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May 5, 2024
The Senate's budget plan, out Tuesday, would make thousands more families eligible for subsidized child care.
May 3, 2024
BOSTON – Representative Michael S. Day worked with his colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives to pass its Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget. Funded at $58 billion, the House’s
April 23, 2024
Speaking to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce for their semi-regular Government Affairs Forum, Senate President Karen Spilka delivered a wide ranging speech Monday morning, in which she acknowledged that the state’s financial future is starting to look murky amid falling revenues and the cost of housing thousands of migrant families.
April 11, 2024
BOSTON — More money for public transportation, education, housing, and workforce development are among the highlights of the House of Representatives’ version of next year’s state budget, which was rolled
April 11, 2024
House Democrats want to boost state spending by 3.3 percent next fiscal year with a $57.9 billion budget that mirrors many of Gov. Maura Healey's ideas for tapping new funding sources and drives up outlays on the expectation that flat state tax collections will begin to rise again.
April 10, 2024
BOSTON — More money for public transportation, education, housing, and workforce development are among the highlights of the House of Representatives’ version of next year’s state budget, which was rolled
April 10, 2024
House Speaker Ron Mariano told reporters Wednesday that he feels “hopeful that something happens in Washington” to “tighten the immigration system” and ease the burden on states like Massachusetts.
April 10, 2024
The budget announcement comes amid a tightening fiscal climate. A proposed 3.3% increase over last year's spending comes in below the 3.7% increase Gov. Maura Healey floated in January.
April 10, 2024
The Massachusetts House unveiled a nearly $58 billion state budget proposal, which represents a 3.3 percent increase in spending from the last fiscal year.
April 10, 2024
BOSTON — More money for public transportation, education, housing, and workforce development are among the highlights of the House of Representatives’ version of next year’s state budget, which was rolled