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The House Budget Looks Good for Education – WHMP Bill Newman Show

Our education analyst Colin Jones was featured in a segment of the Bill Newman Show on WHMP. Listen to a recording of the show here.
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HWM’s FY 2023 Budget Proposal Helps Balance the Scales

Statement from MassBudget President Marie-Frances Rivera in response to the House Ways & Means Committee's FY 2023 Budget Proposal
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Massachusetts eviction filings affected nonwhite areas more, report says – Boston Business Journal

… exploitation and wealth extraction,” said La-Brina Almeida, a policy analyst at the left-leaning Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and …Google Alert – la-brina almediaRead More
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My Turn: Can we finally make the rich pay their fair share? – Greenfield Recorder

Source: Mass Budget and Policy Center. Ferd Wulkan lives in Montague. Massachusetts · legislation · ballot questions. Share on Facebook.Google Alert – "mass. budget and ...
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Letters, March 17, 2022 – The Provincetown Independent

From Edina Kopits, Catherine Russo, Keith Thurlow, Phineas Baxandall, and Sharon Rule-Agger. By Our Readers Mar 16, 2022. For a ‘Workers Village’Google Alert – phineas ...
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Baker urges lawmakers to approve tax cut plan | Boston | eagletribune.com

Phineas Baxandall, a senior policy analyst with the left-learning Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, singled out Baker’s plan to cut the …Google Alert – phineas baxandallRead ...
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Charlie Baker’s $700M tax relief plan for Massachusetts gains steam – Boston Herald

State budget watchdogs largely support Gov. Charlie Baker’s plan to give nearly $700 million in tax cuts to mostly to low- and middle-income …Google Alert – ...
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Baker urges lawmakers to approve tax cut plan | News | salemnews.com

Phineas Baxandall, a senior policy analyst with the left-leaning Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, singled out Baker’s plan to cut the …Google Alert – phineas baxandallRead ...
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Dalton Select Board Supports Fair Share Amendment – iBerkshires.com

… that purpose and it would raise well over a billion dollars upwards of two billion given the information by the Mass Budget and Policy ...
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Report: Pandemic Policies Reduce Poverty in Massachusetts – Public News Service

Nancy Wagman, research and Kids Count director for the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and the report’s author, contended today’s poverty …Google Alert – nancy wagmanRead ...
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FY 2023 Budget: the Good, the Bad, and the Need for New, Sustainable Revenue

Statement from MassBudget President Marie-Frances Rivera in response to the Baker Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Budget Proposal For Immediate Release: January 26, 2022 “As ...
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State minimum wage rises to $14.25 on Jan. 1 | Dorchester Reporter

Massachusetts’s minimum wage will increase to $14.25 an hour on Jan. 1. It’s the final adjustment to the state’s wage floor before it becomes $15 …Google ...
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Massachusetts’ minimum wage is increasing again in the new year. Here’s why | WBUR News

Massachusetts’ minimum wage will increase to $14.25 an hour on Jan. 1. It’s the final adjustment to the state’s wage floor before it becomes $15 …Google ...
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Massachusetts’ minimum wage is increasing again in the new year. Here’s why | WBUR News

… of workers will be seeing a raise — and so it’s cause to celebrate,” said Phineas Baxandall, a senior policy analyst at the left-leaning ...
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Plans for Free Buses Advance in Boston, Merrimack Valley

… according to Phineas Baxandall, a senior policy analyst at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center who gave a presentation to the board …Google Alert – ...
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