And if that move will generate a big backlash, you wouldn't know it from the reaction of the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. "The most important thing is that as we collect more tax revenue than any reasonable person would have...

Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said consideration of Healey’s tax proposal needed to account for more than the surtax alone. Between fiscal 2015 and 2022, Massachusetts tax revenue increased more than 60%, from $24...

Doug Howgate, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said regardless of the final plan there is a sense of urgency for Beacon Hill to move ahead on a tax-relief package, with census data showing the Bay State has lost more than 110,000...

In a written statement, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Doug Howgate said, “The commonwealth lost 110,000 residents to other states over the last three years. Sensible and sustainable changes to the tax code, like those reflected in the...

Doug Howgate, the president of the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, responded to the news that the House would consider tax reform with assurances the plan was both affordable and necessary. “The Commonwealth lost 110,000 residents...

“We’re seeing in the numbers that outmigration is a real challenge for Massachusetts, affordability is a real challenge,” said Doug Howgate, head of the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. The House plan “is not going to solve all...

A Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report released last week reached many of the same conclusions. Without an influx of new employees, the MBTA will not be able to elevate service levels, fix deteriorated infrastructure and focus on new major...

He also addressed a recent Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report which concluded that the T will need to hire around 2,800 workers within the next 12 months if it hopes to address service cuts, safety issues, and other ongoing challenges. ...

A sobering report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation shows the T won’t be fixed, much less back to normal, any time soon. But that’s no reason to give up on it. The system, MTF found, needs nearly 50 percent more new hires in the next...

The T’s bus driver shortage is part of a larger hiring problem facing the agency. A report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation last week said the T must hire 2,800 workers in the next 12 months for the system to be fully operational. ...