Statement on Speaker Mariano’s FY2025 Budget Bust Out
The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance commented on Speaker Ron Mariano’s proposed FY2025 budget, his fourth as Speaker, which has a whopping price tag of $57.9 billion.
Read moreMassFiscal Statement on Governor Healey’s Housing Bond Bill Tax Hike
As the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures, and State Assets hears Governor Maura Healey’s housing bond bill, which includes a tax increase in the form of a local option transfer tax on home sales over a million dollars, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance criticized the proposal as counterproductive.
Read moreMassFiscal Testifies in Support of Legislative Audit Ballot Question
This morning, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance offered testimony to the Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions in support of question #23-34, An Act expressly authorizing the Auditor to audit the Legislature, which would make explicit to the State Auditors’ authority to audit the legislature.
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