Areas outside the surtax-funded transportation and education worlds are due for smaller growth or, in some cases, trimming. Excluding surtax and MATF dollars from both bills, Healey's fiscal 2026 budget proposes about 6.8 percent more spending than the budget she signed in the summer.

The new spending plan is “balanced, it’s fiscally responsible, and we believe it is a blueprint for meeting the needs of residents and businesses," Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday.

Healey, a first-term Democrat, is requesting from the Legislature $50 million to support young students struggling to read.

Gov. Maura Healey's proposed $62 billion state budget involves some belt-tightening measures — from program cuts to hospital closures to new taxes on candy and Zyn pouches.

Gov. Maura Healey slipped a series of tax increases into her fiscal year 2026 budget like applying the sales tax to candy, slapping the tobacco tax on synthetic nicotine produces, imposing an

The Healey Administration announced their next budget plan for 2026, proposing increasing state spending to more than $59 billion.

Much of the funding for the proposals comes from the state's 'Millionaire's Tax.'

Gov. Maura Healey's $59.6 billion plan represents a 2.6% increase over the current year's budget. It also includes an additional $1.95 billion in supplemental spending funded by the state's Fair Share surtax,