Fiscal Alliance Foundation

06/02/2026

🚨🎙️"They talk about fighting climate change with this school project. While you may support some of these alternative energy sources, they come at a very high price tag. You're adding additional costs and you're asking the taxpayers in those towns to foot the bill."

Executive Director Paul Craney joined The Chris McCarthy Show on WBSM to talk about the $288,700,000 Old Colony High School project that seeks to reduce global warming, instead of reducing building costs. It falls right in the line with Beacon Hill's net-zero mandates.

06/01/2026

According to our recent White Paper, net-zero mandates are driving up costs for Massachusetts ratepayers.

Governor Maura Healey is doubling down and wants more alternative energy projects to fight climate change, including ones featuring geothermal and ground source heat pumps.

Old Colony High School Superintendent Aaron Polansky, who has been a part of the net-zero movement, is delivering for the Healey Administration with a new school project plan his team says will reduce global warming and carbon emissions.



Read our White Paper here: https://www.fiscalalliancefoundation.org/massachusetts-electric-costs-the-real-source-of-the-problem

05/26/2026

Prop 2½ is the last line of defense for taxpayers.

Fiscal Alliance Foundation contributor Mike Urban says Massachusetts politicians are coming for it.

05/25/2026

Our op-ed in today’s Boston Globe.

“At a time when the cost of living in Massachusetts continues to rise, property taxes remain one of the most significant burdens facing homeowners. Thanks in large part to Proposition 2 1/2, they are also far more predictable than they once were.”

The property tax law defends Massachusetts homeowners.

05/20/2026

The strain being caused by the lack of local funding was also noted in a recent study, entitled “Proposition 2 ½: Keeping Property Taxes Low Since 1980,” and released by the Fiscal Alliance Foundation, that found the ever-decreasing amounts of state aid to municipalities are the primary driver of fiscal pressure on local governments, with Massachusetts providing significantly less local aid to its cities and towns than the national average.

Senate President Karen Spilka says don’t blame the legislature for dwindling local state aid.

🔗 Read more at the link in the first comment

05/19/2026

Rent control in Providence is dead, for now.

Recognizing that rent control hurts housing development, Mayor Brett Smiley vetoed the City Council's proposal to cap rent increases.

"The reality is that it has consistently been shown to hurt those it is meant to help."

05/18/2026

A proposed new Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School would cost taxpayers $288 million and affect property taxes across Acushnet, Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett and Rochester.

According to the proposal, many taxpayers could see annual increases of at least $800, in addition to the costs associated with supporting the school's expanded staffing and enrollment-driven operating budget.