According to the US Census, Massachusetts has had an almost 10% drop in the population of 25-44 year olds since 2000. MassINC's research director, Dana Ansel, spoke to USA Today about what that means for the state's workforce.   More

CommonWealth editor, Bruce Mohl, questions if the state is getting a good return on the new breed of corporate tax credits, like the film tax credit and those proposed in Gov. Patrick’s life science legislation, in his April 17th Op-Ed in the Boston Globe.   More

Four former state budget officials say they support an increase in the gasoline tax, and possibly other new taxes. But they split sharply on how bad the fiscal situation is in Massachusetts and whether lawmakers have any appetite for passing new taxes. The four officials appeared at a MassINC-sponsored forum on a policy brief on state budget trends. What’s your opinion?   More

In his April 9th Boston Globe Op-Ed "Budgeting through a recession", MassINC President Greg Torres argues that it is becoming tougher for the state to weather recessions as the state budget has become more dependent on the volatile capital gains tax and it cannot rely on increased revenues from new workers and new businesses.More

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What’s your opinion? Daniel B. Winslow, the former chief legal counsel to Gov. Mitt Romney, says entitlement reform using lifestyle analysis is the way to save close to $1 billion. Winslow and others respond to MassINC’s budget brief.   More