MassINC names Lauren Louison Chief Operating Officer

Policy Center
Apr 6, 2011 Policy Center

MassINC, the non-partisan public policy think tank and publisher of CommonWealth magazine, today announced it has named Lauren Louison Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the organization’s public policy, research and civic engagement agendas. Ms. Louison previously held the position of Vice President of Strategy and Development at MassINC where she focused on fundraising and strategic planning. “Lauren

Health care players debate global payments

Policy Center
Mar 14, 2011 Policy Center

The future of the state’s health care reimbursement structure was the topic of discussion last week at a MassINC/CommonWealth magazine forum held at full capacity at Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre. Entitled “Global Payments: The Next Chapter in Health Care Reform?,” the event was moderated by Charlie Baker, former gubernatorial candidate and health insurance plan executive,

CommonWealth magazine and MassINC receive $1 million gift

Policy Center
Mar 3, 2011 Policy Center

BOSTON—MassINC today announced that its award-winning civic journal, CommonWealth magazine, will receive $1 million from an anonymous donor. The gift is in celebration of MassINC’s 15th anniversary and long-standing contribution to non-partisan reporting on politics and policy in Massachusetts. MassINC must match the initial $500,000 gift in order to receive the full $1 million. Today’s

Longtime MassINC board member headlines Globe op-ed page

Policy Center
Feb 23, 2011 Policy Center

New England Regional Council of Carpenters executive secretary-treasurer and long-standing MassINC board member Mark Erlich penned an op-ed in yesterday’s Boston Globe on economic inequality and the middle class. In it, he points to the protests in Wisconsin as an example of a shifting of blame for national economic decline from Wall Street to public

Poll: Gateway Cities grade their schools

Policy Center
Jan 25, 2011 Policy Center

About half of the voters polled in Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities give their community’s public schools a grade of A (12 percent) or B (37 percent); 83 percent give them a C or higher, according to a new poll conducted by the MassINC Polling Group. Just 12 percent gave the schools a D or F. These positive

CommonWealth releases Winter issue

Policy Center
Jan 18, 2011 Policy Center

The winter issue of CommonWealth is in the mail and available online. The cover story focuses on Kingston, a South Shore town that is discovering that going green – with the help of hefty subsidies paid by utility customers – is not only good for the environment but good for the town’s bottom line. CommonWealth’s

The Real Deal: CommonWealth associate editor Paul McMorrow likes things black and white

Policy Center
Jan 13, 2011 Policy Center

Somewhere between delivering kegs and writing for CommonWealth magazine, Paul McMorrow discovered a reverence for facts and figures. The 30-year-old associate editor, who also pens a weekly column for The Boston Globe, believes the best stories are those that start with a fact-based foundation that can be colored with comment and context. “When you cover

CommonWealth first with New Year’s Eve probation stunner

Policy Center
Jan 1, 2011 Policy Center

Talk about burying the lead. Paul Flavin, the attorney for suspended Probation Commissioner John J. O’Brien, sent out a press release at about 2:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. The release went on for 1 1/2 pages about how O’Brien was being used as a scapegoat for hiring practices that are “systemic in the culture

Boston Globe editorial series highlights MassINC’s Gateway Cities effort

Policy Center
Dec 20, 2010 Policy Center

On November 29, The Boston Globe ran the first of a five-part series of editorials advocating for the state’s Gateway Cities. The series argues for state policy changes to better support older, mid-sized cities from Lawrence to Pittsfield. The editorials refer to MassINC’s ongoing advocacy for these communities beginning with the major research report, “Reconnecting

CommonWealth takes top honors in Capitolbeat awards

Policy Center
Nov 17, 2010 Policy Center

CommonWealth magazine once again won top spots within several categories in this year’s Capitolbeat Awards, a contest for reporting on state and local government. A joint investigation by CommonWealth and Fox 25 on how Boston public employees are taking advantage of an affordable housing benefit earned the number one spot in the large market television

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