Preliminary Analysis: The House Ways & Means Fiscal Year 2012 Budget

Explore our online budget database Is our research helpful to you? Support our work   Contact Info   Noah Berger   President   nberger@massbudget.org   (617) 426-1228 x102   Tom Benner   Communications Director   tbenner@massbudget.org   (617) 426-1228 x100 Preliminary Analysis: The House Ways & Means Fiscal Year 2012 Budget   April 13, 2011       With federal fiscal relief for states ending in Fiscal Year 2012, Massachusetts faces a budget gap of approximately $1.9 billion (the gap between the cost of maintaining current services and the revenue expected to be available).   The House Ways & Means budget proposed today closes this gap primarily with cuts and savings.  These reductions affect virtually all areas of government, from health care and public health, to local aid, funding for education, and human services.    Preliminary Analysis: The House Ways & Means Fiscal Year 2012 Budget provides an overview of spending proposals in various areas of the House Ways & Means budget.  MassBudget will release a more detailed analysis of the House Ways & Means budget plan in a Budget Monitor next week.   The report is available at www.massbudget.org or by clicking here.    See MassBudget's Budget Browser to explore Massachusetts state budgets from Fiscal Year 2001 to the present, as well as budget proposals for the next fiscal year as they are offered by the Governor and the Legislature.     MassBudget provides independent research and analysis of state budget and tax policies, as well as economic issues, with particular attention to the effects on low- and moderate-income people.

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