budget

State funding for community colleges is widely considered to be allocated on the basis of enrollment. The bigger a school’s student body, the more money it receives. However, Massachusetts does not appear to follow this pattern for every campus. As demonstrated in...

It’s official; we’re in a heat wave. Earlier this month, Governor Baker and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) announced that until August 19, public pools and athletic complexes will have extended operating hours. Going into effect across 20 locations for...

Yesterday, the Statehouse News Service reported that UMass President Marty Meehan announced UMass needs to cut $11 million because the Legislature did not include this sum in their supplemental budget bill.  Meehan is upset that his lobbying efforts did not yield state...

LEGISLATURE’S FY 2014 BUDGET IS THE STATUS QUO, JUST MORE OF IT: YES TO NEW SPENDING, NO TO REFORM Public Statement on the Conference Committee Budget The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Massachusetts’s 2014 Status Quo Budget The legislature produced a...

http://www.wickedlocal.com/ashland/news/x465800201/Massachusetts-releases-details-on-tax-credit-recipients?zc_p=1#axzz2NcNYjWOG The state for the first time has released details on who benefited from eight  major tax credits worth $171.2 million last year. State agencies previously kept recipients of some of these tax breaks  confidential, but now must report them annually under...

Today the Legislature will vote on the final state budget. I wanted to take one last opportunity to highlight the unrealistic assumptions that are being used for the MassHealth (Medicaid) program. If the state is unable to achieve these “savings” and instead...

Pioneer Institute’s Agenda for Leadership for 2010 and Beyond Author(s): James Stergios — Publication date: 2010-10-27 Category: Better Government Abstract: Whoever wins the election this November will need to make tough decisions about policy, budget priorities, and the role of government. Massachusetts...