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As Pioneer has previously discussed, Massachusetts continues to kick the can down the road with regard to its public pension liabilities. Legislators and municipalities have not only delayed the funding…
…not have the talent or the management structure to deliver on that financial capacity, leaving $700 million unspent. Our overall transportation system may, in fact, need new money for road…
…others as well), which means that by the end of 2019 there will be more delivery trucks on the road, perhaps fewer people driving to shop, and new traffic challenges….
…to the public.[1] The federal government categorizes the road section as a bridge because the westbound lanes run directly above the eastbound ones, with the tunnel roof bearing the weight…
…the new fiscal year. It’s high time Massachusetts does the same thing. Helen Chin is a rising senior at Lehigh University majoring in political science. Down the road, Helen…
…offered in these settings. (Think CVS, Wal-Greens, Shop & Shop, and dozens of other retail based locations.) Last summer, Pioneer Institute joined with Associated Industries of Massachusetts, National Federation of…
…Traffic Scorecard. Figure 1. Traffic Volumes in Boston’s Surrounding Region (Images taken from Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization’s website (MPO). Yellow roads are 75-99% filled to capacity, the darkest red…
…its release, since it only examines the “rules of the road” as of February 27, 2013, before a CMS concocted phase in was granted for rating factors. Second, the report…
…save money? Picture: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center North Carolina started down this road before Massachusetts, and while early reports claimed historic savings, recent evaluations have called that conclusion into…
…middle-of-the-road relative to other states, but are still arbitrary and unneeded in many cases (2 years of training to be a barber? Licensing home entertainment installers?). Might be a good…
…Beacon Hill. It’s time for special legislation expanding charters in Lawrence. Anything less than that is simply kicking the can down the road. And when each high school dropout ends…
…Response to Robert Novy-Marx A Road to Financing Public Profits from Private contracts: A Case Study in Human Services If We Build It Will They Come? And Other Questions About…
…seems headed in a familiar direction — float a whole bunch of ideas, piece together a stop-gap measure, and kick the can down the road. What’s missing is a willingness…
…A Reform of Wetlands Regulations Roe Paper no. 6: A Reform of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Roe Paper no. 7: The Bid-to-Goal Program Roe Paper no. 8: Consolidating Off-Road Vehicle Registration…
…following $1 tax hike on cigarettes – Lowell Sun Public appeal? – Boston Globe Rubber meets the road – Boston Herald A fee is just a tax by another name…
…renews in 2014,” the report suffers from numerous limitations. First, the report was out-of-date on its release data, since it only examines the “rules of the road” as of February…
…solving our problems the way we always do — by kicking the can down the road. And that’s something to celebrate? File under: I got to get myself another hat….
POLITICAL COLUMNIST MICHAEL BARONE TO HEADLINE 2012 BETTER GOVERNMENT COMPETITION AWARDS DINNER National commentator, best-selling author to address Pioneer Institute supporters at annual ceremony on September 24th BOSTON, MA –…
…of Economics and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nationally, there are about 7.5 million dual-eligible beneficiaries, which carry a total cost of $158 billion. Massachusetts is home to…
…of Medford. But there is much more maintenance work to be done. Still more than 10 percent of bridges last I looked are deficient. That’s right around the national average,…
…Big Dig drained money from other state road projects, new transit lines diverted funds from maintenance to expansion. Today, nearly half the MBTA’s $8.6 billion debt can be traced to…
Local housing regulations concerning zoning, road design and installation, and the environment play a fundamental role in housing development in Massachusetts. National studies have indicated that in some regions of…
…national academic standards for K-12 public schools, gaining nationwide coverage and building a network of opposition. As a result, several states have rejected the national standards and others that adopted…
…large, then we should stop it, because we’re going to be in the same place four or five years down the road.” The think-tank analyst – a Massachusetts resident who…
…roadways, using the income from tolls to add capacity at no cost to the public sector (beyond the foregone property abutting the roadway). Could we use extra capacity in our…
…Elementary and Secondary Education. That was in 2008, when the board rejected the International Charter School of Southeastern Massachusetts. Local officials waged a fierce battle against the school leading up…
…us, the logic seems flawed at best. For example, how does 7% uninsured in Vermont justify single payer? The national average is close to 17%. In addition, the architect of…
…less competitive and innovative, more consolidated, and much more expensive under the vision being laid out. The second approach is one in which the Commonwealth lays out a very broad…
…finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people,” President George Washington said in his 1789 Inaugural Address. It had been a long road for the…
