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.

Though Gov. Maura Healey maintains that she is not raising taxes, the budget she rolled out Wednesday could apply existing taxes to some purchases, or decrease how much residents are able to write off on their tax returns.

Gov. Maura Healey proposed increasing state spending to more than $62 billion next fiscal year, relying on burgeoning income tax collections from<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More