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American Citizenship, Healthcare
September 14, 2011

Patrick Admin's Misdiagnosis on ACA Transparency

This post was co-written by Michael Morisy. During this year’s budget debate, Pioneer asked many questions about the reality behind optimistic health care cost predictions which, if flawed, could leave the state facing a $900 million budget hole next year alone. The...
American Citizenship
August 24, 2011

Will Massachusetts' Evergreen Solar secrets die with it?

Now that Evergreen Solar is filing for bankruptcy, the question of why Massachusetts ever thought the failing solar upstart was a good investment – and why the state should be in risky green energy investing at all – seems a pretty pertinent one. Unfortunately,...
American Citizenship, Opportunity
May 1, 2011

Fight of the Century

Education does not only take place in our schools, though we often get caught up debating the merit of governance schemes for our bricks-and-mortar institutions. That is important. While I think digital learning is going to transform our concepts of school and...
American Citizenship, Opportunity
April 26, 2011

Tax-exempt only in name

“Fairness” is one of the most abused words in politics. And it is taking a beating again by the City of Boston, in its quest to find yet another way – any way – to avoid controlling its spending. Nonprofits aren’t a...
American Citizenship, Healthcare
April 14, 2011

Governor Deval Patrick's Missing Chapter on Transparency

Governor Deval Patrick’s new autobiography, “A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life”, is an inspiring story, detailing his rise from Chicago impoverishment to his current job as governor of the Commonwealth. While frank about his personal heroes and inspirations, the...
American Citizenship
March 5, 2011

We may need someone to monitor Monitor

(Image from Mother Jones) The Boston Globe piece by Farah Stockman starts out this way: It reads like Libyan government propaganda, extolling the importance of Moammar Khadafy, his theories on democracy, and his “core ideas on individual freedom.’’ The Mother Jones piece...
American Citizenship, Healthcare, Opportunity
December 20, 2010

VIDEO: Is Beacon Hill Rigged?

On a quiet Friday afternoon during the holidays, Beacon Hill gave members not returning next session a chance to give farewell speeches. The one that stood out was most was Rep. Matthew Patrick calling out the status quo for doing business in...
American Citizenship, Healthcare
December 2, 2010

Decrease Insurance Premiums or You’ll Be Sleeping with the Fishes

A study released this morning may lay out the possible future of state intervention in premium increases for health insurance. The Kaiser Family Foundation examined the different methods by which each state reviews proposed health insurance rates. They found: Many states use...
American Citizenship
July 27, 2010

Public Safety Funds: Where Are They Going?

Public Safety Funds: Where Are They Going? Contact Samantha Levine-Neudel at 617-723-2277 ext. 211 or slevine@pioneerinst.wpengine.com [wpdm_package id=27] BOSTON – A new report underscores the lack of clarity around how federal and state public safety grants are distributed to Massachusetts cities and...