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…

Carmen Ortiz is Making Beacon Hill Nervous

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Think you've had a tense few weeks at work? Consider potential…

Pioneer and Northeastern Present State Transportation Scorecard

Use Pioneer's Transportation Dashboard, an online, interactive application designed to model a performance measurement system that could be deployed by the state’s Department of Transportation. It features an array of publicly-available data in an easy-to-digest format, and includes the latest information on key indicators of performance such as congestion, throughput, safety, construction management, and environmental stewardship.

BCBSF of MA and Health Affairs Spinning the MA Reform

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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts (BCBSF)…

The Weakest Link?

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Like most places, Massachusetts uses elections to insure accountability…

Chipping away at charters

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Charter school approvals are granted in February. They shouldn't…

Introduction to the Massachusetts Transportation Dashboard

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Author(s): Steve Poftak — Publication date: 2012-01-24 Category:…

Meet the Transportation Dashboard

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How well did the Patriots do this weekend? That's easy. Look…

9 Keys For Reality TV Chefs

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(What, you think we can only do policy?) There's been a proliferation…

Beacon Hill Budget Games

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I'm a bit perplexed at the latest round of expectation-setting…

Budgeting Innovation?

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If you deal with budgets regularly, you know the pain of trying…

Are We Fighting Health Care Costs or Health Care Spending?

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Liberal blogger Matt Yglesias over at Slate recently made…

Can the MBTA Learn From Germany?

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Participate in the transportation conversation long enough and…

Benefit of The Doubt? Not For Gov. Tim Murray

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Lieut. Gov. Tim Murray has forfeited the benefit of the doubt. Murray,…

Odds-On Favorite? Not the Lottery

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The Massachusetts state lottery has made news the past few weeks…

2012 Massachusetts State Spending Map

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In 2012, Pioneer Institute proudly reprised this exciting online…

A Deeper Dive into the Mass Health Reform Waiver & Why it Matters to the Future of the ACA

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On December 20th, Governor Deval Patrick, and the entire Massachusetts…

MBTA Puts the Screws to Bus Riders

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The MBTA released two scenarios to deal with a projected FY13…

Will 2012 be the year of the e-patient?

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Dave deBronkart gave an interesting talk at a TED conference…

Can employers require job applicants to have a high school diploma?

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BNA, a subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P., is a great source of…

What is blended learning?

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A number of readers of recent posts on virtual (or digital) learning…

Tough Times on virtual learning

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Back at the start of December, I blogged on the need for both…

Filling the Red Kettle

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The Salvation Army is struggling to raise money this year through…

Mass and Feds Cut a Deal on Medicaid Waiver

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This afternoon the Patrick Administration announced a new deal…

What will 2012 Look Like for Health Care?

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I was recently asked by a reporter for some trends that I expect…

The wrong strategy to fix Lawrence public schools

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With a wondrous display of British understatement, the state’s…

Massachusetts raced other states to win over doomed Evergreen Solar

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In my last post, I took a look at how surprisingly credulous…

Tim Tebow, the Read Option and Our Patriots

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(What? I have to do policy wonk stuff all the time?) Tim Tebow…

Boston’s Struggle With 3rd Grade Reading

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Achieving reading proficiency by 3rd Grade is a vital skill,…

Why did Evergreen Solar backers miss the Chinese threat?

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In reviewing hundreds of pages of documents related to Massachusetts'…

Rise of the Zune Monopolists

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"Understand, I am not for monopoly when we can help it,”…