
MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA
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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…


We Have a Long Way to Go for Massachusetts Residents to Have the Government Transparency We Deserve
As Pioneer Institute observes Sunshine Week,?we are disappointed by the legislature’s attempts to deny what the vast majority of voters want: an audit of the legislature by our State Auditor. Trying to avoid an audit further exacerbates the loss of public trust. After all, what are we left to think? Do they have something to hide? That is not the government our founders intended; nor is it what 72 percent of Massachusetts voters wanted. This year, during Sunshine Week, we are entirely focused on the top three actions to bring sunlight to the state legislature. They are:

Hubwonk360 Video: If we tax them, will they leave?
In this brief, six-minute video, Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim Stergios and Director of Government Transparency, Mary Z. Connaughton, walk through an amendment to the Massachusetts constitution that could dramatically increase the income tax on retirees and small businesses.

Massachusetts’ New Economy
Pioneer Executive Director Jim Stergios presents a comprehensive…

A Tale of Two Economies: Job Creation in Massachusetts
In the State of the Union Address last night, President Obama…

Press Release: Municipal Benchmarks for MA’s Middle Cities
Press Release on Pioneer’s new paper which takes a look…

Police Chiefs during the economic crisis
Brenda Bond discusses her interviews with Police Chiefs regarding…


