Pioneer Institute Releases 2025 Toolkit to Guide Policymakers on Education Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs
New report urges maximizing tax-credit value to expand educational opportunity and boost private contributions
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Pioneer Institute Releases 2025 Toolkit to Guide Policymakers on Education Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs
New report urges maximizing tax-credit value to expand educational opportunity and boost private contributions
We Have a Long Way to Go for Massachusetts Residents to Have the Government Transparency We Deserve
As Pioneer Institute observes Sunshine Week,?we are disappointed by the legislature’s attempts to deny what the vast majority of voters want: an audit of the legislature by our State Auditor. Trying to avoid an audit further exacerbates the loss of public trust. After all, what are we left to think? Do they have something to hide? That is not the government our founders intended; nor is it what 72 percent of Massachusetts voters wanted. This year, during Sunshine Week, we are entirely focused on the top three actions to bring sunlight to the state legislature. They are:
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Video Statement of Frank J. Bailey (Ret. Honorable), President of Pioneer Public Interest Law Center
Frank J. Bailey, President of the Pioneer Public Interest Law…
We Have a Long Way to Go for Massachusetts Residents to Have the Government Transparency We Deserve
As Pioneer Institute observes Sunshine Week,?we are disappointed by the legislature’s attempts to deny what the vast majority of voters want: an audit of the legislature by our State Auditor. Trying to avoid an audit further exacerbates the loss of public trust. After all, what are we left to think? Do they have something to hide? That is not the government our founders intended; nor is it what 72 percent of Massachusetts voters wanted. This year, during Sunshine Week, we are entirely focused on the top three actions to bring sunlight to the state legislature. They are:
Massachusetts Releases New Permanent Regulations for MBTA Communities Act
The April edition of The House Call provides an update regarding the MBTA Communities Act’s implementation, with some communities amending their zoning via either referendum votes or Town Meeting this spring. The newsletter also includes a discussion of communities that have eliminated minimum parking requirements in recent years.
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