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Public Statement: Extend Massachusetts’ Income Tax Filing Deadline
/0 Comments/in Blog: Economy, COVID Economy, Economic Opportunity, Featured, News, rCOVID /by Editorial StaffMassachusetts must extend the tax filing deadline, just as the federal government and 34 of the 41 states that tax income have done.
COVID-19 Roundup from Pioneer: Why the divergent fatality rates?, Time for Telehealth, Missing the Greatest Generation, Senator profiting from COVID-19 & more!
/0 Comments/in Blog: Healthcare, COVID News Roundups, Featured, Healthcare, rCOVID /by Editorial StaffPioneer staff share their top picks for COVID-19 stories highlighting useful resources, best practices, and questions we should be asking our public and private sector leaders. We hope you are staying safe, and we welcome your thoughts; you can always reach out to us via email: pioneer@pioneerinstitute.org. Our Top Picks for COVID-19 Pandemic News: Jim Stergios, Executive Director: This is a really thoughtful, data-driven look at the divergent fatality rates observed around the world, with focus on two western countries (Italy and Germany) and one Asian country (South Korea). The ability of South Korea to drive up testing across all of its populations has been critical in its thus-far successful strategy to turn back the tide on the virus. William Smith, […]
Why Are We So Scared And Impatient?
/0 Comments/in COVID Economy, Featured, Oped: Economy, Opeds, rCOVID /by Barbara AnthonyThis op-ed by Barbara Anthony appeared in WGBH News on March 26, 2020. Recently I overheard a dad in a local playground complain that his kids couldn’t play tag with other kids anymore. He asked, “what will they prohibit next?” His complaint got me thinking. I thought back to my mom telling me about food and materials rationing during World War II. She went on about her mother standing in line with a ration book to get lard (what’s that?) and something that tasted like coffee, cheese, and something that looked like meat. Your ration card was your destiny. Then at night, her family had to draw the shades or shut off all the lights. They lived in Revere near […]
Financial Disclosures – As Important Now as Ever
/0 Comments/in Blog, COVID Economy, Featured, rCOVID, Transparency /by Mary ConnaughtonNews sources report that certain senators sold stocks just before the market crashed when the economic impact of Coronavirus came to light. Now more than ever, financial disclosures must be accessible to the media and to the public.
COVID-19 Roundup from Pioneer: Tracking COVID-19 in MA, unemployment tsunami, cancel MCAS?, cell phone hygiene, salute to James Taylor, state tax filing & more!
/0 Comments/in Blog: Healthcare, COVID News Roundups, Featured, Healthcare, rCOVID /by Editorial StaffPioneer staff share their top picks for COVID-19 stories highlighting useful resources, best practices, and questions we should be asking our public and private sector leaders.