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How is Keolis Fined for Late Commuter Rail Trains?
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Your toes are numb, the faces around you sullen and the service…
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Study: Massachusetts Public Pension Systems Unprepared for Next Recession
Actuarial assumption adjustments clarify which funds are troubled…
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STUDY: MA Public Pension Systems Unprepared for Next Recession
Actuarial assumption adjustments clarify which funds are troubled…
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What’s driving the state’s budget gap?
With 2015 revenues off by a sliver ($18 million), the state is…
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A tax on accumulated wealth?
Pioneers tend to be people who read words carefully. When the…
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Study: Refocus on Workfare to Lift Mass. Residents from Poverty
Two decades after welfare reform, only 7.3 percent of Mass. recipients…
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Our Transparency Resolutions for 2015
A new year lies ahead, and with it comes new opportunities to…
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2015 Better Government Competition: Reforming the US Criminal Justice System
Pioneer Institute is pleased to announce that its 2015 Better…
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What Was Omitted from the Special Advisory Commission Report on Public Officials’ Pay
Data left out of the report of the Special Advisory Commission…
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The MBTA’s $23 Million 11th-hour Sweetheart Deal with Gillette Stadium
$23 million 11th-hour sweetheart deal by the MBTA will stick…
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Study: “Fair Market Valuation” of Pension Liabilities Neither “Fair” Nor “Market”
Study Shows “Fair Market Valuation” of Pension Liabilities…
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Study: Public Pension Liabilities Are Undervalued by Tens of Billions of Dollars
Historical Market Performance of Asset Classes Held by Retirement…
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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…
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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…
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In Mass, records are available on a “Why-Do-You-Need-To-Know” basis
Last week, MuckRock journalist Todd Feathers wrote about a recent…
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A Challenge to Economic Freedom: Declining Labor Participation
Even with lower unemployment rates in Massachusetts and the U.S.,…
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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…
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For transparency advocates, with friends like Galvin …
A report in the Globe last week made public what those who deal…
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Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Keynote Speaker, 2014 Better Government Competition Awards Dinner
Pioneer Institute Board Chairman Stephen Fantone introduces…
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Celebrating Great Ideas: The Better Government Competition Awards Dinner
Pioneer Institute Hosts 23rd Annual Better Government Competition
Boston…
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Reflecting on Massachusetts’ Fiscal State Under the Patrick Administration
Report Finds Massachusetts Economy Resilient, But Strategic Risks…
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Study: MBTA Retirement Fund Failings a Cautionary Tale
Study Finds Poor Governance Structure, Lack of Accountability…
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6 Reasons Gov. Patrick Should Veto the Convention Center Expansion Bill
Pioneer Institute's Research Director, Greg Sullivan, sent a…
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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…
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Open Letter: Regarding Reform of the MBTA Retirement Fund
The past year has seen the MBTA Retirement Fund mired in scandals…
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Study: Tax Credits Would Help MA Stem Loss of R&D Market Share
$1 billion life sciences initiative has created just 571 jobs,…
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Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 23rd Annual Better Government Competition
Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 23rd Annual Better Government…
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Our View: Keep the Hotel Subsidy Out of the BCEC Expansion Bill
Today (Thursday), the Massachusetts State Senate is planning…
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Boston Herald: New convention center math
This article was published in the Boston Herald on June 9, 2014.
Author:…
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WCVB Team 5 Reports on Pioneer’s Analysis of $92M Boston Fire Contract
Pioneer Institute Executive Director Greg Sullivan appeared on…