As the work of the 194th General Court gets underway, MTF is publishing its 2025 – 2026 Legislative Session Preview. The preview includes 101 primers on the Operating Budget and Capital Investment Plan development processes, as well as seven topic...

This is the second installment of the MTF Competitiveness Index, which is designed to provide residents, employers, and policymakers with a holistic assessment of how Massachusetts compares to our regional and economic competitor states across 27...

MTF's 2024 Massachusetts Competitiveness Index Report is designed to put forward a framework to assess how Massachusetts stacks up compared to other states, key economic and geographic competitors, and itself.The report looks at 26 different metrics...

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 begins on July 1st, and House and Senate budget negotiators are actively engaging in conversations to craft a compromise budget proposal. The Conference Committee process involves reconciling countless spending, policy, and...

The Healey administration filed its Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget on January 28th. The Governor’s $63.36 billion operating budget proposal increases spending over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) by $2.3 billion (3.8 percent).The revenue...

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...

As a helpful resource for those interested in early education and care (EEC) policy in Massachusetts, MTF is publishing a series of EEC 101 Fact Sheets, each breaking down key parts of the early education space in the Commonwealth – from the impact...

There are more than 46,000 educators employed at early education programs across the state of Massachusetts. Early educators across programs provide quality education, safe spaces, and socio-emotional learning tools to our state’s youngest learners...

These slides were used during a 101 briefing on early education and care programs and funding in Massachusetts on September 15th. The briefing covered frequently asked questions about Child Care Financial Assistance, childcare capacity in the state,...

On January 22nd, the Healey-Driscoll administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget proposal, which included notable spending increases in health care, education, and transportation. The $62.07 billion spending plan is a $4.3 billion (7.4...