Gov. Maura Healey is imposing tighter controls on state government hiring as a way to manage spending. With some exceptions, all new Executive Branch hiring between April 3 and June 30 will need to be approved based on time-sensitivity and the importance of positions, the office said.
Pointing to the possibility that tax revenues could sink further over the last three months of the budget year, Gov. Maura Healey is imposing tighter controls on state government hiring as a way to manage spending.
The controls were announced hours before the Department of Revenue is scheduled to release tax revenue data for March. "The Healey-Driscoll administration is implementing hiring controls within the Executive branch for the remainder of the fiscal year as one tool at our disposal to responsibly manage spending over the next three months. These hiring controls, while temporary, will help ensure that the administration can balance the budget at the end of the year and preserve critical funding for core programs and services,” Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew Gorzkowicz said in a statement.
State tax collections have continued to come in below even the administration's downgraded benchmarks each month since.
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