Beacon Hill Institute Ranks Florida No. 1 in 'Government, Fiscal Policy'
Sunshine State News (blog)
Florida ranks first among the states in "government and fiscal policy," according to a national survey by the Beacon Hill Institute. BHI's 11th annual "State Competitiveness Report" compiled a policy index that rates states on their bond rating; ...

Reinvent RI: Coming Sunday, an untapped resource to engineer job growth
The Providence Journal
By John Kostrzewa PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Beacon Hill Institute's competitive index ranks Rhode Island 19th best in the country, largely because of strengths in winning federal grants and awarding science and engineering degrees.

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High unemployment means price hikes eat wage gains
Boston Herald
“Wages are growing, but not fast enough to keep up with inflation,” Paul Bachman, research director at Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute, which produced the report, told the Herald. “We have very low wage growth and, once we adjust for ...

Pols' bad-behavior jokes not very funny to some
Boston Herald
But the Beacon Hill Institute's David Tuerck couldn't resist a zinger of his own: “It's more like gallows humor than Irish humor. It makes you wonder how many of the people yukking it up in that room will be there next year.” This year's laughs began ...

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State income ranking puts Kansas high, Missouri low
Kansas City Business Journal
The Beacon Hill Institute on Tuesday released its report, which is designed to measure the long-term competitiveness of US states. The report defined competitiveness as whether a state “has in place the policies and conditions that ensure and sustain a ...

Guy Vander Linden Capitol News Update March 8, 2012
Oskaloosa news
On Wednesday, the Beacon Hill Institute released its annual survey of state economic competitiveness and rated Iowa as the eighth most competitive state in the nation. This is one step up from the state's ninth place ranking in 2010.

Should drive time trump all else?
Boston.com (blog)
Our beloved Bay State is practically tops when it comes to the amount of time people spend in their cars and on trains and buses going to and from work, according to a new survey by Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute.

 

Colorado ranked 3rd for economic competitiveness
Denver Business Journal
Colorado is ranked third best among the 50 states in the Beacon Hill Institute's latest State Competitiveness Report, an annual comparison of each state's readiness for prosperity, released Tuesday by the Boston-based institute.

Mass. again best in US
Boston Herald
By Frank Quaratiello A new competitiveness index from Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute ranks Massachusetts No. 1 among all states based on a wide range of measures that Harvard Business School's Michael Porter calls "the microeconomic ...

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Watchdogs slam gov on cellphone data
Boston Herald
“It's just another step away from transparency and toward a system that insulates elected officials from accountability to the public,” said David Tuerck of the Beacon Hill Institute. “It's very predictable for politicians to behave this way.

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Nicole Goehring: VTA's project labor agreement will increase BART line costs
San Jose Mercury News
According to a recent Beacon Hill Institute Study, "Project Labor Agreements on Federal Construction Projects: A Costly Solution in Search of a Problem," found that the agreements significantly increase construction costs.

Analysis: Budget tax, fee hikes to cost jobs
Providence Business News
It was developed by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University and is a five-year, dynamic, computable, general-equilibrium tax model. Chafee unveiled a $7.94 billion state budget for fiscal 2013 last month that boosts spending on local schools by ...

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The US Does Not Have A Debt Problem ... It Has A Health Care Cost Problem
Forbes
The Beacon Hill Institute, an affiliate of Boston-based Suffolk University, examined the growth rate of total health care spending in Massachusetts since 2006 compared to the national trend. They included both the spending born by the state budget and ...

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Study: Licensing rule cut number of real estate agents
Boston Herald
... requirement put into practice more than a decade ago to improve the quality of real estate service has instead hurt real estate agents in the Bay State, according to a new study conducted by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University.

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Study says real estate licensing limits competiton
Bizjournals.com
... for a real estate license in the Bay State more than a decade ago not only failed to improve service, but limited competition and caused agents to earn more money, according to a study by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University .
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Kennedy Greenway Executive Director Makes $185000 A Year
CBS Local
David Tuerck of the Beacon Hill Institute says the agency needs to be more transparent. The chairwoman of the conservancy defended the salaries, saying they are fair and the conservancy does a good job. ( Photo courtesy : Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy ...

