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American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
April 11, 2013

Open the Boston taxicab "market" to competition

The Boston Globe‘s Spotlight team has done a great job uncovering the Kafka-esque maze of half-million-dollar medallions, bribes, and indentured servitude that we call the Boston taxicab “market.”  Oddly, little has been said in that paper’s pages on how to fix things, with...
American Citizenship, Education
April 4, 2013

James McPherson, "The Legacy of Lincoln"

Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian and Princeton University Professor Emeritus James M. McPherson delivered the keynote address at “The Legacy of Lincoln: U.S. History in American Schooling,” a Pioneer Institute forum marking the 150th anniversary of both the Emancipation Proclamation and the...
American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
March 27, 2013

Driving Reform: New Study on Real Solutions to Our Transportation Challenges

STUDY: TIE NEW FUNDING TO PERFORMANCE, IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION REFORM Phasing in additional money based on MassDOT performance will improve service Massachusetts’ aging transportation infrastructure needs about $2.6 billion in new investment over six years that would come in stages based on...
March 27, 2013

Gregory Sullivan Joins Pioneer Institute as Research Director

Gregory Sullivan Joins Pioneer Institute as Research Director Influential think tank welcomes former Massachusetts Inspector General BOSTON, MA – Pioneer Institute announced today that Gregory W. Sullivan will become the organization’s new Research Director. Sullivan begins his position on April 2nd. “We...
Healthcare
March 22, 2013

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

As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka ObamaCare) turns three this week, states and employers are feeling the weight and complexity of the early stages of implementation. Pioneer reflects on how the nation can best move forward. 5 recommendations...
Healthcare
March 21, 2013

Pioneer Requests Report That Predicts ACA’s "Extreme Premium Increases"

Pioneer Files Request for the Administration to Release Its Report on the Impact of The Federal Health Law on Massachusetts’ Small Businesses The report is known to indicate that the ACA will cause “extreme premium increases” for small businesses BOSTON – Today...
Education
March 15, 2013

The Legacy of Anti-Irish Bigotry Blocks School Choice in the Bay State

Massachusetts is one of most “Catholic” states in the country, yet it is one of  just two states with strict constitutional barriers, so-called anti-aid amendments that prevent public funds from being disbursed to working families to help them afford private or parochial school...
American Citizenship, Opportunity
March 14, 2013

Pioneer's Transparency Update: "Sunshine Week" Edition

With all the scandals that plague the Massachusetts State House, you would think the state legislature would scream reform after getting an “F” as its latest transparency grade from the Sunlight Foundation. Like the Sunlight Foundation, Pioneer Institute has long-promoted better public access to...
Education
February 20, 2013

Preserving Charter School Autonomy in Massachusetts

New study recommends re-establishing an independent state Charter School Office (CSO), raising the statewide charter cap, and providing charter operators with the support they need to start and run a school.
Opportunity
February 13, 2013

A Tale of Two Economies: Job Creation in Massachusetts

In the State of the Union Address last night, President Obama spoke at length about how the country can kick-start the great American job engine. Here in Massachusetts, we hear that we are doing well compared to the rest of the country....