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Pioneer Institute to Recognize Winners of 29th Annual Better Government Awards at Gala
Speakers to include National Transportation Safety Board Vice…

Study Calls for Easing MBTA Procurement Restrictions and Beefing Up Project Management Capacity
Reforms needed if T is to achieve increased capital spending…

Pioneer Institute Public Statement: A Season for Management Reforms
The MBTA's red and green line derailments this week highlight…

Moving Forward into the Future: Enter the Better Government Competition
Summer 2019 is starting and so far, the year has been full of…

Study Finds Massachusetts Lagging on Transparency of Public Official Statements of Financial Interest
A few simple changes would update system, improve transparency
Read…

Teacher Unions Support Progressive Taxation, but Maintain Flat-Rate Membership Dues Structure
Study shows lowest-paid teachers can pay up to 140 percent more…

Whistleblowers Were Proven Right: MBTARF Was Underreporting Its Unfunded Pension Liabilities
In a new brief, Pioneer shows that whistleblowers’ 2015 claim…

Pioneer Institute Public Statement on the MBTA’s Proposal to Increase Fares by 6.3 Percent
While Pioneer Institute opposed the 2016 MBTA fare increases,…

Majority of Dues Paid by Mass. Public Higher Education Faculty Goes to State, National Union Affiliates
At state colleges and universities, portion that stays on campus…

Study Says State Unfunded Pension Liability Rising Despite Recent Reforms, Overall Strong Economy
More responsible assumptions about pension fund investment performance…

Study: After Janus, Public Employees Should Only Pay Union Dues, Fees After Knowing, Intelligent Waiver
Public Employers Should Immediately Stop Collecting Agency Fees…

Press Release: Pioneer Institute Filed Amicus Brief in Case Applying Supreme Court’s Janus Ruling to MA
BOSTON – On January 8th, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial…

Announcing Pioneer Institute’s 2019 Better Government Competition: “Moving People & Goods Forward”
America is a country on the move. Our economy and quality of…

Review of MBTA Twitter Alerts Finds Fewer “Delayed” Trains, Corresponding Increase in Those “Running Behind”
BOSTON - A review of four years of MBTA commuter rail Twitter…

Public Statement on MBTA Ridership & Pension Costs
Monday’s meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control…

“Catch-22” of State Prevailing Wage Law Prevents Flagger Reform from Achieving Significant Savings
State law sets prevailing wage at highest collectively bargained…

The Future of Transportation in the Commonwealth
Taking advantage of the public comment period, Pioneer Institute…

Study Finds Vast Majority of Teacher Union Dues Fund State and National Affiliates
Local MTA affiliates that conduct collective bargaining negotiations…

Pioneer Institute Awards Gala to Highlight Proposals to Address Student Debt Crisis & Promote Job Training
Speakers Include John Sexton, NYU President Emeritus; Massachusetts…

Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 27th Annual Better Government Competition
NYU President Emeritus, Massachusetts Governor to Headline Awards…

Public Statement: The State Legislature’s Answer to the Janus Decision: The Employee Coercion & Intimidation Act
Pioneer has previously referred to a “Tammany Hall-like nexus”…

Time to End MA State Legislature’s Exemption from Public Records Law
The purpose of transparency laws is to promote more effective,…

Public Statement: Pioneer Institute Questions UMass Amherst’s Purchase of Mt. Ida Campus
Between September 2015 and the fall of 2017, Pioneer Institute…

Time to End Legislative Exemptions from Public Records & Open Meeting Laws
Under Massachusetts law, the state Legislature is not considered…

New Study Urges MBTA to Expand Corporate Pass Program
Watch a video interview of the author on BNN News, and read coverage…

Announcing Pioneer Institute’s 2018 Better Government Competition Topic: “Making Higher Education & Career Training Options Affordable & Effective”
Each year, the Better Government Competition focuses on one of…

Study: Ferry Service Could Provide Opportunity for MBTA Expansion without Huge Upfront Costs
Read press coverage of this report in the Boston Herald: Study…

Public Statement: Pioneer Applauds MBTA Control Board For Seeking To Modernize Bus Maintenance
Pioneer applauds the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board's…

Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 26th Annual Better Government Competition
MIT AgeLab Founder, Massachusetts Governor to Headline Awards…

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…