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Fiscal Health & Budget Transparency

Tax cuts that continue to haunt Mass.

February 12, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Op-Ed

A First Look at the Governor's Proposals on Education, Transportation, and Revenue

January 18, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief

A Preview of the FY 2014 Budget

January 16, 2013 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief

Adjusting for Personal Income: When, Why, and How

December 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet

Mid-Year Budget Cuts for FY 2013

December 4, 2012 | READ ONLINE | Factsheet

Demystifying General Local Aid in Massachusetts

January 20, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF

FY 2013 Budget Preview

January 18, 2012 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief

FISCAL FALLOUT: The Great Recession, Policy Choices, & State Budget Cuts, Fiscal Years 2009-2012 (updated)

August 31, 2011 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief

Economic Stimulus: What Can National and State Governments Do To Save and Create Jobs Quickly?

June 9, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF

Budget Brief: Understanding the State Budget is Getting Easier

April 12, 2010 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Budget Brief

Budget Browser: A new online, interactive tool

April 6, 2010

Budget Brief: Saving for that Rainy Day: The Stabilization Fund

March 3, 2010 | PDF | Budget Brief

Massachusetts Stimulus Website: What It Tells Us & How It Could Tell Us More

December 22, 2009 | PDF

Reducing Poverty: Direct Assistance Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

December 22, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Health Care

October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Direct Benefits

October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Total Funding

October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: What has been spent in Massachusetts so far?

October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Education

October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - State Fiscal Relief

October 26, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Federal Stimulus in Massachusetts October 2009 update

October 14, 2009 | PDF

Budget Brief: Budget Transparency and Balance: The FY 2010 Budget Proposals

June 29, 2009 | PDF | Budget Brief

House 1 Proposed Spending by Category

April 10, 2009 | PDF | Factsheet

Budget Transparency and Balance: The FY 2010 Governor's House 1 Budget

April 6, 2009 | PDF

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Federal Stimulus in Massachusetts

March 20, 2009 | PDF

Substantial Surpluses to Dangerous Deficits: A Look at State Fiscal Policies from 1998 to 2008

January 14, 2009 | READ ONLINE | PDF

Long-Term Causes of the Fiscal Crisis

January 14, 2009 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet

The Role of Tax Cuts

January 14, 2009 | READ ONLINE | PDF | Factsheet

MassBudget Brief: Transparency and Balance, FY 2009 House and Senate Proposals

August 25, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief

MassBudget Brief: Transparency and Balance FY2009 House Budget

May 14, 2008 | PDF | Budget Brief

A More Transparent Budget: Continuing the Progress

November 23, 2007 | PDF

Dollars and Sense: A letter to the Boston Phoenix Editor

December 22, 2006

Creating a Transparent Budget for Massachusetts

October 6, 2006 | PDF

Can you figure out the budget?

October 6, 2006

Fact Sheet - Stabilization Fund Constitutional Amendment

June 23, 2004 | PDF | Factsheet

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

May 7, 2004 | PDF

Wielding the Budget Ax : Part II of a two-part feature of the Boston Globe's Thinking Big section, giving Globe readers an opportunity to balance the budget, based on research conducted by the MBPC.

June 15, 2003 | PDF

Wielding the Budget Ax : Part I of a two-part feature of the Boston Globe's Thinking Big section, giving Globe readers an opportunity to balance the budget, based on research conducted by the MBPC.

May 18, 2003 | PDF

Op-ed: What should we cut?

May 18, 2003

Budget Cuts, Taxes, and the Fiscal Crisis

March 31, 2003 | PDF

Trading Places: The Role of Taxes and Spending In the Fiscal Crisis

February 18, 2003 | PDF

Trading Places -- Press Release

February 18, 2003 | PDF

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