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…

The Pioneer Institute’s Statement on the MBTA

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The MBTA is broke and broken.  It is structurally insolvent. …

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…

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?

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With 2015 revenues off by a sliver ($18 million), the state is…

A tax on accumulated wealth?

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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

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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

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$23 million 11th-hour sweetheart deal by the MBTA will stick…

Study: Public Pension Liabilities Are Undervalued by Tens of Billions of Dollars

Historical Market Performance of Asset Classes Held by Retirement…

In Mass, records are available on a “Why-Do-You-Need-To-Know” basis

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Last week, MuckRock journalist Todd Feathers wrote about a recent…

A Challenge to Economic Freedom: Declining Labor Participation

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Even with lower unemployment rates in Massachusetts and the U.S.,…

For transparency advocates, with friends like Galvin …

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A report in the Globe last week made public what those who deal…

Celebrating Great Ideas: The Better Government Competition Awards Dinner

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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

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Pioneer Institute's Research Director, Greg Sullivan, sent a…

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

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Today (Thursday), the Massachusetts State Senate is planning…

Boston Herald: New convention center math

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