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…

To gas tax or not to gas tax

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Kathleen Hunter's piece, The Long and Taxing Road, in the July…

Going through the motions

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Ever get that feeling that you were doing just that, without…

Drip, drip, drip

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Ever heard of the "Heart Law"? It says that certain public safety…

Home of the Bean, the Cod, and the Free Glass of Tap Water

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As much of the Sun Belt dries up, we may have to revise our tally…

Always the last one picked

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I think I'm the only person that the Patrick Administration has…

Beware of Administrations Bearing Gifts

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Remember the pledge to put 1000 new police officers on the street? That…

DiMasi Rex

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Ready, AIM, fire! Call it what you want--line in the sand, declaration…

Needless Piling On Department

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From today's Senate Session, via State House News (sub. required): MOORE…

News flash – healthcare costs are rising fast

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Thought I would remind you of that just in case you forgot. The…

Who will train Portland to love transit?

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So, back to Randal O'Toole's Debunking Portland. Everyone would…

Portland is a City that Doesn’t Work?

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I walk to work, and I cannot for the life of me understand how…

A LOT of GBH tote bags

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I like "Sesame Street," as I don't think pre-school children…

Great Pension Resource

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We did a paper last year detailing the cost of pension gaming…

A Big Wet Kiss for Racinos

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The Globe's Stan Grossfeld plants exactly that in today's Globe…

Taxes and Tolls

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As promised, today's Mass Media headlines on the homepage will…

Not yet a Declaration of Independence but Getting There

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In an op-ed in the Saturday Globe, Father Monan and Michael Keating…

Shameless Plug

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Actually, this is more a vain attempt to bring attention to a…

Pension Liability Grows Drip By Drip

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We looked at the cost that pension loopholes and gaming impose…

Massachusetts and the Copernican Principle

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In rough terms, the Copernican Principle states that we should…

Transforming Urban School Districts through Choice

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Roe Paper No. 20 2007 Author(s): Foundation for Education Reform…

Repair, Replacement, Renovation and Maintenance Program

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Roe Paper No. 19 2007 Author(s): Hillsborough County, Florida…

Extending the Stat Model Across the Commonwealth

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Roe Paper No. 18 2007 Author(s): Somerville SomerStat Program…

Reducing Unnecessary Institutionalization of Senior Citizens

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Roe Paper No. 17 2007 Author(s): ProVentive — Publication date:…

MyFloridaMarketPlace

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Roe Paper No. 16 2007 Author(s): Kimberly Koegel — Publication…

I’ve seen the lights go down on Dartmouth

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It's been a long summer in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In a story…

MBTA Pension Brouhaha

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Today's Globe has a brutal piece on the MBTA's pension plan and…

Counterintuitive Thoughts on Healthcare Costs

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Back in October, we released a paper on business costs in Massachusetts.…

Thoughts on housing and Middle Cities

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Housing is critical to the viability of Middle Cities, because…

So which is it?

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From the Boston Globe of August 9: Cahill's sharply worded statement…

Conventional Wisdom Confusion (plus a MS Word bonus)

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Organic is good. Walmart is bad. Right? So what happens when…