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Portland City Council votes to amend fee structure for amusement devices
The Portland City Council voted unanimously on October 18 to change the city...
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Commission to incorporate probate courts into judicial branch holds its first meeting
A commission directed by the Maine Legislature to create a plan to incorporate...
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Federal judge halts planned lobster fishing closure in Gulf of Maine
On October 16, a U.S. District Court judge blocked the implementation of a...
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Cities lead the way in (another) massive fall exodus from US public schools
Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and...
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Understanding Maine’s pooled testing program for students
As of October 7, there have been just under 3,000 reported cases of...
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Gov. Mills remains committed to vaccine mandate as Maine hospitals begin rationing services
The Maine Legislature’s Republican leadership sent a letter to their Democratic counterparts on...
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Stanford epidemiologist says COVID vaccination is primarily a matter of personal health, not public health
As one-size-fits-all COVID vaccine mandates sweep government, academia, and corporate America, new data...
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New school choice project highlights need for more educational options in Maine
A new publication from Maine Policy Institute shows which municipalities in Maine allow...
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Some healthcare workers resign as enforcement deadline of Gov. Mills’ vaccine mandate approaches
As the date of enforcement for Gov. Janet Mills’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate for...
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Maine’s Legislative Council moves forward with legal challenges to final NOAA lobstering rule
The Legislative Council met on October 7 to discuss its legal response to...
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What is an ‘advocacy journalist’ and why was the Maine CDC restricting access to its briefings?
That darn First Amendment. This week, The Maine Wire learned that the Maine...
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Want school choice? Here’s where to live in Maine to get it
Today, Maine Policy Institute released a new analysis on the scope of educational...
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Education secretary touts mask study—gets rebuked by senior author of the study
On Monday, US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted new academic research to show...
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Prevailing pandemic policy is hurting children’s health
Since the world learned of a novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, China in...
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Dunlap vacates state auditor position after narrowly missing exams to obtain auditor credentials
At midnight on October 1, the position of state auditor will become vacant....
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The CDC made America’s pandemic worse
The pandemic was a test of America’s public health bureaucracy. It failed.
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Inflation drives Maine’s minimum wage to $12.75 in 2022
The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the state’s minimum wage will...
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Maine Legislature accepts new redistricting plans, approves legal action on federal lobster rules
The Maine Legislature convened on September 29 and approved new maps for federal...
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Portland to reexamine fees on amusement devices after popular bar pays large sum to reopen
Arcadia National Bar, an arcade-themed bar in Portland, has been closed since the...
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Legislature to debate all new district maps approved by Apportionment Commission
Hours ahead of its September 27 deadline, the Apportionment Commission met for the...
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Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar spending plans & tax hikes will have three devastating economic consequences, study warns
President Biden and his progressives allies are advancing a historic $4.5+ trillion spending...
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Congress must pump the brakes on proposal to increase taxes on small business investment
In the wake of a devastating pandemic and the resulting economic consequences, the...
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Redistricting commission in agreement on three of four new district maps, final meeting upcoming
Maine’s Apportionment Commission voted to approve new district maps for Maine’s House of...
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Legislative Council votes to reinstate face mask policy at State House, file brief in lobster lawsuit
Maine’s Legislative Council voted to reinstate its COVID-19 Prevention Policy, which requires face...
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What happened to natural immunity?
On September 9th, President Joe Biden ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a...
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Afghanistan, accountability and Maine’s congressional delegation
The Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have sent a letter to...
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Maine’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9% in August
According to the Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Center for Workforce Research and...
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This private eye was denied a license because he criticized police
Occupational licensing has already been called out for hobbling opportunity, impeding mobility, protecting...
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Redistricting commission approves county commissioner maps, more votes to come with deadline looming
The Apportionment Commission held a public hearing on September 20 to hear public...
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Treasury Department seeks to track financial transactions of personal bank accounts over $600
In May, the Treasury Department released the Biden administration’s revenue proposals for fiscal...
