Politics | Massachusetts Politics 2004

Greater Boston Policy Web, the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government:
"Greater Boston boasts a wealth of public and nonprofit organizations that enhance the vitality of the region and contribute to policy discourse. On this page we have gathered links to some of these organizations and links to interesting articles and papers that present information on hot policy topics in Greater Boston today."

Jewish Advocate:
"Celebrating 102 years of service as Boston's and New England's leading Jewish newspaper"

League of Women Voters DemocracyNet:
"Your Candidates, Your Issues, Your Decision"

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Massachusetts Policy Network:
"The Center for Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst has launched the Policy Network Project in order to invigorate discussion of local and state public policy issues while promoting an informed and engaged citizenry. . . . The policynetwork.org project is designed to . . . [encourage] policy dialogue with a network of state-based World Wide Web sites, each of which focuses on local and state policy issues and serves as a forum linking all members of the policy community in a given state."

Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus

Mass High Tech

The Pilot, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston:
"The Pilot, first published in 1829, is America's oldest Catholic newspaper"

Stateline.org, Massachusetts:
"Politics and policy news"

Topix.net, Massachusetts news

PACs, Think Tanks, and Nonprofits

Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) for Public Policy Research:
"The Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research focuses on federal, state, and local economic policies as they affect citizens and businesses, particularly in Massachusetts. The Institute, which is part of Suffolk University, uses state-of-the-art statistical, mathematical, and econometric methods to provide timely and readable analyses that help voters, policymakers, and opinion leaders understand today's leading public policy issues."

Boston Research Center for the Twenty-First Century.

Center for Urban and Regional Policy (CURP), Northeastern University.

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center:
"The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MBPC) provides independent research and analysis of state budget and tax policies, as well as economic issues, that affect low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts."

Massachusetts Catholic Conference:
"The public policy voice of the Roman Catholic Church in Massachusetts."

Massachusetts Conference United Church of Christ (MACUCC).

MassInc:
The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth

Pioneer Institute:
"Pioneer Institute is an independent, nonpartisan, privately funded research organization that seeks to change the intellectual climate in Massachusetts by supporting scholarship that challenges the "conventional wisdom" on Massachusetts public policy issues. The Institute believes that individual freedom and responsibility, limited and accountable government, and the expanded application of free-market principles to public policy contribute to greater human dignity, happiness, and economic prosperity."

Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Official Sites

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Electoral College in Massachusetts

Main Massachusetts government Web site

Massachusetts Archives

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC): "MBLC programs and services, library resources, and information about Massachusetts libraries. (See also the State Library of Massachusetts.)

Massachusetts Department of Education

Massachusetts Elections Division, Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office

Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF)

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