Pioneer seeks to increase pubic awareness of the risks associated with raising taxes and increasing government regulations at a time when businesses across the Commonwealth are really struggling as a result of the COVID pandemic.
PIONEER OPPORTUNITY POLICY AREAS
Pioneer Report Spotlights Decade-long Building Boom in Massachusetts Construction Industry
In the lead-up to the COVID-19 crisis, the Massachusetts construction industry enjoyed a boom in select subsectors, though employment numbers had yet to recover from the setbacks of the Great Recession, according to a new report from Pioneer Institute that draws data from the MassEconomix web tool.
Pioneer Institute Statement on Question 1
Yesterday, voters came closer than many expected to rejecting the largest tax increase in Massachusetts history, even though opponents were dramatically outspent by the unions that bankrolled the amendment to the state Constitution.
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