Now is perhaps not the time to open our wallets any wider, the state’s top Republican said in response to Gov. Maura Healey’s $62 billion fiscal 2026 budget proposal. According to Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, the state has implemented a range of new policies in the past few years which seem to be popular, but all of them also come with a price tag. Prices, Tarr noted, are already up due …