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Boston parks nonprofit unveils salary structure
Boston.com
David Tuerck of the Beacon Hill Institute says the agency needs to be more transparent. The chairwoman of the conservancy defended the salaries, saying they are fair and the conservancy does a good job.

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Greenway releases salaries, records
Boston Herald
David Tuerck of the Beacon Hill Institute said, “If you're getting government money, then you have to be completely transparent.” He said Brennan should be “embarrassed to be accepting such large bonuses.” Brennan declined to comment yesterday.

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New Report Highlights Rhode Island's Disastrous Business Climate
GoLocalProv
The report examines five business climate rankings – three from research organizations (The Tax Foundation, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, and the Beacon Hill Institute) and two by media outlets (Forbes and CNBC) – and finds that, ...

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Debate turns into a South Carolina smackdown
TucsonSentinel.com
The June 2011 study came from the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. A much lower estimate was issued by the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which estimated that the law cost $707 million in fiscal 2010, with the state paying ...

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Fact check: CNN South Carolina debate
Tucson Citizen
The June 2011 study came from the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. A much lower estimate was issued by the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which estimated that the law cost $707 million in fiscal 2010, with the state paying ...

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Fact check: CNN South Carolina debate
USA TODAY
The June 2011 study came from the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. A much lower estimate was issued by the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which estimated that the law cost $707 million in fiscal 2010, with the state paying ...

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South Carolina Smackdown
FactCheck.org
The June 2011 study came from the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. A much lower estimate was issued by the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which estimated that the law cost $707 million in fiscal 2010, with the state paying ...

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Mitt Romney Went After Corporations Seeking Tax Havens As Governor
Huffington Post
"My thought at the time and still is, was that this was barking up the wrong tree," said David G. Tuerck, Executive Director of the Beacon Hill Institute and Chairman and Professor of Economics at Suffolk University.

The Supreme Court created a monster
Salon
“It was something you might take out of the liberal Democratic playbook,” said David Tuerck, director of the conservative Beacon Hill Institute. Romney eventually withdrew the proposal. But Tuerck warns Iowa conservatives that Romney's signature health ...

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What's Ahead for Attorneys in 2012 - One Lawyer's View
Lawfuel
In mid-December, Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute predicted that the state's economy will grow by 2.8% and 65000 jobs in 2012. We at Major, Lindsey & Africa have experienced this first-hand: We made 37 percent more global law firm placements ...

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Beware of Mitt, say Bay State conservatives
Salon
“It was something you might take out of the liberal Democratic playbook,” said David Tuerck, director of the conservative Beacon Hill Institute. Romney eventually withdrew the proposal. But Tuerck warns Iowa conservatives that Romney's signature health ...

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Labor Department to Mandate Controversial Project Labor Agreement on ...
The Truth About PLAs
Studies by the Beacon Hill Institute in Boston indicate projects subject to prevailing wage laws built with government mandated PLAs are 12 percent and 18 percent more expensive compared to similar non-PLA projects subject to government-determined wage ...

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Report lists steps to make Mass. more competitive
The Boston Globe
David Tuerck, executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute, a Boston think tank that supports limited government, said some of the goals in the report are so vague - such as the promise to review existing regulations - that he doubted they would ...

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Checking the elephant for a pulse
CommonWealth magazine
There are intellectual engines for conservatives from the Pioneer Institute and the Beacon Hill Institute. Redmassgroup.com provides a punchy daily blog on conservative, libertarian, and party politics. Barney Frank is leaving. Bill Keating is moving. ...

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Expect Higher Electricity Prices
Canada Free Press
[v] The Beacon Hill Institute of Suffolk University performed a number of state studies dealing with renewable and efficiency programs. They estimated that: Green Energy Programs in Massachusetts would increase average electricity prices by 2.6 cents ...

