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"It was originally a multi-state effort to put a price on the carbon in motor fuel...and thereby reduce the amount of carbon and reduce the amount of other emissions."

“You have lots of complicated questions about who’s going to get it because everyone wants a piece of it, so you need something that’s going to force a compromise or force decisions,”

“It’s a lot of money, but it’s not infinite money. Not even close,” Evan Horowitz said.That comment proved prescient as House leaders said this week that they had gotten requests from 400 individuals and organizations totaling more than $30 billion.

Massachusetts’ talented, well-educated workforce is the number one reason that most companies say they choose to relocate or expand here. But what happens when employers can hire from anywhere?

The report was the result of five public hearings and additional research supported by the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University.

The 30-page report, prepared with assistance from cSPA and released on Tuesday, lays out in broad contours what some changes to society may be post-pandemic, from hybrid work models to increasing relianc

The most dead-on assessment of the dilemma is from Evan Horowitz...Horowitz said that, from an economic perspective, this is not the right time for additional stimulus.

“Given the current state of the economy, a delay in ARP spending may be a good thing. Right now, the economy doesn’t need any short-term stimulus,” Horowitz said.

“Six months from now, or perhaps a year, the economy should be in a better position to absorb new government spending – meaning that a slower and more deliberate process will actually make many ARP investments more impactful than they would be right now,”