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…

Will Massachusetts’ Evergreen Solar secrets die with it?

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Now that Evergreen Solar is filing for bankruptcy, the question…

Lurking Over the Horizon

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As the summer slumber descends on Beacon Hill, where sub-10 minute…

What if Bill Gates rewarded results?

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Last winter, two things clarified my views on the utility of…

Governor, When is Excessiveness Excessive?

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The state senate is trying to decide whether to override the…

Setting the Record Straight

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When blogging, sometimes you shorthand -- summarize too quickly.…

Mr. Commissioner, Open This Road!

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One of the great mysteries of urban life is the Department of…

Wishful Thinking On Romneycare & Obamacare for Employers

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Over at the left-of-center blog The Incidental Economist, Austin…

Whoa! What Did DeNucci Know?

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The Lowell Sun's Peter Lucas weighs in on the Merrimack Special…

National standards’ process and substance abuse

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For a while it looked like all of thinking Washington was gaga…

Unions Have A Right to Fight – Legally

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Unions have plenty of rights. They have the right to strike,…

Arne Duncan gets sent to the principal’s office

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US Education Secretary Arne Duncan is losing his allies fast.…

Krugman, Comfy Pillows and Rick Perry

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Paul Krugman, economist polemicist extraordinaire, took out…

Science for Consumers

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The Massachusetts department of education (DESE) is under…

Massachusetts is 1st in the Nation on Health Care Cost!

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However, this gold medal is one we wish we could return. Kaiser…

Thinking Snow? SnowCOP Technology

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What? You aren’t thinking about snow right now? Well, while…

False Alarm on Science

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In a nicely timed alarm, the state’s department of education…

Do exam schools add value?

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Historically, many of Massachusetts’ political and economic…

Start-Ups Needed. Desperately.

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Massachusetts has had some good short term news, creating jobs…

Red/Blue Connector? Gone.

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Last week, MassDOT did the right thing - effectively ending the…

Pay No Mind to the Thieves from NH

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How do we create jobs? If you read media accounts, you'd think…

The MBTA Gets One Right

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It has almost become blood sport in these parts to pick on the…

Do you feel safer in a hospital or on an airplane?

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The World Health Organization released a report recently that…

The New Normal: Job Creation In Massachusetts

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Trying to figure out the jobs picture in Massachusetts is a challenging…

The Relentless Quest for Expansion

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Some familiar faces are once again calling for new revenues for…

Meet the Pillars of the Clean Economy

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Yep, your friendly MBTA bus driver and local garbage collector…

Learning the Wrong Lesson

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Cutting through the bureaucratese of the assembled emails and…

Their Solution is Dilution

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If there was any confusion about what Massachusetts public employee…

Feds Crapping Away Health $ and Increasing Deficit

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GAO (Government Accountability Office) will release a report…

Vermont Single-Payer Plan Full of Holes

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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts held a…

Muni Health Leap of Faith?

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This space has written previously on the muni health portion…