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Pioneer Institute Public Statement: A Season for Management Reforms
The MBTA's red and green line derailments this week highlight…
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Moving Forward into the Future: Enter the Better Government Competition
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Summer 2019 is starting and so far, the year has been full of…
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Study Finds Massachusetts Lagging on Transparency of Public Official Statements of Financial Interest
A few simple changes would update system, improve transparency
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Teacher Unions Support Progressive Taxation, but Maintain Flat-Rate Membership Dues Structure
Study shows lowest-paid teachers can pay up to 140 percent more…
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Whistleblowers Were Proven Right: MBTARF Was Underreporting Its Unfunded Pension Liabilities
In a new brief, Pioneer shows that whistleblowers’ 2015 claim…
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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,…
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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…
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Study Says State Unfunded Pension Liability Rising Despite Recent Reforms, Overall Strong Economy
More responsible assumptions about pension fund investment performance…
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Study: After Janus, Public Employees Should Only Pay Union Dues, Fees After Knowing, Intelligent Waiver
Public Employers Should Immediately Stop Collecting Agency Fees…
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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…
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Announcing Pioneer Institute’s 2019 Better Government Competition: “Moving People & Goods Forward”
America is a country on the move. Our economy and quality of…
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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…
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Public Statement on MBTA Ridership & Pension Costs
Monday’s meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control…
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“Catch-22” of State Prevailing Wage Law Prevents Flagger Reform from Achieving Significant Savings
State law sets prevailing wage at highest collectively bargained…
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The Future of Transportation in the Commonwealth
Taking advantage of the public comment period, Pioneer Institute…
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Study Finds Vast Majority of Teacher Union Dues Fund State and National Affiliates
Local MTA affiliates that conduct collective bargaining negotiations…
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Pioneer Institute Awards Gala to Highlight Proposals to Address Student Debt Crisis & Promote Job Training
Speakers Include John Sexton, NYU President Emeritus; Massachusetts…
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Pioneer Institute Announces Winner of 27th Annual Better Government Competition
NYU President Emeritus, Massachusetts Governor to Headline Awards…
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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”…
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Time to End MA State Legislature’s Exemption from Public Records Law
The purpose of transparency laws is to promote more effective,…
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Public Statement: Pioneer Institute Questions UMass Amherst’s Purchase of Mt. Ida Campus
Between September 2015 and the fall of 2017, Pioneer Institute…
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Time to End Legislative Exemptions from Public Records & Open Meeting Laws
Under Massachusetts law, the state Legislature is not considered…
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New Study Urges MBTA to Expand Corporate Pass Program
Watch a video interview of the author on BNN News, and read coverage…
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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…
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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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Public Statement: Pioneer Applauds MBTA Control Board For Seeking To Modernize Bus Maintenance
Pioneer applauds the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board's…
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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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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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Public Statement On UMass Boston Finances
According to a State House News Service story yesterday, Education…
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