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U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates Minnesota Tax Foreclosure Scheme

The United States Supreme Court has struck down Minnesota’s tax foreclosure scheme, a ruling that could affect a Massachusetts case in which Worcester homeowner Carmen Rodriguez sued the city to invalidate a state statute that allows municipalities to confiscate people’s homes and equity when they fall behind on their real estate taxes.

PioneerLegal Gains Access to MBTA Pension Arbitration Award After Seven-Month Process

After a more than seven-month struggle, PioneerLegal—now known as Pioneer Public Interest Law Center—has gained access to an important August 2022 arbitrator’s decision about a dispute between the MBTA and its largest union, the Carmen, over the severely underfunded MBTA Retirement Fund (MBTARF).

Massachusetts SJC Reverses Commissioner of Revenue in Redevelopment Tax Case

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Friday reversed a decision of the state’s Appellate Tax Board, finding that a tax concession granted to the developers of urban redevelopment projects extends to the capital gains realized from the sale of those projects. PioneerLegal had submitted an amicus brief in the case.

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Pioneer Public Interest Law Center (PPILC) is a nonpartisan, public interest law firm that defends and promotes educational options, accountable government and economic opportunity across the Northeast. PPILC achieves its mission through legal research, amicus briefs, and litigation.

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With the partisan divide, policy making on crucial topics can be challenging. To accelerate social progress, we work to bring policy questions to a dispassionate, fact-based forum — the judiciary.

Pioneer Public Interest Law Center is nonpartisan and takes a professional approach in its efforts to protect the rights of New Englanders and all Americans to pursue their lives as free and responsible citizens.

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Educational opportunity is of cardinal importance in a just and merit-based society.

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Government power must be transparent, limited, accountable and used to protect the rights of citizens.

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OPPORTUNITY

Markets free from unwarranted intrusion provide the greatest opportunity for the greatest number.

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