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A Primer on Secondary Revenue Sources for Local Governments
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Using Pioneer Institute’s MassAnalysis tool, one can find information…
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Coastal Towns Charge the Most Permit Fees Per Capita in Massachusetts
One of the ways local governments raise revenue is by requiring…
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Pioneer Institute Celebrates Sunshine Week 2019
Sunshine Week is dedicated to bringing greater awareness to the…
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Guess What Massachusetts Public Employee Earns Over $1 Million
The State Comptroller’s Office makes available annual salary…
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How Much Does Your Local Government Raise from Fines and Forfeitures?
One of the ways local governments raise revenue to fund public…
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Overtime Pay Tally Reveals Large Disparities
The top 50 overtime earners among state employees averaged $99,114…
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$40 or Freedom: Uncounted Cash in the Legal System
Forty dollars isn’t chump change. It’s about three lunches…
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Stonewalled at City Hall
Pioneer Institute interns often visit government offices to obtain…
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Making Troopers Transparent: At What Cost?
In May 2018, The Boston Globe reported on its effort to gain…
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Got Milk? The Answer Might Soon Be No in Massachusetts
It’s not a good time to be a dairy farmer in Massachusetts,…
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Falsified Records & Shady Human Resources Policies: The Latest Scandal in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
The Office of the Medical Examiner for Massachusetts is a taxpayer-funded…
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Not signed, sealed, delivered
Even the casual observer has probably heard that Massachusetts…
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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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Troop F Gets an A: State Auditor Overlooks DSP Corruption, Neglects Audits
The Office of the State Auditor’s (OSA’s) website describes…
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“Isn’t Everything Online and Free?” The Exclusivity of MA Law Libraries
There are 15 Trial Court Law Libraries in Massachusetts to service…
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Which State Employees Make More than the Boss?
In 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections had 20 employees…
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Why Did the Department of Corrections Pay a Chef $166,762 last year?
Pioneer Institute’s MassOpenBooks transparency tool shows an…
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True Transparency Needed for SFI’s
Pioneer has long called for the Statements of Financial Interests…
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The role of old industrial districts in residential suburbs
The City of Waltham was once an aging mill town. Its flagship…
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How does the Commonwealth Pay for Roads?
Maintaining, safe, efficient public infrastructure challenges…
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Which Cape Cod Town has the Best Summertime Revenue Take?
The towns of the Cape and Islands have economies built around…
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Public Works Expenditures Across All 26 Gateway Cities
Using MassAnalysis.com, a free government transparency tool provided…
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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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The Link Between Police Spending and Crime in Gateway Cities
Massachusetts “Gateway Cities” were defined in a 2007 Massachusetts…
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2016 MBTA Bus Maintenance Costs up 27% Since 2011
Last spring, Pioneer reported on the MBTA’s out of control…
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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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Beacon Hill Needs to Get This Right – Right Now
No one said it better than Justice Louis Brandeis. “Sunshine…
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