Press Release: 10/7/2025

Office of Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

 

President Trump and Congressional Republicans have cut more than $3.7 billion from Massachusetts state budget on top of $2.6 billion in research cuts 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

10/07/2025

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BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey’s administration today unveiled an updated dashboard showing the impact that President Donald Trump’s agenda is having on Massachusetts. The updated dashboard, available at mass.gov/fedimpact, shows that President Trump and Congressional Republicans have cut $3.7 billion from the Massachusetts state budget this year alone. This is funding used to support programs and services that assist millions of state residents with everything from health care to housing. This is on top of an estimated $2.6 billion in terminated National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation grants for lifesaving research and development at Massachusetts universities, hospitals and research institutions. 

“Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans’ funding cuts are making life more expensive for Massachusetts residents, undermining public safety, taking away health care, and hurting our businesses,” said Governor Maura Healey. “There is no way that any state can make up for the billions of dollars they are cutting from our budgets. Here in Massachusetts, we are doing everything we can to protect our communities from these negative impacts. We are also grateful for the work of Attorney General Campbell and her team to challenge these illegal actions.” 

The $3.7 billion in cuts to the state budget include a loss of up to $3.3 billion in funds cut by Congress and another $399 million in cuts from executive action by President Trump. Some of the executive action cuts include funding for homeland security, disaster prevention aid, school mental health services, tutoring, school security and building upgrades, healthy food for babies and students, respiratory illness prevention and treatment, community health centers, public health workers, substance use disorder treatment, increased broadband access and more. 

For the first time, the dashboard reveals the full anticipated impact of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which is going to cost Massachusetts $664 million in lost tax revenue this year. That same bill is projected to result in up to 300,000 Massachusetts residents losing their health care coverage through MassHealth and the Health Connector. Another 108,500 people are expected to lose their SNAP food assistance benefits.