Earlier in October, the Baker Administration identified an estimated midyear budget gap of $294 million. Today, Administration and Finance Secretary Lepore laid out the plan to close that gap and keep this year’s budget in balance. This brief...

To help inform voters on the issues of charter schools, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation released a report that explains public school funding and analyzes the impact of charter schools on the Commonwealth’s school districts concluding that...

This brief frames the final FY 2016 budget shortfall and takes a closer look at some of the factors that created the gap. It will also preview some of the solutions likely to be used to close the gap and outline possible implications for FY 2017.

On July 31st the Legislature completed its budget override process for FY 2017, finalizing the years General Appropriations Act. In total the Legislature overrode $231.6 million of the $267.1 million originally vetoed by the Governor.

The FixOurT Coalition coalesced around the need to turn the MBTA into a safe, reliable and fiscally sustainable public transit system. We advocated for the creation of the Fiscal and Management Control Board, an entity created to oversee the T’s...

We support renewable energy. We support the Commonwealth’s efforts to transition our economy to non-carbon fuel sources, utilizing a balanced approach that includes a variety of energy sources, energy efficiency, and new technologies to meet our...