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Examining Diversity’s Dividends: Can Studies Survive Contact with Peer Review
/in Featured, News, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with business data scientist Dr. Jeremiah Green about his peer review work examining consulting firm McKinsey’s studies on the measurable financial benefits of diversity in corporate executive leadership.
Commentary On The Senate Ways And Means Committee FY2025 Budget
/in Blog, Blog: Economy, Economic Opportunity, Economic Opportunity, Featured, News /by Eileen McAnnenyThe Senate Ways and Means Committee (SWM) released its FY2025 budget on May 7th. This spending plan totals $57.9 billion, an increase of $1.8 billion over the FY2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Like the Governor’s and House’s versions of the budget, the SWM budget is based on the consensus revenue estimate of $41.5 billion in tax revenue – a decrease of $208 million from last year’s consensus figure.
POLITICO’s Peter Canellos on Justice John Marshall Harlan & Plessy v. Ferguson
/in Education, Featured, Learning Curve, Podcast /by Editorial StaffMr. Canellos delves into Harlan’s upbringing in a prominent slaveholding family, his Civil War service in the Union Army, and his rapid rise in Kentucky politics as a Republican. He highlights John Harlan’s mixed-race half-brother Robert Harlan and key legal precedents like the notorious Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which influenced Harlan’s views on race and equality.
Promoting Policy Probity: Confessions of Hubwonk’s Humble Host at 200
/in Featured, News, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffHubwonk’s Joe Selvaggi marks episode 200 with a solo podcast that offers some backstory of his journey to becoming a host and offers some insights learned from more than 4 years of interviews.
Statement: Pioneer Institute in Support of Accessory Dwelling Units
/in Blog: Transparency, Featured, Housing, News /by Eileen McAnnenyPioneer Institute Statement in Support of Accessory Dwelling Units May 2, 2024 BOSTON – This Wednesday, the Boston Globe editorial board endorsed the accessory dwelling units (ADUs) provision in Governor Healey’s Affordable Homes Act, her $4.1 billion housing bond bill. Pioneer Institute has long championed ADUs as a potentially important piece in the policy puzzle of how Massachusetts can provide sufficient supply to attract and retain a high-quality talent pipeline. In addition to opinion pieces and media appearances, the Institute’s work on the issue is grounded in data-driven research, including Getting Home: Overcoming barriers to Housing in Greater Boston (2003), Residential Land-Use Regulation in Eastern Massachusetts: A Study of 187 Communities (2005), Housing and Land use policy in Massachusetts (2007), […]