🎉 One More Reason to Join Us on October 1st: Signed Book Pre-Orders 🎉 We are partnering with 📚️ Frugal Bookstore, one of the only Black-owned bookstores in Boston, to make pre-ordered signed copies of Dorothy's and Clara's most recent books available to attendees!

Our work goes beyond publishing research and advocating for policy change—we're also helping shape the public conversation around progressive policies through media engagement. So far in 2026, our work has been featured more than 85 times in local, statewide, and national news outlets!

⛈️ Preparing to Weather the Storm 🌧️ Join MassBudget’s 3rd #PolicyTALKS of 2026 on 📆 September 22 from 9:30AM-11AM as we present a new toolkit of over 20 progressive revenue options to address looming state fiscal challenges.

🚨 MassBudget's in-depth analysis of the FY27 MA budget is here. 🚨 We explore what's in the final budget, where the state is making progress, and where challenges remain for advancing economic opportunity across the Commonwealth. 🔎 Read the analysis: buff.ly/vmfvL5s #mapoli

🎉 Tickets are going fast for our Celebrating Possibility event on October 1st! 🎉

🚨 New brief from MassBudget! 🚨 Massachusetts has built one of the nation's strongest public education systems by investing in schools that serve every student.

The countdown is on! 🎉 We're getting excited for Celebrating Possibility on October 1, where we'll dive into a candid conversation about the economy, taxes, and the state. This event will feature renowned authors, Professor Dorothy Brown and Dr. Clara Mattei.

The countdown is on! 🎉 We're getting excited for our Celebrating Possibility event on October 1, where we'll dive into a candid conversation about the economy, taxes, and the state. This event will feature renowned authors, Professor Dorothy Brown and Dr. Clara Mattei.

Last week, Jessica Troe, Deputy Director of Research and Policy Analysis, and Adam Jones, Senior Policy Analyst, testified before the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and and Persons with Disabilities at the State House.

‼️ The quote in this image - featured in @GBH.org, Sate House News Service, and the New Bedford Guide - underscores what is at stake in the FY 2027 state budget.

📖 Massachusetts' FY27 conference committee budget proposal reflects important investment choices in core public systems and infrastructure.

🚨 MassBudget Statement on the FY 2027 Conference Committee Budget Proposal 🚨 The FY 2027 Conference Committee budget proposal takes important steps to strengthen economic opportunity and support communities across Massachusetts.

Last week, we published a co-authored report with @32BJMARI, "Healthcare - Who Can Afford It?", which examines Greater Boston’s extreme racialized inequality that has led to a healthcare crisis.

Join us at 4 PM today in Copley Square as we stand with our partner @32bjseiu.bsky.social and workers calling for affordable healthcare. MassBudget co-authored “Healthcare – Who Can Afford It?”, a new report on healthcare access among union members. bit.ly/3QQ1znC

VICTORY! Today, the MA Supreme Judicial Court voted against the income tax cut ballot initiative moving forward toward the November ballot. It would’ve created a $5B budget hole and triggered massive cuts to local schools, healthcare and other public services.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a significant and definitive decision today, preventing the income tax ballot initiative from going before voters in November due to an inaccurate and insufficient summary of the proposed question’s effects on residents.

Monthly support is more than a donation - it's an investment in a more equitable Massachusetts. Join us in powering the advocacy and research that drive lasting change as a monthly supporter! Become a monthly supporter today: buff.ly/PAyzaXq

Listen in on Thursday to Phineas Baxandall, our Director of Research & Policy Analysis, as he discusses the budget crisis in #MA cities and towns with @newbedfordlight.bsky.social! Register for the webinar here: buff.ly/aORU2m5 #municipalbudgets #prop2andahalf #statebudget

Rents have risen faster than inflation in all but 2 counties in Massachusetts over the past 10 years. Essex, Franklin, and Barnstable counties have the highest rent burden rates in the Commonwealth. #PolicyTALKS #housing #mapoli

More than half of renters in Massachusetts have household incomes below $75,000 per year. This has caused many of these renters to be burdened by the cost of rent (considered to be more than 30% of household income).

From 2014 to 2024, rents have risen nearly double the rate of inflation in Massachusetts, a major factor contributing to the unaffordability of rent in our state. #PolicyTALKS #mapoli #housing

PolicyTALKS is happening now about the impact of rent burden in Massachusetts! Housing affordability is a top issue for Massachusetts residents. #mapoli #housing #affordability

Don't miss out on the conversation at tomorrow's PolicyTALKS! Come join the 170+ people already registered!

🥈 #Massachusetts ranks #2 in the nation for child well-being in the 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book, earning a score well above the national average. 🥈

🚨 New MassBudget Analysis 🚨 As Massachusetts lawmakers head into Conference Committee negotiations, the differences between the House and Senate FY 2027 budget proposals will shape critical investments in education, childcare, housing, and other human service programs.

In a recent @BostonGlobe.com article citing research by @MassINC, the data show that "within five years, the income needed to maintain a middle-class standard of living for a two-parent family with two school-age children in Massachusetts jumped nearly 50 percent." ‼️

Don't forget to register for our upcoming PolicyTALKS event where we will dive into the impact of rent burden in #Massachusetts! This FREE and VIRTUAL event is in a little over a week - don't miss out! RSVP here: buff.ly/1JiSZvV #mapoli #rentburden #housing

@BostonGlobe.com, "Tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents dropped health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace this year, a consequence of higher premiums and reduced federal subsidies that had helped make coverage cheaper." - buff.ly/2dmfy1I

Thousands drop health insurance in Mass., and picture is expected to get worse, experts say - The Boston Globe

The shift, prompted by high costs, moves the state away from its promise of near-universal coverage.

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🚨Announcing our PolicyTALKS Panelists! 🚨 On June 9 from 9:30-11AM, we will be hosting our next PolicyTALKS event: "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent: The impact of rent burden in Massachusetts"!