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Teacher Unions Support Progressive Taxation, but Maintain Flat-Rate Membership Dues Structure
Study shows lowest-paid teachers can pay up to 140 percent more…
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Whistleblowers Were Proven Right: MBTARF Was Underreporting Its Unfunded Pension Liabilities
In a new brief, Pioneer shows that whistleblowers’ 2015 claim…
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Pioneer Institute Public Statement on the MBTA’s Proposal to Increase Fares by 6.3 Percent
While Pioneer Institute opposed the 2016 MBTA fare increases,…
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Drop in MBTA Commuter Rail Ridership Continues
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A recent Boston Globe column by Northeastern University Professor…
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Majority of Dues Paid by Mass. Public Higher Education Faculty Goes to State, National Union Affiliates
At state colleges and universities, portion that stays on campus…
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Study Says State Unfunded Pension Liability Rising Despite Recent Reforms, Overall Strong Economy
More responsible assumptions about pension fund investment performance…
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Study: After Janus, Public Employees Should Only Pay Union Dues, Fees After Knowing, Intelligent Waiver
Public Employers Should Immediately Stop Collecting Agency Fees…
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Announcing Pioneer Institute’s 2019 Better Government Competition: “Moving People & Goods Forward”
America is a country on the move. Our economy and quality of…
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A Win for Commuters
We are thrilled that the MBTA is moving forward to expand its…
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Moving the MBTA Forward
We are pleased that former Pioneer Institute Research Director…
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Review of MBTA Twitter Alerts Finds Fewer “Delayed” Trains, Corresponding Increase in Those “Running Behind”
BOSTON - A review of four years of MBTA commuter rail Twitter…
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Public Statement on MBTA Ridership & Pension Costs
Monday’s meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control…
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“Catch-22” of State Prevailing Wage Law Prevents Flagger Reform from Achieving Significant Savings
State law sets prevailing wage at highest collectively bargained…
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The Future of Transportation in the Commonwealth
Taking advantage of the public comment period, Pioneer Institute…
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Study Finds Vast Majority of Teacher Union Dues Fund State and National Affiliates
Local MTA affiliates that conduct collective bargaining negotiations…
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Pioneer Institute Awards Gala to Highlight Proposals to Address Student Debt Crisis & Promote Job Training
Speakers Include John Sexton, NYU President Emeritus; Massachusetts…
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Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 27th Annual Better Government Competition
NYU President Emeritus, Massachusetts Governor to Headline Awards…
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Public Statement: The State Legislature’s Answer to the Janus Decision: The Employee Coercion & Intimidation Act
Pioneer has previously referred to a “Tammany Hall-like nexus”…
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Should Boston want to be the home of Amazon’s second headquarters?
Amazon is the kind of company whose mere presence is enough to…
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Is local government in Massachusetts too pervasive?
In a country as culturally and politically diverse as the United…
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Time to End MA State Legislature’s Exemption from Public Records Law
The purpose of transparency laws is to promote more effective,…
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Time to End Legislative Exemptions from Public Records & Open Meeting Laws
Under Massachusetts law, the state Legislature is not considered…
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New entry deadline: March 30th! Enter the 2018 Better Government Competition: “Making Higher Education & Career Training Options Affordable & Effective”
Each year, the Better Government Competition focuses on one…
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What Janus Means for Massachusetts
In downtown Boston Monday there was a rally of a few hundred…
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Where Does Your Community Stand: Using MassAnalysis to Compare Weston to Peer Towns
We can all learn a lot about our own behavior by watching the…
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Top 10 Government Transparency Resolutions for 2018
We hear the word transparency a lot these days. Whether it's…
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New Study Looks to Connecticut as Cautionary Tale for Impact of Proposed Ballot Initiative Hiking Taxes
Hear Greg Sullivan discuss this report on Bloomberg Radio.
Raising…