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…

Beware of Administrations Bearing Gifts

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Remember the pledge to put 1000 new police officers on the street? That…

Needless Piling On Department

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From today's Senate Session, via State House News (sub. required): MOORE…

The Emerging Anti-Necktie Consensus

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The necktie debate has roiled through our office several times.…

Great Pension Resource

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We did a paper last year detailing the cost of pension gaming…

A Big Wet Kiss for Racinos

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The Globe's Stan Grossfeld plants exactly that in today's Globe…

Darwin Award Candidate

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Yesterday's Globe reports on charges filed against a Vermont…

Weekly Football Picks

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What, you expected this blog to do a straight football piece?…

Pension Liability Grows Drip By Drip

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We looked at the cost that pension loopholes and gaming impose…

A Refreshing Start

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The Globe's Thursday editorial on the start of the new school…

Massachusetts and the Copernican Principle

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In rough terms, the Copernican Principle states that we should…

Wednesday Quick Hits

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Burying the lede: State House News has a brief piece on…

MBTA Pension Brouhaha

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Today's Globe has a brutal piece on the MBTA's pension plan and…

Counterintuitive Thoughts on Healthcare Costs

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Back in October, we released a paper on business costs in Massachusetts.…

So which is it?

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From the Boston Globe of August 9: Cahill's sharply worded statement…

Conventional Wisdom Confusion (plus a MS Word bonus)

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Organic is good. Walmart is bad. Right? So what happens when…

Before we spent billions on public construction…

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...would it be worth it to reexamine the contracting process? Barry…

CPA Point and Counterpoint

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We take a break from our usual self-promotion, to promote another…

We should pay certain farmers to keep farming

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Sunday's Globe brings us a long editorial praising the Administration's…

Let the handwringing begin…

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CVS has sought state permission to open MinuteClinics in a number…

Will they return the money?

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Today's New York Times reports that the ethanol boom, among other…

I love New England too, but this is ridiculous.

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I'm a born and bred New Englander, but I find it odd that the…

Save the Longfellow!!

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Our Legacy of Neglect: The Longfellow Bridge and the Cost of…

Welcome Aboard the Massachusetts Business Cost Express!

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A hearty welcome to the New England Public Policy Center at the…

Dinosaurs Becoming Extinct, Slowly

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Hurrah, the State Police have finally stopped giving driving…

Micromanaging the Courts

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The conference budget came out last Friday. There's plenty of…

Gratuitous Yankee Bashing

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Not our traditional topic, but who can resist kicking the Yankees…

Movement on Pension Fund Consolidation

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Pioneer brought up the idea of consolidation underperforming…

Jim Stergios on MCAS

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Pioneer Executive Director Jim Stergios appeared on NECN's Newsnight…

Tooting My Own Horn – Biotech Edition

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Pioneer has had a lot to say about the Governor's biotech proposal…

The Vatican takes on its most daunting target

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The Vatican has just put out its "Guidelines for the Pastoral…