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Volatility and Expansion at the MassCEC
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Pioneer Institute Public Statement to the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board
Earlier this week, Fox 25 News reported that Michael Mulhern,…
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OpEd: Shine a light upon MBTA pension fund
By Mary Z. Connaughton and Charles Chieppo
Guest Columnists
Originally…
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Study: Are Drug Prices Driving Healthcare Cost Growth?
Study: Requiring Drug Companies to Disclose Price Methodologies,…
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Sunshine Week 2016: Highlights from Pioneer’s Government Transparency Team
Each Sunshine Week, Pioneer shares highlights of its government…
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Recent Ruling on MBTA Retirement Fund Major Victory for Transparency & Accountability
The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald reported on an important…
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Benchmarking Tools For Municipal Officials – Budget Season Edition
Understanding how your community performs relative to its peers…
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Time to End Mass. Legislature’s Self-Exemption from Open Meeting Law
PRESS RELEASE: Pioneer Contends the Legislature’s Self-Exemption…
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Thoughts on Transparency: Full Disclosure of Gasoline Taxes
One of Pioneer Institute’s ongoing goals is to promote government…
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Our Government Transparency Resolutions for 2016
While it's possible that 2016 will see an historic surge…
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Massachusetts Needs Its Own CBO
State Senator Jamie Eldridge is on to something. The State…
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A Step Forward on Meaningful Public Records Reform?
Yesterday’s Boston Globe editorial has it right - the time…
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MBTA gets an F for Public Records Law Compliance
Ten days. That is how long it is supposed to take for a Massachusetts…
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An Open Request to the State Ethics Commission
When the State Ethics Commission was created in 1978 under Section…
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No Fare! MBTA Tight on Public Records
The MBTA has been attracting a lot of attention lately on how…
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Report Showing MBTA Pension Fund Performance “Too Good To Be True” Reinforces Pioneer Research
BOSTON - Stories in The Boston Globe ("Madoff whistle-blower:…
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Survey: Price Information Difficult to Obtain From Massachusetts Hospitals
View media coverage of this report on WCVB-TV 5 Investigates:…
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Massachusetts Financial Disclosures – Weak and Out of Reach
In the last five years, 250 public servants in Massachusetts…
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MassDOT Relocation Proposal Gives Way to More Pressing Issues
The Baker administration has recently abandoned a proposal to…
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The Convention Center Authority’s Inflated Claims
In the wake of our recent brief, Analyzing the Convention Center…
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Press Release: New Book Aims to Make Mass. National Leader in Economic Mobility
Calls for changes in education, healthcare, the delivery of public…
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Connaughton, Sivolella: Challenging the Legislature’s Secrecy
By Mary Z. Connaughton and John Sivolella
Guest Columnists
This…
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Pioneer’s Transparency Update: Sunshine Week Edition
To some, it may seem insignificant in that police departments…
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Introducing MassAnalysis: Online tool for comparing communities
Want to benchmark your community against its peers? Want to bring…
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Our Transparency Resolutions for 2015
A new year lies ahead, and with it comes new opportunities to…
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Boston Herald: Let’s put more light in sunshine law
By J. Patrick Brown and Mary Connaughton. This op-ed originally…
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For transparency advocates, with friends like Galvin …
A report in the Globe last week made public what those who deal…
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The Ugly Truth About State Healthcare Costs
Last week, Pioneer Institute released a report showing that the cost…
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Public Statement on the New MBTA Union Contract
PIONEER INSTITUTE PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE NEW MBTA UNION CONTRACT
Yesterday,…
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Study: MBTA Retirement Fund Failings a Cautionary Tale
Study Finds Poor Governance Structure, Lack of Accountability…