A way to bend the cost curve up

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Minimum staffing provisions in public sector union contracts…

Health Care Econ-101 For Governor

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During an appearance on WTKK-FM today, Governor Patrick dipped…

CMS Ignites ACO (Accountable Care Organizations) Debate

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Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Medicaid’s Drug Problem: $329 million a year

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I have blogged before about the problems that we have here…

Teacher pensions: Answering Your Questions

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Last week, I blogged on teacher pensions and the piece drew…

FactCheck.org: ‘RomneyCare’ Facts and Falsehoods

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A reporter from FactCheck.org visited Pioneer's office a couple…

Relearning the Lesson

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Its been painful to watch the situation with Transportation Secretary…

Obamacare superstar sales team goes missing

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Here’s yet more evidence that, in the year since Nancy Pelosi…

No answers from the Know Nothings

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Boston and Massachusetts as a whole have made some strides…

What’s a retiring teacher’s pension worth?

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TRAIN CRASH - Watch more Funny Videos Well, that’s an…

The New Monopoly and the Ballot Initiative

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Here is testimony I submitted today to the Election Laws Committee…

Public pension tension is warranted

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Interesting juxtaposition in the Globe recently on public pensions. First…

It’s not where the gov is, it’s the business climate

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The timing was lousy. Gov. Deval Patrick was on his big “trade…

Bill Gates doesn’t like liberal arts, Steve Jobs does

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So Bill Gates lets us all know what he really has in mind on…

Hollowing out our cities

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So today we learn that Massachusetts’ cities continue to…

Finding Money for the Convention Center

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The Convention Center Authority convened a panel of the city's…

Some thoughts on parochial schools

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March 17th marked St. Patrick’s Day. Today, Glen Johnson…

On radiation in Japan

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Decidedly not a Pioneer topic, but one that is on the minds of…

Evolution in Performance Management

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StatNet - a performance management system of government performance management programs - is helping to improve the effectiveness of local government. This evolution - from managing performance locally to sharing data to establish industry benchmarks - has the potential to revolutionize municipal management.

Asleep at the wheel – mid-race

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Everyone outside of the Dome knows that Massachusetts is in…

VIDEO DEBATE: Obamacare One Year Out

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With the one year anniversary of the passage and signing of the…

Boston School Lottery and the Globe

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The Globe is doing a full 'package' on the Boston school lottery…

The Compensation Conundrum

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While the public and the media have been quick to criticize the…

American Exceptionalism

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American exceptionalism does not spring from our economic or military power but rather from America's pioneer spirit.

We may need someone to monitor Monitor

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(Image from Mother Jones) The Boston Globe piece by Farah Stockman…

Bill Gates is Wrong!

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UPDATE: His TED talk just went up. Well done overall and worth…

Memo re: public dancing

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MEMORANDUM To: Former Pioneer executive directors Re: Attempts…

Two Things to Ponder About Quasi-Public Salaries

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As the Governor continues his march through the quasi-publics…

Factory contracts for teachers unions

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As the discussion about public sector unions gains traction…

WSJ: “The Massachusetts Health-Reform Mess” Swing and Miss

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The late John Calfee, has an opinion piece in the WSJ this morning…