CommonWealth Beacon: "Municipalities seek big batch of state cash to navigate financial crunch "

"AFTER WARNING ABOUT the “perfect storm” on the horizon, the organization representing Bay State cities and towns has ideas on how to chart a course through the fiscal rains and winds. 

CommonWealth Beacon: "Municipalities
seek big batch of state cash
to navigate financial crunch "

The Massachusetts Municipal Association on Thursday (12/11/25) offered up a package of steps it wants Beacon Hill to take in support of strained city and town hall finances, including a gargantuan increase in local aid and reforms to loosen — but not eliminate — the property tax cap law known as Proposition 2½.  

The 10-page report formalizes a major request for action on behalf of all 351 cities and towns, adding more pressure on the Legislature to come to the rescue of their municipal counterparts and constituents. "

Continue reading the CommonWealth Beacon article ->

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/local-government/municipalities-seek-big-batch-of-state-cash-to-navigate-financial-crunch/

MMA report on perfect storm -> https://www.mma.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MMA-APerfectStorm-HistoricFiscalPressures-report-10.9.25.pdf

New 10 page report -> https://www.mma.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MMA-Navigating_the_Storm_report-12.11.25.pdf