MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA
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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…
Possible Civil and Criminal Offenses During ACA Implementation?
The transition to a new healthcare exchange in Massachusetts…
Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidates on K-12 Education Policy
K-12 education policy too often is the province of powerful special…
When It Comes to Disclosing Public Official’s Financial Interests, Mass is in the Sad Minority
Last week, we looked at some of the bureaucratic obstacles that…
State Internal Docs Contradict Gov. Patrick: Show $1B Price Tag for ACA Transition
Governor Patrick has now called our Health Connector cost estimate…
In Mass, records are available on a “Why-Do-You-Need-To-Know” basis
Last week, MuckRock journalist Todd Feathers wrote about a recent…
An Open Letter to Governor Deval Patrick about Healthcare Cost Overruns
This letter was sent via email to the Patrick Administration…
A Challenge to Economic Freedom: Declining Labor Participation
Even with lower unemployment rates in Massachusetts and the U.S.,…
Those Mathematical Societies That Supposedly Endorsed Common Core’s Standards Didn’t
Stanford University mathematics professor R. James Milgram included…
Why do Massachusetts police departments have tanks? And more importantly, why are they hiding them?
Ever since media coverage of the Ferguson protests brought us…
A Challenge to Economic Freedom: Declining Labor Participation
The fact is that the unemployment rate doesn't tell the whole story. Strictly defined as the percentage of the population who are out of work and actively seeking employment, this metric provides a very narrow lens through which to evaluate labor market performance. A look at labor participation rates — the labor force as a percentage of the civilian non-institutional population — helps paint a more accurate picture.