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…

ACA Premium Roller Coaster for Small Business Coming to Massachusetts

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A handful of owners of small companies in the Commonwealth…

Ed Glaeser’s Straw Man on Common Core (by Jim Stergios)

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In today’s Globe, Ed Glaeser, an economist by trade and…

Mass. charter schools: No sector like it in the US

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In 1992, Pioneer published a book that had the kind of squishy…

60% of MA Docs Will Not Meet Ch224 Electronic Medical Record Mandate

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Putting aside a lengthy discussion about the merits of and cost…

Federal Fig Leaf or Flexibility? (by Ted Rebarber)

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As the fight over the national Common Core academic standards…

Memorial Day: Honoring Our Fallen Soldiers and Cherishing Our Freedom

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For many, Memorial Day is regarded as the official kick-off of…

When Is a Tax Not a Tax?

When is a tax not a tax? When no one pays it. That’s basically…

New “Grace Period” For ACA Implementation in Mass

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These are strange days in healthcare. Even the Boston Globe is…

Basic information about IEP access lacking in Massachusetts public schools

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Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), geared at students whose…

Oregon Medicaid Results: Half Full or Missing the Point?

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Much as been written this past week about the second year results…

What Anti-Common Core Activism in Tennessee Portends

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Across the country, from Florida to Michigan, Colorado to Alabama,…

ACA’s Alice in Wonderland Twist: HHS Unilateral Delay of Regulations

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A recent decision by HHS illustrates the arbitrary nature…

Upholding the Spirit of Boston

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We at Pioneer are thankful that our loved ones are safe. …

Open the Boston taxicab “market” to competition

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The Boston Globe's Spotlight team has done a great job uncovering…

Untold Story of Small Biz Delay under ACA, Just Déjà Vu from Massachusetts

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The revelation that the Obama Administration will delay the roll…

Will Mass Unmerge Insurance Marketplace Because of ACA?

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I have written numerous times about the impact that the ACA…

What would you do with a half-billion dollars?

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The next time you’re watching those dollars ring up at the…

The state’s economic strategy is selling us short

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Megan Woolhouse's piece entitled "Shut Out" in the Boston Globe told…

150 Years of Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom

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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation…

As Federal Health Law Turns Three, We Should Leverage The Power of Federalism

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As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka ObamaCare)…

‘Calling out’ the Secretary of State

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Secretary of State Bill Galvin didn’t waste time when…

Is there an explosion in state government employment? Yup.

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We've been at this one with the administration for a few…

Pioneer’s Transparency Update: “Sunshine Week” Edition

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With all the scandals that plague the Massachusetts State House,…

MassDOT won’t say who’s getting a free ride

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Our Commonwealth’s toll system doesn’t appear discriminating…

Health Policy Commission Starts to Pick Winners and Losers

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In a feared (put predicted) outcome, the newly formed Health…