Reports

Summarizing our findings on all four ballot questions:

1. A Millionaires Tax
2. New Rules for Dental Insurance
3. Alcohol Sales at Chain Stores
4. Driver's Licenses for Unauthorized Immigrants

Asking voters to affirm or annul a law offering Massachusetts driver's licenses to unauthorized immigrants

Proposal would allow chain stores to sell beer and wine at more locations, selectively increase fines for violating rules

Helping voters understand the ballot initiative to impose new financial requirements on dental insurers

An analysis of the potential benefits, underappreciated risks, and common arguments on both sides of the issue.

To help lawmakers assemble the most effective package of tax cuts, we have assembled this policy brief with key principles and concrete examples.

A millionaires tax could generate substantial revenue of approximately $1.3 billion in 2023, but it could also drive some millionaire-earners out of state and spur tax avoidance.

A millionaires tax could generate substantial revenue of approximately $1.3 billion in 2023, but it could also drive some millionaire-earners out of state and spur tax avoidance.

Massachusetts is about to get a massive infusion of federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan (ARP), and lawmakers will have to decide — relatively quickly — what areas to prioritize and how to ensure a fair and efficient process.

Amid the economic fallout from Covid-19, unemployment insurance (UI) has proved a vital part of Massachusetts’ social safety net. 

November 2020 Cars and trucks are a major source of greenhouse gases and other pollutants detrimental to public health.

Question 1 on the November 2020 Massachusetts ballot,  dubbed “Right to Repair,” would make it easier for independent auto mechanics to access the wireless data systems that are increasingly common in modern cars.

Question 2 on the November ballot asks Massachusetts voters to consider a major change in the way they vote.

In this brief, the Center for State Policy Analysis offers a framework for understanding key differences between two police reform bills in the Massachusetts House and Senate, highlighting the choices and trade-offs involved in achieving common ground.

With the economy in turmoil and unemployment spiking, businesses and families across Massachusetts need emergency aid. Unfortunately, the state can’t easily provide that support because it faces its own crisis: a budget shortfall likely to be measured in billions of dollars.

So long as Covid-19 continues to circulate, this election season is going to look radically different.

In mere weeks, Covid-19 has battered the stock market, disrupted businesses of all sizes, and transformed daily life across Massachusetts.

After the first, convulsive phase of the COVID-19 crisis has passed, states like Massachusetts will determine how to gradually restart the economy and safely reopen parts of social life.