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Did you knowFreedom Team · 14
Fiscal Systems
What is actually in the One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R. 1).
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Did you knowSNAP work requirements now reach able-bodied adults up to age 65, and the dependent-child exemption drops from under 18 to under 7.
It also limits SNAP to citizens and certain lawful residents, shifts more administrative cost to states (50% to 75%), and extends food-bank funding through 2031.
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Did you knowMedicaid gains community-engagement (work, service or school) requirements for some adults.
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Did you knowFederal student lending is capped: Parent PLUS limits change and overall borrowing is limited.
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Did you knowThe bill repeals EPA greenhouse-gas vehicle rules and NHTSA fuel-economy (CAFE) penalties.
Receipt H.R. 1, Title IV, Subtitle B
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Did you knowIt makes the 2017 tax cuts permanent and raises the federal debt limit.
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Did you knowMassachusetts spent $1.872 billion on the Emergency Assistance family shelter program over two fiscal years ($894.0M in FY24 and $978.2M in FY25).
Actuals from the administration's own statutory report to the House and Senate Ways and Means committees. The caseload included Massachusetts families and lawfully present migrants as well as new arrivals.
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Did you knowThe State Auditor called the state's emergency food and transportation procurements for shelters 'improper and unlawful'.
Finding 1 of the audit covering July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024. The administration disputed the finding. The audit period does not cover FY2025.
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Did you knowBarnstable County Commissioners approved $1.5 million to HAC for 268 Stevens St. in Hyannis and $571,988 for 107 Main St. in Orleans on December 7, 2023.
Part of a $2.5 million housing round.
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Did you knowThe House passed a $1.8 billion supplemental budget (H.5280) 150-3 on March 18, 2026, with $740 million of its $885 million in transportation money going to the MBTA.
Funded by $1.3B of excess 'Fair Share' surtax revenue plus $507M from the General Fund. Cape Cod has no MBTA service; the $25M for regional transit authorities is split among 15 RTAs.
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Did you knowYarmouth received a $128,173 federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement for program year 2024.
Used for senior meals and housing programs ($248,668 available with carryover).
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Did you knowIn FY2025 alone HAC spent $5.24 million in federal Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds passed through Barnstable County.
Listed as a major program on HAC's single audit, pass-through 'Barnstable County — ARPA Sub-Agreement, ARPA-1107'.
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Did you knowYarmouth voters passed an $880,000 Proposition 2 1/2 override for the Dennis-Yarmouth school budget in May 2024 by 2,095 to 1,690.
Overrides are permanent increases to the levy limit and grow 2.5% a year.
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Did you knowMashpee passed four Proposition 2 1/2 measures in 2025 — including a $26 million wastewater facility — after going 29 years without an override.
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Did you knowMassachusetts residential electricity averaged 29.45 cents/kWh in 2026, about 75% above the national average of 18.83 cents.
Massachusetts ranks 4th nationally (behind Hawaii, California, Connecticut) — not 3rd, unless limited to the continental US.
Receipt U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), state residential electricity prices, 2026
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Did you knowThe Governor signed three shelter supplemental budgets — $250M (Dec 2023), $426M (Apr 2024) and $425M (Feb 2025) — to cover money the program was already spending.
The April 2024 bill also created a 9-month length-of-stay cap; the Feb 2025 bill added residency verification and CORI checks.
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Did you knowState weekly reports showed emergency shelter costs peaking at $3,389 per family per week.
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Did you knowThe Governor's FY2027 budget proposal was $63.36 billion (+3.5%) and included about $296 million from expanding a business excise tied to surtax payments.
The administration billed the budget as containing no new taxes.
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