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MBTA retirement fund is headed for a financial reckoning
/in Oped: Transparency, Oped: Transportation, Opeds /by Charles ChieppoThe new MBTA Retirement Fund Actuarial Valuation Report shows the fund is only about 51 percent funded. In 2006, it was 94 percent funded. A “death spiral” generally accelerates when retirement system funding dips below 50 percent.
Becket Fund’s Eric Rassbach on Religious Liberty & American Schooling
/in Featured, Learning Curve, Podcast /by Editorial StaffEric Rassbach of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty discusses school choice and religious freedom, competing legal philosophies and views of the U.S. Constitution, and why issues pertaining to religion and schools remain so divisive at the K-12 level.
Curing Medicaid’s Cold: Unwinding Pandemic Expansion Before Federal Funds End
/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with healthcare policy expert Dr. Brian Blase about Medicaid expansion during the COVID-19 healthcare emergency and how states can efficiently reexamine eligibility criteria so as to protect the vulnerable before federal support expires.
A Tale of Two Massachusetts: Wealth and Labor Differences Between East and West
/in Blog, Blog: Better Government, Blog: Economy, Economic Opportunity /by Peter MentekidisThis blog compares the income, wealth, and property values of western Massachusetts to those of eastern Massachusetts, highlighting the west’s potential for growth.
PRI’s Lance Izumi on Charter Schools & School Choice
/in Featured, Podcast /by Editorial StaffLance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute discusses K-12 education reform, declining test scores, COVID-related learning loss, and the growth of education bureaucracy. He reflects on charter schools, school choice, and how U.S. history and civics should be taught.