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Education aid phase-in emerging as flashpoint
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center reported last month that increasing low-income rate to the same one-seventh level would cost another $74 million next fiscal ...
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A Big Tax Break for the Trucking Industry Hides in the House Transportation Bill
Phineas Baxandall, an analyst for the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center who tipped off StreetsblogMASS about the tax break over the weekend, says that it ...
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State transportation funding proposal unveiled
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a left-leaning think tank, wants lawmakers to raise taxes on corporations and top earners to pay for transportation upgrades. ...
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For some on the South Shore, higher pay means less money
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center estimates that the wage hike affects 420,600 workers, including many who are employed in the food service and retail ...
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Report faults Baker’s approach to low-income student aid
In a new report, a Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center analyst wrote that the governor's fiscal year 2021 budget proposal (H 2) falls tens ...
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Baker budget doesn’t keep state’s commitment to poor students, critics say
An analysis of Baker's plan by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center released Tuesday found that districts would receive $74 million less than expected for ...
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Immigrant driver’s license bill moves forward
The Work and Family Mobility Act, dubbed the "Driver's License Bill," would give an estimated 165,000 undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts a form of government-issued identification, ...
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As lawmakers decide fate of driver’s license bill, activists stage hunger strike at Massachusetts State House
Bills authorizing immigrants, regardless of legal status, to obtain driver's licenses has failed to pass multiple sessions. Sen. Brendan Crighton and Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier re-filed ...
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As expected, new ed funding helps Gateway Cities
Colin Jones, senior policy analyst at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a liberal-leaning think tank, said Gateway Cities generally receive a large portion of ...
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Baker budget boosts local aid, education funding
Marie-Frances Rivera, president of the nonpartisan Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, praised Baker's proposals to boost education and transportation funding but suggested the budget lacks ...
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Ride-sharing companies criticize governor’s proposed fee increase, say passengers would pay more
Marie-Frances Rivera, president of the left-leaning Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, raising TNC assessments isn't unreasonable, but also isn't the only means to generate revenue. ...
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Mass. budget gap might reach $900 million, report says
Separately, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, in what it called a "rough estimate," wrote this week that the Baker administration expects $303 million ...
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Will the Transportation Budget Reflect New Realities? 6 Things to Look Out For
MassBudget is a nonprofit think tank that conducts research and analysis on economic and budget policy in Massachusetts, with a particular focus on improving the ...
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Big Mass. employers join together to push for corporate tax switch
The left-leaning Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center previously estimated that the breaks for mutual-fund companies and manufacturers cost the state $224 million in fiscal 2018 ...
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State Tax Structure Impeding Job Growth, Biz Execs Warn
In a report published in September, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center criticized the state's limited single-sales factor as a tax break that cost the ...
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