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| This week at Pioneer, Senior Housing Fellow Andrew Mikula’s op-ed in The Washington Post examines Massachusetts’ growing starter-home shortage and how restrictive zoning, rising costs, and limited housing supply are making it harder for young families to buy homes and for older residents to downsize. He highlights reforms that could expand housing options and improve affordability across the Commonwealth.
Additional highlights from the week:
- Registration is now open for our KCastellano.
- Executive Director Jim Stergios examines how Massachusetts’ high housing, energy, health care, and tax costs are driving residents, businesses, and investment out of the state, calling for broad-based tax relief and other policy reforms to improve affordability and strengthen long-term economic competitiveness.
Wishing you a fantastic weekend!
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| Roger Perry Internship Blogs |
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| Using AI to Reduce State Regulations
Roger Perry Economic Opportunity Intern Shriya Buche explores how artificial intelligence can help modernize regulatory reform by identifying outdated and burdensome rules, while emphasizing the importance of human oversight to balance efficiency, transparency, and public protections. |
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| Why High Energy Prices Will Plague Massachusetts for Years to Come
Roger Perry Government Transparency Intern Mia Raineri examines Massachusetts’ rising energy costs, infrastructure constraints, and shifting energy landscape, highlighting the need for balanced solutions that improve affordability, reliability, and long-term sustainability. |
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| Homeowners Insurance Premiums Continues to Rise Amid Climate Risk
Roger Perry Government Transparency Intern Mia Raineri examines the rising cost of homeowner insurance amid increasing climate risks, inflation, and changing disaster response policies, highlighting the need for stronger resilience planning and sustainable strategies to protect homeowners and communities. |
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| How Excess Administration Is a Symptom of the College Tuition Crisis
Roger Perry Education Intern Samuel Klein examines the drivers behind rising college tuition costs, exploring how administrative growth, regulatory burdens, and accreditation requirements have contributed to higher expenses and arguing for reforms to improve affordability in higher education. |
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| Boston Globe: Massachusetts is close to an economic cliff. Here are two ways to save it.
Executive Director Jim Stergios examines how Massachusetts’ high housing, energy, health care, and tax costs are driving residents, businesses, and investment out of the state, calling for broad-based tax relief and other policy reforms to improve affordability and strengthen long-term economic competitiveness.
Washington Post: In this housing bind, both the young and the old lose In this housing bind, both the young and the old lose
Senior Housing Fellow Andrew Mikula examines Massachusetts’ shortage of starter homes and how restrictive zoning, rising costs, and limited housing supply are driving young families away while preventing older residents from downsizing, highlighting the need for reforms that encourage more affordable housing construction. |
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| Johns Hopkins’ Dr. David Steiner on Academic Quality, School Choice, & Accountability
In this week’s episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts Alisha Searcy and Dr. Helen Baxendale interview Dr. David Steiner, Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and former New York State Commissioner of Education. Dr. Steiner discusses the importance of an academic, content-rich, liberal arts education rooted in Western democratic principles and compares the strengths and challenges of British and American K-12 education and teacher preparation. |
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| In Pioneer Institute’s latest video, we examine why Massachusetts voc-tech schools succeed, how Chapter 74 funding sustains them, and what state leaders can do to expand access for the students still waiting. |
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| 29th Lovett C. Peters Lecture & Annual Dinner
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:15 PM
Location: The Newbury, Boston
For generations, champions of free markets spoke with one voice: competition drives innovation, liberty creates prosperity, and open markets expand opportunity.
In the past decade, that consensus fractured.
Do free markets still offer the surest path to shared prosperity — or have globalization, concentrated capital, and economic dislocation exposed their limits? Should markets remain the organizing force of economic life, or must national and social priorities come first?
Join us for a timely conversation on the defining economic and political question of our time.
Featuring:
- Oren Cass, Founder and Chief Economist, American Compass
- Ed Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University
To inquire about sponsorships or hosting a table please contact Katie Castellano at KCastellano. |
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| John G.L. Cabot Award Dinner
Date: Thursday, November 19
Time: 6 PM – 9 PM
Location: Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, MA
11th Annual John G.L. Cabot Award Dinner honoring Vance R. Brown, EVP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Boston Scientific.
The John G.L. Cabot Award is presented annually to an individual whose work reflects a steadfast commitment to the rule of law, the proper role of free enterprise in our society, and the advancement of free enterprise principles, both in public discourse and the courtroom.
This year’s honoree is Vance R. Brown, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Boston Scientific.
Vance R. Brown is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Boston Scientific, a position he has held since June 2021. In this role, he is responsible for providing global legal leadership across all of Boston Scientific’s businesses, regions and functions, and for overseeing the company’s global compliance function.
Prior to this role, Vance served as Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel, and Assistant Secretary of Boston Scientific, a position he held since 2010. In that role, he was responsible for leadership and oversight over the company’s international legal teams and various corporate legal functions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate governance and securities.
Prior to that, Vance held a variety of legal and compliance roles of increasing responsibility. Before joining Boston Scientific, he was an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom. He earned his B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. |
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