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Opportunity
January 23, 2026

Statement of Jim Stergios, Executive Director of Pioneer Institute on State of the Commonwealth Address

“Families won’t feel relief as long as state spending keeps growing at twice the pace of their paychecks. Massachusetts families listening to the Governor’s State of the Commonwealth are confronting rising housing, energy, and healthcare costs even as state government continues to expand. Real affordability starts with slowing state spending, cutting waste, strengthening oversight of government agencies, and redirecting savings to local…
Transportation
January 21, 2026

Statement in Response to Transportation for Massachusetts Report and MassBudget and Policy Center

Massachusetts taxpayers were told in 2022 that raising taxes and directing billions in new tax revenues to transportation would dramatically improve quality and reliability. Voters were told the surtax would fix the system. Barely three years later—here we go again.   The…
Opportunity
January 12, 2026

In Cambridge, New Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Mandatory Set-Asides for Affordable Housing

This edition of The House Call describes a legal complaint alleging that Cambridge’s inclusionary zoning ordinance, which requires set-asides for below-market-rate housing in new development, is a regulatory taking under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. It also describes a number of actions the Commonwealth…
Healthcare
January 12, 2026

State Report Card on Telehealth Reform: Incremental Progress in 2025 Leaves Many States Unprepared for Rural Health Transformation Funding

Boston, Mass – A new report from the Cicero Institute and Pioneer Institute finds that while state legislatures remained active on telehealth policy in 2025, most states made only incremental progress toward modern, patient-centered telehealth systems. With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill and its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, states now face growing pressure to modernize outdated telehealth laws or risk falling behind in access, affordability, and federal funding competitiveness.
Opportunity
January 8, 2026

Pioneer Institute Statement on Mayor Wu’s Decision to Add $100 Million to the Cost of Building a New Madison Park Technical Vocational High School   

Mayor Wu continues to push her effort to further raise Boston’s commercial property tax rate, even though as of 2022 the city already had the second highest ratio of commercial to residential effective tax rates among the largest cities in each state.  Wu claims that cutting Boston’s budget to…

Latest Podcasts

Stanford’s Dr. Lerone Martin & NC State’s Dr. Jason Miller on MLK’s Dream & Langston Hughes’s Poetry

January 19, 2026

International Bestseller Dr. Jung Chang on Fly, Wild Swans & China’s Despotism

January 14, 2026

Arizona’s Katherine Haley on School Choice, Fed Ed, & State-led Reform

January 7, 2026
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Opportunity
January 8, 2026

Statement of Jim Stergios on New Economic Modeling of Proposed Income Tax Reduction

Pioneer Legal
December 17, 2025

Pioneer New England Legal Foundation and Sullivan & Worcester Sue Boston Over Retaliatory Tax Scheme

Opportunity
December 9, 2025

Massachusetts Subsidized Housing Inventory Update Shows Record Number of Communities Exceed Critical Threshold

Education
December 3, 2025

Book Highlights Advances in Digital Education, Policies to Unlock Its Benefits 

December 3, 2025

Pioneer New England Legal Foundation Files Lawsuit Challenging Cambridge Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance

Opportunity
November 19, 2025

Study: Accessory Dwelling Units Now Legal Statewide, but Construction Still Lags

Opportunity
November 10, 2025

Six Years Later, Massachusetts Active Home Listings Remain 35% Below Pre-COVID Level

Opportunity
November 3, 2025

New Pioneer Institute Analysis Finds Proposed Massachusetts Income-Tax Cut Unlikely to Cause Major State Revenue Decline

Fact of the day

Electricity Generation by State: 2023

How much electricity do states produce? In 2023, Texas generated twice as much power as Florida, the next closest state. At the other end of the spectrum, Vermont produced the least electricity and had the lowest per capita generation rate. Explore the data on US DataLabs! https://loom.ly/-trkbR4
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Policy Priorities

Education Healthcare Opportunity American Citizenship

PioneerEducation supports excellent school options for all children, world-class liberal arts-based academic standards, and accountability for results in public education.

PioneerHealthcare champions market-based reforms to rein in the cost and improve the quality of care for patients.

PioneerOpportunity seeks a business climate in which entrepreneurs and employees benefit from a thriving economy.

American Citizenship:  To increase public engagement in the nation’s civic life, Pioneer champions K-12 history and civics education, and provides transparent government data for citizens to hold their state governments accountable.