Mary Z. Connaughton

As part of the state’s $1 billion reconfiguration of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Allston, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack recently announced that a narrow strip of land known as “the throat,” will be considered for an at-grade option in addition to a proposal to rebuild the highway viaduct by Boston University.

This op-ed originally appeared in WGBH News. In much of the country, a substantial number of Covid-19 deaths have occurred in nursing homes. Too many states were caught unaware that crowding, poor infection control, insufficient isolation facilities, and lack of proper training...

Calls for changes in education, healthcare, the delivery of public services, and economic development policies to increase social mobility and the public trust BOSTON – With the inauguration of a new governor and legislature, Pioneer Institute announces the publication of Agenda for...

Legislature must open up on spending  Monday, April 1, 2013 By: Mary Z. Connaughton, Adam Campbell Why would the Legislature spend $525 on a tailor, $1,050 on limousine service and $59,000 at WGBH last year? And the numbers get even bigger. How about...

Mary Z. Connaughton Joins Pioneer Institute as Director of Administration and Finance