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…

Good Stuff in Transportation

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It's easy to be cynical in this day and age, so we've put together…

Governor Patrick Found the Silver Bullet for Cost Containment?

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Thoughts on Governor Deval Patrick’s speech this morning about…

Blame Game in Massachusetts Health Care

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An interesting piece from Paul Levy over at Not Running a Hospital. …

“For small businesses, a hesitancy to hire”

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An illustrative piece in the Boston Globe today by Megan Woolhouse…

WBUR RadioBoston: State Bets On The Future Of Industry

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WBUR interviews Pioneer Executive Director Jim Stergios on whether the state should be targeting particular industries for tax incentives and other benefits.

Israel as First Stop?

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Obligatory Throat-Clearing: There are a number of excellent reasons…

Implications of the Harvard Pilgrim-Tufts Merger

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Today's news brings word of a potential merger between Tufts…

Ever Met A Tax Incentive You Didn’t Like?

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Remarkable to read the Globe's endorsement today of the latest…

MBTA Parking Proposal Should Go Further

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The MBTA is proposing to securitize its parking revenues (roughly…

VIDEO: Is Beacon Hill Rigged?

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On a quiet Friday afternoon during the holidays, Beacon Hill…

Health $ Elbow Out Kids, Cops and Trees

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Just wanted to share a dramatic graph from a recent Boston Foundation…

Full Disclosure

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AEI edu-wonk Rick Hess went blue in the face in his Education…

Choice for me but not for thee?

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The Globe's op-ed page has been featuring several 'guest' columnists,…

Tax-Exempt Organizations 101

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During this year’s election season, controversy arose regarding…

Groupon for the Public Sector?

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Groupon (and its group-buying competitors) are all the rage in…

Pete Peters

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Four things come quickly, indelibly, to mind about the life of…

Massachusetts Health Care Transparency: Bright Enough Spotlight?

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Massachusetts officials published online this week a database…

Rumblings of an earthquake in national education policy?

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With Rick Perry said to be a shoo-in for the head of the Republican…

Pioneer Senior Fellow on PBS's NewsHour

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Pioneer's Senior Fellow on Health Care, Amy Lischko, was interviewed…

Time to Remember

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Lovett C. Peters died Thursday, November 11, at the age of…

Regulating Regulations

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During the gubernatorial campaign, Governor Patrick promised…

Raining Cats and Dogs: Massachusetts Local Budgets

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A Boston Globe headline today seems to imply cities and towns…

Patrick-Baker Compared to Brown-Coakley

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Scott Brown’s election in January 2010 was supposed to be the…

American as baseball, apple pie and primary care doctors?

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Harvard Medical School recently announced an anonymous gift of…

Globe's Puzzling Emphasis on Clean Energy

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Today's Globe endorses Deval Patrick for Governor, an expected…

Is the job picture improving?

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I confess to being stumped by the contradictory information circulating…

Obama must do better on charters

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It looks like voters across the country, and in a number of…

Running the Numbers for Gloucester

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Today’s Globe has a piece on Gloucester’s issues with schools,…

ObamaCare blowback

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Great piece in the Boston Globe titled "ObamaCare blowback" by…

2 Things Every Prospective Boston Public School Parent Should Know

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For young parents in Boston, anxiety is beginning to build around…