Focus on competitiveness, business groups tell lawmakers

Focus on competitiveness, business groups tell lawmakers

The state’s top business groups have a warning for the governor and the lawmakers currently crafting the state budget. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, in a pair of letters sent to Gov. Maura Healey and legislative leaders, are calling on budget writers to show an “urgent focus” on keeping the state’s edge in an i…

Business Groups Set Out Policy Agenda

April 2, 2025 Dear Senate President Spilka and Speaker Mariano: On behalf of four of the state’s leading business associations – the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation – we write to thank you for your work in the prior legislative session to advance the Commonwealth’s competitiveness. As the 2025-2026 legislative session gets underw…