BUDGETS

Massachusetts lawmakers last week quietly passed a bill divvying up about $4 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money. It was months in the making.The…

Connecticut has $3.1 billion rainy day fund fueled by federal Covid-19 relief, surging stock market and aggressive savings program.

Connecticut’s two Democratic U.S. Senators say President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would combat the country’s worker shortage.

Some lawmakers plan to push for tax changes in the next legislative session.

Massachusetts received $5.3 billion from the feds in what's known as ARPA funds, or COVID-19 relief funds. The vast majority of it hasn't been spent…

State lawmakers from the western part of Massachusetts disagrees with Governor Charlie Baker's veto of funding requested for regional bus systems — like…

More than a week into the fiscal year, the House and Senate agreed in bipartisan fashion to a $48.1 billion annual state budget and shipped the proposal…

Massachusetts lawmakers have called it quits ahead of the holiday weekend without passing a full-year budget or election reforms.Matt Murphy of the State…

Now guaranteed to miss the deadline to have a annual budget in place by July 1, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a temporary budget on Monday that…

A new Massachusetts budget is due by Thursday, but if history is any guide, state lawmakers aren't stressing the deadline.The Legislature is still working…