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Beacon Hill Needs to Get This Right – Right Now
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No one said it better than Justice Louis Brandeis. “Sunshine…
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Massachusetts towns reveal all the details of bids for Amazon’s second headquarters
By Adanya Lustig
Massachusetts towns are disclosing their…
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Study: Ferry Service Could Provide Opportunity for MBTA Expansion without Huge Upfront Costs
Read press coverage of this report in the Boston Herald: Study…
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Managing Growth in Malden & Somerville: A Tale of Two Cities
The influx of new residents into Boston and its surrounding communities…
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Time for Boston to open up to limited service clinics
As a little girl I have a dim memory of my mother taking me to…
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The Crazy World of College Presidential Salaries Part 2: A Deeper Look
Part 1 of this blog series on MA state colleges and universities…
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Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 26th Annual Better Government Competition
MIT AgeLab Founder, Massachusetts Governor to Headline Awards…
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Spending on Students: How Does Groton Compare?
Massachusetts is known for the strength of its K-12 education. …
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Q & A on the Status of Senate Amendment 1031 (the Keenan/Pacheco Amendment)
On Thursday May 25, 2017, the Massachusetts Senate adopted an…
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Report Calls on FMCB to Seek Legislative Intervention on Projected 18-Year, $1.485 Billion T Pension Shortfall
New evaluation commissioned by MBTA projects T contributions…
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Commemorating The 100th Anniversary Of U.S. Entry Into World War I
On Tuesday, April 4th, at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for…
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Governor’s Plan to Cap Healthcare Provider Prices Misses the Mark
The Governor filed a number of healthcare market reform proposals…
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Getting the T Back on Track
The reforms that the Massachusetts Legislature advanced at the…
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Why do Massachusetts municipalities make meeting transparency harder than it has to be?
Executive session is where local governing boards interview…
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Ensuring a secure financial future for older adults
Every day, 10,000 Americans turn age 65. Adults over this age…
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Auditing the New Transparency Law: Where are the Records Access Officers?
With the advent of the Baker administration, Massachusetts transparency…
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Study: MA Charter Public Schools Have Lower Attrition Rates Than Sending School Districts
Charters also seeing higher special needs enrollment, helping…
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Study Highlights Best Practices For Establishing and Updating K-12 History Standards
Massachusetts should be cautious in updating its highly regarded…
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Op-ed: Will DeVos avoid the Beltway education trap?
By Jim Stergios and Charles Chieppo
Read this op-ed online…
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Study Calls For Steps Toward Terminating Troubled MBTA Retirement Fund
The MBTA should assess the feasibility of moving its employees out of the Social Security system and transfer investment management responsibility for its pension fund to the commonwealth’s Pension Reserves Investment Management board as initial steps toward terminating the MBTA Retirement Fund
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Charter School Special-Needs Students Achieving Excellent Outcomes
Percentage Of Charter School Special-Needs Students Is Rising,…
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Outsourcing bus services is—by now—conventional wisdom
Outsourcing bus services is—by now—conventional wisdom
As…
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Will All-Electronic Tolling Save Money?
This blog explores the State's switch to an all-electronic tolling…
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UMass Amherst Athletics’ Spending: Costing the Taxpayer Money
College sports have long been a major and growing attraction…
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Study Highlights Best Practices In Summer Enrichment Programs
Read coverage of this report in The Recorder.
Second of three-part…
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How Legislators’ Late Session Scramble affects Government Transparency
Now that there has been sufficient time for experts and the media…
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Opioid Usage in Massachusetts: A Painful and Tragic Trend
In March, Governor Baker signed An Act Relative to substance…
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Event To Call For Moving “Know-Nothing” Governor’s Portrait From State House Wall
Bigoted Know-Nothing Amendments still part of state constitution
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