Yesterday, the Conference Committee released their FY2026 budget proposal, allocating $61 billion in spending for the Commonwealth. #mapoli Read our first reaction and our analysts' first dive into the details, highlighting Fair Share spending and more: buff.ly/rzjFMab

Thanks for lifting up Phineas Baxandall's research, SouthCoastToday! Fare-free policies have been very successful at increasing ridership and improving services. We're happy to see continued investments in the state's FY 2026 budget buff.ly/gPb4x1c

The Senate reconciliation bill targets people lawfully living in the U.S. by cutting off their access to #SNAP and #Medicaid including refugees, children, and survivors of trafficking. More from Sharon Parrott: cbpp.org/press/statemen…

House & Senate Republicans have now passed a bill that will raise families' food & health care costs, increase poverty & hunger, take health coverage away from millions of ppl & drive up deficits - all to give costly tax cuts to the wealthy & corporations.

Congress has passed Trump's megabill. It provides enormous tax cuts to the wealthiest people in this country while taking away health care and food assistance from millions of families. This bill will only widen the already-huge chasm between the rich and the rest of America.

“I think it’s punitive. It’s harsh. It’s mean, brutal.” - Chuck Marr Great read via The Guardian highlights how the Republican budget bill will cause most harm to America’s poorest: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

TY Eastern Bank for your generous sponsorship of FOCUS2025 - MassBudget's inaugural conference! Have you registered yet? buff.ly/zQtytt8

Join us Oct 1 for our inaugural conference - FOCUS 2025! Huge thank you to our program sponsors Massachusetts AFL-CIO ywcacentralmass Empower, Greater Worcester Community Foundation & PrecisionIT. Early bird registration ends soon! buff.ly/zQtytt8

Are you registered yet for MassBudget's inaugural conference FOCUS2025? TY to our Supporting Sponsors: Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester Central MA Senior Connection MAWOCC (Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition) ACLU of Massachusetts, Coughlin Electrical Contractors, Inc. buff.ly/dz3Smah

New research from our friends at Economic Policy Institute look at the far-reaching impacts of current policies epi.org/publication/tr…

The countdown is on! ⏳ We’re getting ready to share something truly special. Stay tuned for the airing of our feature on Empowered Program | Meg Ryan hosted by Meg Ryan! 📺 PBS GBH GBH Forum Network #ComingSoon #Empowered #mapoli #Documentary #SocialJustice #PolicyforPeople