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…

Is there an explosion in state government employment? Yup.

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We've been at this one with the administration for a few…

Pioneer’s Transparency Update: “Sunshine Week” Edition

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With all the scandals that plague the Massachusetts State House,…

The Pioneer Plan for Massachusetts’ Transportation Needs

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Expect more on the Pioneer Plan for Transportation in the coming…

Revolving Door on Beacon Hill, Healthcare Edition

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It often goes unreported, but Beacon Hill does have a wide revolving door…

Countdown to Fiscal Sanity: Meeting the Challenge of the FY10 Budget

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Meeting the Challenge of the FY10 Budget Author(s): Jim Stergios…

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A 2013 Pioneer Institute Release

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Pioneer's annual review of the Governor’s budget proposal.

Data Neglect at Massachusetts’s Data Agency (CHIA/DHCFP)

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The agency responsible for much of the publicly available data…

WBUR RadioBoston debate on Guv’s Texas-sized budget and tax increases

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A good debate with Northeastern University's Peter Enrich on…

$1B a Year More for Transportation?

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Pioneer's Jim Stergios spoke with Transportation for Mass.'s Kristina Egan about MA Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal to increase transportation spending by $1 billion a year. Watch this great "Face to Face" clip via our friends at MassINC

Boston Herald: Pay for current transit system first

We need new revenue to maintain Massachusetts’ crumbling transportation system. But Gov. Deval Patrick’s new blueprint gives the same old interest groups the tools to repeat the mistakes that got us into this mess in the first place.

Public Statement: We Must Address Serious Transportation Needs In Massachusetts, But the Governor’s Proposal Is Not Serious

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Pioneer Institute Public Statement from Executive Director Jim Stergios on transportation needs in Massachusetts, and the Governor's recently released proposal.

Fall River Herald News: Time to reform Massachusetts unemployment insurance system

With its high cost and perverse incentives, Massachusetts’ unemployment insurance system is a job-killing machine. The reforms proposed by Governor Patrick are important steps in the right direction, but far more must be done to tame this beast.

Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Pension speed limits needed

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Public retirement funds’ managers should embrace new reforms designed to minimize risk during this period of continued market volatility.

Enter the Better Government Competition for Your Chance to Win $10,000

Enter Pioneer Institute's 2013 Better Government Competition for your chance to win $10,000. Read the contest guidelines and details about the topic.

Video: The 2012 Better Government Competition Awards Ceremony

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[vimeo height="HEIGHT" width="WIDTH"]http://vimeo.com/50264658[/vimeo] On…

New Municipal Guide Provides Tools for Local Budgeting

The Guide to Sound Fiscal Management for Municipalities is intended as a resource for citizens, especially those serving on municipal finance committees, to analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of their community’s spending. Pioneer has distributed over 3,000 copies to city and town finance committee members throughout Massachusetts.

Grossman wants to look squarely at reality

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The treasurer’s call for a cut in the pension’s rate of return…

POLITICAL COLUMNIST MICHAEL BARONE TO HEADLINE 2012 BETTER GOVERNMENT COMPETITION AWARDS DINNER

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ichael Barone, best-selling author and respected political commentator, will deliver the keynote address, “Election 2012 and the American Experiment,” at Pioneer Institute’s 2012 Better Government Competition Awards ceremony.

PIONEER INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2012 BETTER GOVERNMENT COMPETITION WINNER

Pioneer Institute is pleased to announce the winner of the 21st annual Better Government Competition (BGC): “Coordinating Medicare and Medicaid to Improve Care”

Pioneer and Northeastern Present State Transportation Scorecard

Use Pioneer's Transportation Dashboard, an online, interactive application designed to model a performance measurement system that could be deployed by the state’s Department of Transportation. It features an array of publicly-available data in an easy-to-digest format, and includes the latest information on key indicators of performance such as congestion, throughput, safety, construction management, and environmental stewardship.

Introduction to the Massachusetts Transportation Dashboard

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Author(s): Steve Poftak — Publication date: 2012-01-24 Category:…

Benefit of The Doubt? Not For Gov. Tim Murray

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Lieut. Gov. Tim Murray has forfeited the benefit of the doubt. Murray,…

2012 Massachusetts State Spending Map

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In 2012, Pioneer Institute proudly reprised this exciting online…

Frank: One of a kind, but not in a good way

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Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank’s retirement announcement…

Preserving Benefits Trumps Public Safety

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Police union leaders are forever claiming that their highest…

Elizabeth Warren – selectively smart

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Politicians have all sorts of ways of avoiding questions they…

Over Confidential

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Being a litigious society, we have all received emails from lawyers…

If You Want to Run for Office…

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This is a good year to do so. The Gallup numbers are no surprise…

Pension reform is reform-lite

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More proof that those employed in Massachusetts’ public sector…