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Amplify Latinx Announces Lineup of 2021 Conference Keynotes and Speakers
mbpcadmin
June 7, 2021
Amplify Latinx, the non-partisan, collaborative movement whose mission is to build Latinx economic and political power across the Commonwealth, announced that U.S. Congressman Adriano Espaillat; ...
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Amplify Latinx Announces Lineup of 2021 Conference Keynotes and Speakers
mbpcadmin
June 7, 2021
Amplify Latinx, the non-partisan, collaborative movement whose mission is to build Latinx economic and political power across the Commonwealth, announced that U.S. Congressman Adriano Espaillat; ...
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Hinds’ revenue working group to release report amid improving revenue picture
mbpcadmin
June 5, 2021
A year ago, with the Massachusetts economy hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, state lawmakers thought they would need to close a budget gap of ...
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Danny Jin | Beacon Hill to the Berkshires: Beyond state budget, advocates’ eyes peeled for federal …
mbpcadmin
June 4, 2021
While the House and Senate have each passed versions of a $47.7 billion state budget, some advocates believe that lawmakers’ most significant spending decisions have ...
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Senate budget debate added millions for local projects and a few controversial proposals, but took no bold measures
Marie-Frances Rivera
June 3, 2021
If the Commonwealth is going to start building towards a bold economic recovery from the pandemic, the Legislature must ensure that the process is transparent ...
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Mass. urged to follow five other states on tax credit for immigrants
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May 19, 2021
After about 18,500 tax-paying immigrant families in Massachusetts missed out on some of the direct COVID-19 relief payments from Washington during the pandemic, some advocates ...
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Mass. urged to follow states on tax credit for immigrants
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May 18, 2021
After about 18,500 tax-paying immigrant families in Massachusetts missed out on some of the direct COVID-19 relief payments from Washington during the pandemic, some advocates ...
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MassBudget Statement on the Senate Ways and Means (SWM) Committee’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Budget Proposal
Marie-Frances Rivera
May 11, 2021
“The FY 2022 Senate Committee proposal makes progress toward equity but does not seize the opportunity to make bold strides given our better-than-expected revenue ...
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Report puts $5B price on universal early education, child care in Mass.
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April 29, 2021
The cost of delivering universal, high-quality and affordable child care and early education in Massachusetts would exceed $5 billion a year in new public funding, ...
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Massachusetts Senate seen as last hope to fund new education laws despite COVID-driven school …
mbpcadmin
April 27, 2021
Education advocates, union leaders and parents shifted their focus to the Senate on Tuesday after House lawmakers rejected efforts to add up to $200 million ...
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HWM FY 2022 Budget Proposal Lacks Bold Investments to Build Racial and Economic Equity in the Commonwealth
Marie-Frances Rivera
April 14, 2021
Statement by Marie-Frances Rivera, President of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget), on the House Ways and Means Committee’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Proposal ...
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Legislature will increase school funding next year
mbpcadmin
April 7, 2021
The chairs of the House and Senate ways and means committees announced in a joint statement Tuesday that they plan to put $5.503 billion into ...
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Increasing tax revenue, federal aid leaves Massachusetts in better financial condition – Boston …
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April 7, 2021
State economists are telling taxpayers to keep an eye on the state budget — and the rainy-day fund — as tens of billions in federal ...
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Increasing tax revenue, federal aid leaves Massachusetts in better financial condition – Boston …
mbpcadmin
April 7, 2021
State economists are telling taxpayers to keep an eye on the state budget — and the rainy-day fund — as tens of billions in federal ...
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Climbing tax revenues, federal aid leave Massachusetts in improving financial place
mbpcadmin
April 7, 2021
State economists are telling taxpayers to keep an eye on the state budget — and the rainy-day fund — as tens of billions in federal ...
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