What Sudbury Gets In State's $58.1 Billion 2025 Budget

SUDBURY, MA — Massachusetts has retained its ignominious distinction as the last state in the U.S. to pass a 2025 budget after lawmakers on Friday approved a $58.1 billion spending plan for the next 12 months.

The fiscal 2025 budget — which is about $2 billion higher than fiscal 2024 — has the approval of the state House and Senate, but Gov. Maura Healey still has to sign off on the bill. Healey has veto power, which she exercised with the fiscal 2024 budget.

Many cities and towns across Massachusetts will benefit from the budget, with lawmakers packing the bill with funding for scores of local initiatives.

Here's what Sudbury will get, according to state Rep. Carmine Gentile's office:

• $62,500 in continued funding for a FY24 Budget earmark for the GoSudbury! Program rideshare and taxi service for seniors, persons with disabilities, low-income families and other individuals to visit the doctor, get groceries and other appointments.
• $62,000 to purchase kitchen equipment for the emergency shelter located at the new Fairbank Community Center.

Local lawmakers including Gentile, state Rep. David Linksy (D-Natick), state Sen. Jamie Eldridge (D-Sudbury), state Rep. Alice Peisch (D-Lincoln) and state Rep. Danielle Gregoire (D-Marlborough) collaborated during budget negotiations to fund these local projects.

Sudbury will also get a Chapter 70 boost — the state portion of local education funding. The schools will get $5.8 million, up from $5.5 million in fiscal 2024. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School will get $4 million in Chapter 70 aid compared to $3.84 million in fiscal 2024

The 2025 fiscal year began July 1 and runs until June 30, 2025.