More people moving into Louisiana than out
The Daily Advertiser
... ranking of state business climates, including those published by Chief Executive magazine, Forbes, Site Selection magazine, CNBC, Business Facilities magazine, Beacon Hill Institute, Area Development magazine, and Pollina Corporate Real Estate.

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A RESPONSE TO ATTACKS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
ElectroIQ
Still, Norquist chooses to focus on a report - not yet released at the time of this writing - by the Beacon Hill Institute, a conservative group founded by Republican politician Ray Shamie, to support some rather speculative claims. ...

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'At some point you run out of other people's money to spend on your promises'
WND.com
"I saw in the Boston Herald a report by the Beacon Hill Institute, a Massachusetts outfit, that says Romneycare has already cost Massachusetts 18000 jobs and has increased health insurance costs by over $4.3 billion," Brase said. ...

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A Response To Attacks On Renewable Energy
EarthTechling
Still, Norquist chooses to focus on a report – not yet released at the time of this writing – by the Beacon Hill Institute, a conservative group founded by Republican politician Ray Shamie, to support some rather speculative claims. ...

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A Response To Attacks On Renewable Energy
Environmental Defense Fund (blog)
Still, Norquist chooses to focus on a report – not yet released at the time of this writing – by the Beacon Hill Institute, a conservative group founded by Republican politician Ray Shamie, to support some rather speculative claims. ...

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Grover Norquist Spreads Lies About Renewable Energy Standards
ThinkProgress
Norquist and Gleason tout figures from the free-market, pro-deregulation Beacon Hill Institute, which published some pretty bold projections about future price increases: Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute has examined the effects of these ...

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Rick Perry says a study found that Massachusetts lost 18000 jobs because of a ...
PolitiFact
10 debate were based on a September 2011 study by the Beacon Hill Institute, a Boston-based economics research group that is affiliated with Suffolk University and supports "limited government, fiscal responsibility and free markets. ...

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Rethink renewable energy mandates
Politico
Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute has examined the effects of these mandates in individual states, and the results don't get better. The RES in North Carolina, one of 2012's key battleground states, is projected to reduce real disposable ...

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Louisiana Business: LED, Bond Commission, Mardi Gras Vendors, BRAC, UI,
Bayoubuzz
"Louisiana now stands at its highest position ever on every national ranking of state business climates, including those published by Area Development, Beacon Hill Institute, Business Facilities, Chief Executive, CNBC, Forbes, Pollina Corporate Real ...

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LED highlights La. economic success in 2011
Sulphur Southwest Daily News
"Louisiana now stands at its highest position ever on every national ranking of state business climates, including those published by Area Development, Beacon Hill Institute, Business Facilities, Chief Executive, CNBC, Forbes, Pollina Corporate Real ...

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State revenues expected to slow
Worcester Telegram
The forecasts were offered by the state Department of Revenue, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the Beacon Hill Institute and a pair of economists from Northeastern University and Harvard University. Each said its forecasts could be ...

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Top legislator in Massachusetts says state government is facing $1 billion ...
MassLive.com
During the hearing, David G. Tuerck, executive director of the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston, and Michael J. Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, offered predictions on state tax revenues that were more ...

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Mass. taxpayers in line for slight income tax cut
Boston.com
The taxpayers foundation forecast revenues to increase 3.9 percent, or $822 million, while another independent research group, the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, came in with a slightly more optimistic projection of 4.1 percent growth ...

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Mitt Romney: Panderer-in-chief
Daily Caller
Sixty percent of this burden has fallen on individuals and businesses. The predictable result: price controls. Due to a massive spike in health care costs, Romneycare has led to government-imposed HMO rate caps. According to the Beacon Hill Institute, ...

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Inaccuracies aside, forecasting hearing seen as essential to budgeting
Boston Herald
David Tuerck, head of the Beacon Hill Institute, predicted 4.4 percent revenue growth. Widmer predicted 3.7 percent growth. Actual growth in tax collections in fiscal 2011? 10.6 percent. Although the three experts erred in 2009, they easily bested the ...

