The bill increases investment in primary care by establishing spending targets for hospitals, health centers, and other health care entities without increasing overall health care costs and supports community health centers through higher...

On April 16th, 2026, the Healey-Driscoll administration filed an economic development bill, titled An Act Relative to Massachusetts Winning Global Investment, Talent, and Innovation, or the Mass Wins Act. The bill includes $305 million in capital...

On July 31st, 2025, Governor Healey filed H.4375, An Act to preserve and advance Massachusetts’competitiveness in discovery, research, and innovation for a vibrant economy, which proposes a $400million investment in the state’s research and...

In 2024, MTF expanded on its analysis of workforce programs in Massachusetts with a closer look at the state’s behavioral health workforce. The report examined the rising need for behavioral health services, workforce trends, and the factors that...

On January 28th, the Healey-Driscoll administration filed its budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. The $63.36 billion plan increases spending over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) by $2.3 billion (3.8 percent) and over the...

On January 28th, the Healey-Driscoll administration released its $63.36 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget proposal. The spending plan reflects an increase of $2.3 billion (3.8 percent) over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and $668...

On January 28th, the Healey-Driscoll administration filed its budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. The $63.36 billion plan increases spending over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) by $2.3 billion (3.8 percent) and over the...

This Fact Sheet builds on MTF’s earlier UI Fact Sheets, which outlined the basic structure of the system and detailed the impacts of the pandemic on the UI Trust Fund.The state’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) system faces a fundamental challenge that...

On October 1, 2025, federal lawmakers failed to resolve a budget deadlock to start Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2026, resulting in a federal government shutdown. Forty days later, on November 9th, the Senate announced an agreement between Senate...

The state’s UI system is still feeling the impact of significant unemployment during the pandemic, which resulted in thousands of additional individuals receiving UI benefits for an extended period. By April 2020, the state’s unemployment had...