July 17, 2024
Study: U.S. Immigration System Limits Benefits Foreign Students Could Provide
Slow, inefficient system that discourages entrepreneurship puts U.S. at a competitive disadvantage
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July 11, 2024
Do No Harm to the Health Policy Commission
With only weeks left in the Massachusetts legislative calendar, there are once again hundreds of proposed bills left for the legislature to deal with. This means lots of backroom talks and deals will be required for the legislature to complete its work...
July 10, 2024
Is Free Community College What Massachusetts Needs?
The Massachusetts Senate proposed making community college tuition free for all residents of the Commonwealth as part of its FY2025 budget. Pioneer explores whether this program is what Massachusetts needs to prepare its residents for gainful employment and how it interacts with the state's extensive workforce development infrastructure.
July 10, 2024
Unemployment in Massachusetts by Race
Unemployment rates vary based on racial groups. Most minority groups face higher unemployment rates in Massachusetts than the majority White population.
July 1, 2024
Latest IRS Migration Data Show Exodus from Massachusetts Continues
Massachusetts shed more than double the amount of adjusted gross income (AGI) in 2022 than any year prior to 2020, making it fifth among states in net AGI out-migration behind only California, New York, Illinois and New Jersey, according to data released Thursday by the Internal Revenue Service.
July 1, 2024
SJC Agrees with Joint Amicus Brief Filed by Pioneer Public Interest Law Center, Contompasis and Caradonio
BOSTON – On June 27, Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court agreed with an amicus brief jointly filed by Pioneer Public Interest Law Center, former Boston Public Schools Superintendent Michael Contompasis and former Worcester Superintendent James Caradonio, rejecting the Massachusetts Teachers Association’s (MTA’s) challenge...
June 27, 2024
Making Sense of Post-COVID Student Attendance Data in Massachusetts
The lockdowns and school closures that occurred in 2020 due to COVID-19 had quite an impact on student attendance. While absences increased substantially between 2019 and 2022, data shows that absences may be on their way to decreasing to pre-pandemic levels.
June 27, 2024
Cape Cod Restricts Fourth of July Parties: What’s the Economic Impact?
With Fourth of July parties getting out of hand in recent years, Dennis Police established measures to limit the number of beachgoers this year. This may have an impact on Dennis economically, but it is a choice Dennis feels is worth making.
June 25, 2024
New Online Tool Tracks MA Hospital Revenue from Commercial Sources
A new online tool from Pioneer Institute shows a gradual increase in non-commercial (public payer) revenue at Massachusetts hospitals and also reveals a strong relationship between the hospitals with the highest commercial revenue and those with the highest relative prices.
June 18, 2024
Part I: It May Be Better to Be Unemployed in Massachusetts than in Connecticut or New Hampshire
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire all rank among the 10 wealthiest states in the country. Massachusetts is third – behind Maryland and New Jersey – with a median household income of $96,505. New Hampshire has a median household income of $90,845, making...