MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

“The Lawrence Reforms and School Choice”Keynote Address

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On July 31, 2012, Pioneer held a public forum, “The Lawrence…

“The Lawrence Reforms and School Choice” Panel Discussion

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On July 31, 2012, Pioneer held a public forum, “The Lawrence…

MA Goes For Top-down Health Care Policies

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Even as “Massachusetts Health Care 2.0” legislation moves to the Governor’s desk for signing, and with it the heavy hand of top-down policies, individuals and companies in many other states are adopting market-based solutions.

Happy 100th Birthday to Milton Friedman!

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Happy Birthday to Milton Friedman, who would have been 100 today.…

ACA Impact on Mass, Part 1: Low-income Residents will Pay More for Healthcare and Insurance

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Affordability/ Subsidy levels for Low-income: How much will individuals…

How SCOTUS ACA/Obamacare Ruling Impacts Mass

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Most of the press coverage has focused on the political angle…

Will New York Make Boston The Old Tech City?

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Neil Swidey had a wonderful article (N.Y. vs. Boston: The…

Pioneer Institute Research Director Steve Poftak Joins Harvard’s Rappaport Institute

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Longtime Director of Pioneer Institute's Centers for Better Government and Economic Opportunity, Steve Poftak, will become Executive Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Pulling Back the Curtain on Beacon Hill’s “Healthcare Reform 2.0”

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T-minus 13 days until the end of the legislative session and…

Panel Convenes to Discuss Common Core in Utah

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http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/panel-convenes-to-discuss-common-core-in-utah/ A…

Mass. Health Reform As Pig In A Poke

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http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2012/07/mass-health-reform-as-pig-in-a-poke I…

Don’t buy new ‘content-light’ Mass. ICCR standards

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http://www.heraldnews.com/newsnow/x736421379/GUEST-OPINION-Dont-buy-new-content-light-Mass-ICCR-standards?zc_p=1 The…

Are teachers changing their unions?

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http://boston.com/community/blogs/rock_the_schoolhouse/2012/07/are_teachers_changing_their_un.html The…

Massachusetts Tackles Health-Care Reform (Again)

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http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/gov-massachusetts-tackles-health-care-reform-again.html Now…

Full house hears panel’s criticisms of Common Core

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865558845/Full-house-hears-panels-criticisms-of-Common-Core.html SANDY…

Health-care reform: How has the individual mandate worked in Massachusetts?

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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0710/Health-care-reform-How-has-the-individual-mandate-worked-in-Massachusetts There…

Are Teachers Changing Their Unions?

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The recent deal brokered by Stand for Children with the Massachusetts…

What would Jesus do?

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Published in CommonWealth Magazine Boston cardinal seán o’malley…

ObamaCare more taxing than RomneyCare? Laws’ differences debated

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/09/obamacare-more-taxing-than-romneycare-two-laws-differences-debated/ President…

Local bans proliferate from plastic water bottles to swearing to leaf blowers

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Future archeologists who stumble upon the annals of local government,…

Hollywood’s in town

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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2012/07/07/hollywood_arrives_in_small_massachusetts_towns_cash_in_hand_and_stars_on_location/?page=2 When…

The obvious lesson for innovation schools

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Two-and-a-half years have passed since the passage of the reform…

What Neighborhood Are You From?

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http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2012/07/06/boston-neighborhood-borders-crowdsource/ For…

GOP pushes carrot approach to insurance, over ObamaCare mandate’s stick

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/06/gop-pushes-carrot-approach-to-insuring-americas-over-obamacare-mandate-stick/ Part…

Spinning the Supreme Court’s healthcare decision

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http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/spinning_the_supreme_courts_he.php?page=all In…

As US adopts health care fee, Mass. is in spotlight

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/07/06/44000_uninsured_massachusetts_residents_paid_penalty_in_2010/?page=2 Francisco…

Mass. health law may bode well for federal law

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http://www.telegram.com/article/20120703/NEWS/120709902/1052/newsrewind BOSTON…

Jon Gruber’s RomneyCare/ObamaCare False Narrative

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This morning, Steve LeBlanc of the Associated Press has another…

Are Fewer People in MA Paying the Indiv Mandate Penalty?

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Since the Supreme Court upheld the ACA/Obamacare, there has…