MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA
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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…
Mass Connector Called Before Congress To Explain Failed Rollout
Chris Cassidy at the Boston Herald is reporting that Jean Yang,…
Audio: Lead Mathematics Standards-Writer William McCallum
These audio clips are from Professor William McCallum's remarks…
Debunking Common Core Myths
One of the most interesting phenomena in the “Common Core War”…
Cokie Roberts Speaking at Forum on Women in U.S. History, Literature, & Schooling
Cokie Roberts among Speakers at Forum on Women in U.S. History,…
Pioneer’s Transparency Update: “Sunshine Week” Edition
While sunshine in government operations should be a 365-day calling,…
Massachusetts Deserves Better Education Leadership
Massachusetts Deserves Better Education Leadership
Education…
ACA Spiking Premiums in Massachusetts, More Than 300 Cancellations of Plans
The Patrick Administration has been publicly touting that health…
Convention Center Expansion Pricetag: $5 Billion in Foregone Revenue
Convention Center Expansion Would Cost About $5 Billion in Foregone…
Setting the Record Straight on Common Core Part 2
Pioneer Institute has been a prime mover in the debate over Common…
Common Core Math’s House of Hay
More than once, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has described…
Does Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Expansion Really Pay for Itself?
With the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) claiming that no new taxes or fees would be needed to expand the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC), it came as no surprise that a $1 billion convention center expansion bill sailed through a November Joint Committee on State Administration hearing without opposition. But when something seems too good to be true, it usually is, and a closer look at the convention center legislation reveals that the "no new taxes or fees" claim isn't quite as airtight as they've led us to believe.