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A Practically 100% Guaranteed Free Ride
/in News /by Mary ConnaughtonThe House wants to transfer $314 million to the MBTA for operations and the governor wants to transfer $254 million. Perhaps those numbers could be made a bit smaller if the MBTA and Keolis do their job: collect fares. Let me hedge. My comments are based on what I observe. I take an express train to Boston three times a week from Framingham. For the most part, fares for Framingham riders are collected. They are for those boarding in West Natick, too. But after the train crosses into Boston, fare collection seems to simply stop. Boston Landing, Lansdowne and Back Bay riders all travel for free as the train ventures east. On the return trip, from what I see, it’s […]
Posting Patient Prices: Transparency Cure for Hospital Blank Checks
/in Featured, News, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi interviews entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, Cynthia Fisher, discussing her research and advocacy for enhanced healthcare price transparency. This initiative has the potential to improve life expectancy and save Americans over a trillion dollars annually.
Pioneer Institute Statement on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ March Tax Revenue Collections
/in Featured, News /by Editorial StaffPioneer Institute Statement on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ March Tax Revenue Collections: Preliminary March tax revenue collection numbers were released on Wednesday (4/3/24) by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR). The Commonwealth took in $4.065 billion in total tax receipts for the month. This figure is $129 million or 3.3% above the current monthly benchmark – the first time this fiscal year that actual revenues exceeded estimates. While the slight uptick is good news because it breaks an eight-month streak of declining revenues, let’s not queue up the confetti quite yet. All major tax revenue categories other than withholding taxes are below estimates. Withholding tax collections are likely buoyed by the worker shortage and higher salaries that workers can now […]
U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Hilary Crow on K-12 Civics Education
/in Education, Featured, Learning Curve, News, Podcast /by Editorial StaffU.S. Chamber Foundation VP, Hilary Crow discusses the state of K-12 civics, emphasizing the Chamber Foundation’s role in addressing America’s wide civic education deficits. Crow highlights a recent national civics survey, alarming civic literacy gaps, and links between political unrest and our nation’s educational shortcomings in K-12 civics.
Constitutional Property Taking: Exclusionary Zoning’s Costs to Owners and Society
/in Featured, News, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with George Mason Law Professor Ilya Somin about the the costs, benefits, and legal foundations of exclusionary zoning argued in his recent paper: The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning.