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…

Is Christy Available?

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On the heels of Tuesday's results, Obama's ability to take a…

Louisiana beat us

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A follow to Meister Poftak's post on the Grading the States report…

We beat Rhode Island and New Hampshire

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But that's about it. In the latest Governing Magazine assessment…

Farm Subsidies, Part XXXVI

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This space takes a dim view of almost all farm subsidies as market-distorting…

Counterintuitive News

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It's too early, I realize.  But the state is $245 million ahead…

Healthcare Cost Control

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Senate President Murray presented her ideas about controlling…

So, which is it?

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Our friends at CURP and A Better City held an event on Oct. 31st…

Debating biotech on NECN

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Some improvements in the House version of the biotech bill resulted…

Slate on Guv Patrick and education

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Picking up on Fred Siegel's piece on the politics of hope and…

Yes, We Can’t

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Tough article on Barack Obama and the politics of hope from Fred…

Just sayin

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The old grey lady warns today: New Jersey’s problems are magnified…

A first for the Board of Education

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Yes, it is truly an -- ahem -- independent Board of Education.…

One down, two to go

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Just a few months ago, a wise man said the proof of success in…

Huey Long. . . er, I mean, Hilary on vouchers

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My colleague, Jamie Gass, the cynic that he is, predicted after…

Nice job by Regional Planning Agencies

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Kudos to the state's planning agencies for coming together to…

Obama on charter schools and vouchers

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I like Barack Obama. I like the rhetoric he uses and the hope…

Two connections are missing

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In a number of articles in the Boston press on the Governor's…

ED Hirsch on education in Massachusetts

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I've always been a little perplexed by the claims that teaching…

The Dome does not get it

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But Steve Bailey does. Not because he mentions Pioneer's work…

Chinatown bus

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I know there have been, let's call it, some issues with the Chinatown…

Concentrating poverty in our cities

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The Globe reports in "Warehouse for the Poor" that Holyoke and…

Milwaukee Voucher Students Have Diploma Edge

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Thanks to the folks at the Rhode Island Statewide Coalition for…

Progressive idea? Regressive in practice

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That health care benefits are provided through employers for…

A lack of imagination

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As Dennis Miller used to say, I don't want to go on a rant here,…

Change or Die

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Vermont Technical College President Ty J. Handy, in the Winter…

Tough fight but they are right

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Lenore and Skip Schloming of the Small Property Owners Association…

3 trillion and counting

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Of note today, a milestone somewhat akin to watching your car's…

The 100,000 student mark

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A number of states have now reached or are approaching the 100,000…

To lead or follow

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I apologize, but I need to digress from Pioneer's usual topics…

A taste of feuds to come

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It is interesting to view from afar what is happening with other…