Governor Healey’s Capital Authorization BillsOn Thursday, January 19th, Governor Maura Healey filed the first capital bond bills of her Administration, totaling $1.4 billion. The first bill focuses on what the Administration identifies as the ...

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...

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 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...

This afternoon, the Healey-Driscoll administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget proposal. The $63.36 billion spending plan increases spending over the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) by $2.3 billion (3.8 percent) and over the...

In November 2019, An Act Relative to Educational Opportunity for Students (Chapter 132 of the Acts of 2019) was signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker. Better known as the Student Opportunity Act (SOA), the new law represented the...