Dashboards
All analyses built from official government data. Click any card to explore.
Live
Energy Policy & Carbon Tax
The RGGI carbon tax, the highest electricity costs in the contiguous US, and where the money goes.
→
Live
Tax Burden, Budget & Cost of Living
Income tax and surtax, property burden, the enacted $63.4B FY2027 budget line by line, and state rankings.
→
Live
Immigration — National + Massachusetts
Border encounters, migration, deportation math, fiscal impact, the MA shelter crisis and the FY27 money trail.
→
Separate site
The Peoples Audit
Lobbying registrations, firm-by-firm spending and legislative roll-call records from the Secretary.
↗
Separate site
HHS — MA DOGE
Healthcare fraud, contracting and lobbying investigation. Its own site, with its own look.
↗
Snapshot
MA Education — Statewide
Enrollment shifts, per-pupil spending, MCAS proficiency, and Gateway Cities against the wealthy towns.
→
Live
The Five Layers — MA & NH Total Burden
All five layers a household pays — billed, withheld, embedded, metered, deferred. MA and NH, side by side.
→
Separate site
H-1B — The Great Offshoring
844,054 USCIS filings and DOL wage data, with a Massachusetts deep dive on employers and pay.
↗
Live
All Things Boston
City budget, payroll, FBI crime, BPS, ICE enforcement, commercial real estate, housing, 311 and pensions.
→
Live
MBTA Communities Act — § 3A
The zoning mandate on 177 communities: required capacity, compliance status, what has actually been built, and who funded the officials who wrote and enforce it.
→
Live
Massachusetts Housing Market
Statewide, Boston, Essex County and Greater Newburyport. Median prices, DOM, SP/LP and affordability.
→
Live
New Hampshire Housing Market
Statewide market data with regional breakdowns. Median prices, average sales, DOM and SP/LP ratios.
→
Live
Haverhill Market Report
Haverhill's single-family and condo markets, and what income homeownership here actually requires.
→
Live
What It Costs to Live in Massachusetts
What is actually expensive here and what is not. BEA price parities and the MIT living wage by household.
→
Snapshot
Merrimack Valley Education
Haverhill, Methuen and Lawrence compared: MCAS scores, spending gaps and ELL populations.
→
Snapshot
All Things Insurance
Health, homeowners, auto, MassHealth and licensing. 2026 DOI rate decisions and the $3.6B home market.
→
Live
Employment & Labor Market
JOLTS data, the −911K payroll revision, the hiring recession, and the healthcare employment mask.
→
Snapshot
Boston Commercial Real Estate
Office vacancy from 7.5% to 23.9%, CMBS delinquencies, sale discounts and the property tax hit.
→
Snapshot
Pensions & Unfunded Liabilities
$55.8B unfunded across pension and OPEB, the $105B PRIT Fund, 99 municipal systems, 23 years of data.
→
Snapshot
Pay-to-Play & Lobbying
4,298 OCPF donations from top lobbying firms, 82.3% at the exact $200 cap, and the nonprofit loopholes.
→
Official data sources27
BLS (LAUS, CES, OES, CPI)BEA (SAINC, SAPCE, RPP)Census Bureau (ACS, QuickFacts)CBPICECBOEIAMA DORMA DLSDOIDESECHIACARKFFWarren GroupMLS PINParagon MLSTax FoundationITEPMIT Living Wage CalculatorPERACPRIT FundPublic Plans DatabaseOCPFOpenSecretsRGGI IncISO-NE
Every figure, its source and the date it was checked: the method.