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


The Pioneer Institute’s Statement on the MBTA
The MBTA is broke and broken. It is structurally insolvent. …

How is Keolis Fined for Late Commuter Rail Trains?
Your toes are numb, the faces around you sullen and the service…

Study: Massachusetts Public Pension Systems Unprepared for Next Recession
Actuarial assumption adjustments clarify which funds are troubled…

STUDY: MA Public Pension Systems Unprepared for Next Recession
Actuarial assumption adjustments clarify which funds are troubled…

What’s driving the state’s budget gap?
With 2015 revenues off by a sliver ($18 million), the state is…

A tax on accumulated wealth?
Pioneers tend to be people who read words carefully. When the…

Study: Refocus on Workfare to Lift Mass. Residents from Poverty
Two decades after welfare reform, only 7.3 percent of Mass. recipients…

Our Transparency Resolutions for 2015
A new year lies ahead, and with it comes new opportunities to…

2015 Better Government Competition: Reforming the US Criminal Justice System
Pioneer Institute is pleased to announce that its 2015 Better…

What Was Omitted from the Special Advisory Commission Report on Public Officials’ Pay
Data left out of the report of the Special Advisory Commission…

The MBTA’s $23 Million 11th-hour Sweetheart Deal with Gillette Stadium
$23 million 11th-hour sweetheart deal by the MBTA will stick…

Study: “Fair Market Valuation” of Pension Liabilities Neither “Fair” Nor “Market”
Study Shows “Fair Market Valuation” of Pension Liabilities…

Study: Public Pension Liabilities Are Undervalued by Tens of Billions of Dollars
Historical Market Performance of Asset Classes Held by Retirement…

When it comes to Public Records, What’s a Fantasy in Massachusetts is a Reality in Florida
Those who dabble in public records know there's no such thing…

When It Comes to Disclosing Public Official’s Financial Interests, Mass is in the Sad Minority
Last week, we looked at some of the bureaucratic obstacles that…

In Mass, records are available on a “Why-Do-You-Need-To-Know” basis
Last week, MuckRock journalist Todd Feathers wrote about a recent…

A Challenge to Economic Freedom: Declining Labor Participation
Even with lower unemployment rates in Massachusetts and the U.S.,…

Why do Massachusetts police departments have tanks? And more importantly, why are they hiding them?
Ever since media coverage of the Ferguson protests brought us…

For transparency advocates, with friends like Galvin …
A report in the Globe last week made public what those who deal…

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Keynote Speaker, 2014 Better Government Competition Awards Dinner
Pioneer Institute Board Chairman Stephen Fantone introduces…

Celebrating Great Ideas: The Better Government Competition Awards Dinner
Pioneer Institute Hosts 23rd Annual Better Government Competition
Boston…

Reflecting on Massachusetts’ Fiscal State Under the Patrick Administration
Report Finds Massachusetts Economy Resilient, But Strategic Risks…

Study: MBTA Retirement Fund Failings a Cautionary Tale
Study Finds Poor Governance Structure, Lack of Accountability…

6 Reasons Gov. Patrick Should Veto the Convention Center Expansion Bill
Pioneer Institute's Research Director, Greg Sullivan, sent a…

New Life Science Industry report: Mass. gained only 55 life science jobs between 2010 and 2012
Last week, Pioneer Institute issued a report calling for Massachusetts…

Open Letter: Regarding Reform of the MBTA Retirement Fund
The past year has seen the MBTA Retirement Fund mired in scandals…

Study: Tax Credits Would Help MA Stem Loss of R&D Market Share
$1 billion life sciences initiative has created just 571 jobs,…

Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 23rd Annual Better Government Competition
Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 23rd Annual Better Government…

Our View: Keep the Hotel Subsidy Out of the BCEC Expansion Bill
Today (Thursday), the Massachusetts State Senate is planning…

Boston Herald: New convention center math
This article was published in the Boston Herald on June 9, 2014.
Author:…