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Fact Checking the Debate in Iowa
ABC News (blog)
But an analysis by Americans for Tax Reform and the Beacon Hill Institute found that the act will destroy far fewer jobs, more to the tune of 120000 to 700000. Yet another report, from the Urban Institute, predicted the act “will not have noticeable ...

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EVT go home
Worcester Telegram
According to a study released last week by the Beacon Hill Institute, the EVT would tax the sale of investment partnerships or interests as income, not as capital gains. That would mean tax rates of up to 35 percent, rather than the long-term capital ...

'Dumper' scam bleed$ us dry [Boston Herald]
Insurance News Net (press release)
"This is going to affect the national health care law on a grand scale," said Paul Bachman , the Beacon Hill Institute's research director. "Nationally, restricted enrollment periods will help, but that will be offset by the greater number of people ...

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Louisiana Leaps 14 Spots in Forbes Best States for Business
KATC Lafayette News
Over the past few years, Louisiana has moved up significantly in every national ranking of state business climates, including those published by Area Development magazine, Beacon Hill Institute, Business Facilities magazine, Chief Executive magazine, ...

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Romney not backing down from RomneyCare
United Liberty
A recent report from Suffolk University's Beacon Hill Institute notes that it has cost the state 18000 jobs. And the program has needed bailouts from the federal government to survive. Sally Pipes noted the impact of the program back in April, ...

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Another stalled 'stimulus'
Boston Herald
“Hundreds of thousands of clunkers were removed from the market and that caused used car prices to surge dramatically,” said Paul Bachman of the Beacon Hill Institute, who studied the program. “That hurt consumers, especially young and low-income ...

AFFT Data Shows FairTax Generates More Revenue
Sacramento Bee
The estimates were provided by David Tuerck, Chairman of the Economics Department and Executive Director of the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston. "Because revenues from a consumption tax are always more stable over the business ...

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AFFT Data Shows FairTax Generates More Revenue
Stock Markets Review
The estimates were provided by David Tuerck, Chairman of the Economics Department and Executive Director of the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston. "Because revenues from a consumption tax are always more stable over the business ...

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AFFT Data Shows FairTax Generates More Revenue
PR Newswire (press release)
The estimates were provided by David Tuerck, Chairman of the Economics Department and Executive Director of the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston. "Because revenues from a consumption tax are always more stable over the business ...

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AFFT Data Shows FairTax Generates More Revenue
MarketWatch (press release)
The estimates were provided by David Tuerck, Chairman of the Economics Department and Executive Director of the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston. "Because revenues from a consumption tax are always more stable over the business ...

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Louisiana's business climate is hot
WWL First News
Over the last few years, Louisiana has moved up significantly in every national ranking of state business climates, including those published by Area Development, Beacon Hill Institute, Business Facilities magazine, Chief Executive magazine, CNBC, ...

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'Betterment' days bully taxpayers
Boston Herald
It is obvious they are taking advantage to further their political goals,” said David Tuerck of the Beacon Hill Institute, which advocates for government fiscal responsibility. Of course, the teachers union will deny the coincidence or claim it is ...

'Cash for Clunkers' a lemon, studies say
Boston Herald
“Hundreds of thousands of clunkers were removed from the market and that caused used car prices to surge dramatically,” said Paul Bachman, research director at the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University who studied the give-away. ...

Benefits of dumping property tax argued
Dickinson Press
Supporters of the ballot measure commissioned a study by the Beacon Hill Institute, a Boston think tank, which estimated the change would increase each North Dakotan's disposable income by $876, or 3.2 percent, in its first year. ...

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Pols go private on casino dealings
Boston Herald
“They want to be free to negotiate without scrutiny to the public, but that's a bad way for government to operate,” said David Tuerck of the Beacon Hill Institute. “They do this because they get away with it — they keep getting re-elected to office. ...