnneny said addressing the opioid epidemic is an “economic imperative,” and that MTF is hoping to draw as many employers as possible into the effort. Initial participants include John Hancock,...
HEALTH CARE
Jan 15, 2020
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2020
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation on Wednesday predicted the upcoming budget cycle will differ significantly from the last two, during which tax receipts shattered projections and enabled the state to bulk up its cash reserves, pass one-time...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2020
Jan 15, 2020
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
The analysis by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation suggests that lawmakers may have to consider “tax increases or spending cuts” to balance the state’s $43 billion-plus budget. It would mark a stark reversal from recent years when officials’...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget
Jan 14, 2020
HEALTH CARE
This coalition was formed by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation in response to the organization’s research into the economic impact of the drug addiction crisis. The official kick-off of Mass. C.A.R.E.S. – an acronym for Communication and...
HEALTH CARE
Jan 14, 2020
HEALTH CARE
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation on Tuesday launched its Mass C.A.R.E.S. -- Massachusetts Communication and Awareness around Recovery and Employer Support -- program, asking participating businesses to pledge to do at least four things in 2020...
HEALTH CARE
Jan 14, 2020
HEALTH CARE
Massachusetts businesses have launched a year-long initiative to address the opioid crisis, forming a new coalition to reduce stigma and increase access to treatment.
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HEALTH CARE
Nov 17, 2019
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes
Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and co-chair of the income tax subcommittee within a Senate Revenue Working Group charged with revamping the state’s tax code, said that members have discussed ways to ensure...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Taxes