Jacob Posik
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Daily Catch
New ordinance diminishes the rights of property owners in South Portland
When struggling to make ends meet, conventional wisdom tells us we have few...
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Election Center
Maine voters reject Question 1
After a yearlong campaign of misinformation waged by the supporters of Question 1,...
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News
New report details devastating impacts of Question 1
The Maine Heritage Policy Center on Tuesday, Oct. 23 released a new study...
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Citizens' Initiative
MPA’s Question 1 talking points now refuted by one of their own
The Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) is pushing a ballot initiative – Question 1...
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Election Center
Maine’s ballot initiative process serves outside interests, not Maine people.
Today the Maine Heritage Policy Center released its newest report, “The Will of...
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News
Buckeye Institute secures post-Janus victories for public employees in Maine, Minnesota
On Thursday, July 26, two public-sector unions in Maine and Minnesota granted a...
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Commentary
Licensing reform can help attract talent to Maine
Policymakers are always asking: ‘What can we do to attract young, talented people...
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Occupational Licensing
DPFR serves as the Legislature’s collective slush fund
Occupational licensing is supposed to protect the public from unqualified professionals whose goods...
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Taxes
Supporters of Universal Home Care initiative wage war of misinformation
Since the upcoming Universal Home Care (UHC) initiative sponsored by the Maine People’s...
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Occupational Licensing
Why do lawmakers choose licensing?
Despite economists on both sides of the aisle agreeing that occupational licensing laws...
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Daily Catch
Secretary of State Dunlap finalizes ballot language for Universal Home Care initiative
After accepting public comment for 30 days on the wording of the upcoming...
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Occupational Licensing
Maine licensing regimes separate qualified professionals from meaningful employment
Kimberly Fichthorn exemplifies what Maine is looking for. A 47-year-old transplant from Texas,...
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Commentary
Where is all the civility we were promised?
The days are winding down until the June 12th primary elections take place,...
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Labor
Forget the minimum wage – licensing reform will help lift Mainers out of poverty
Despite its relatively minimal impact on Maine workers, the labor issue presently garnering...
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Education
Scarborough residents successfully recall three sitting school board members
Something beautiful happened this week – something that should scare every elected official...
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Commentary
Why are young people fleeing Seattle?
After years of its status as a beacon of opportunity for young people,...
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Inside Augusta
Adjournment fiasco underscores dysfunctional legislative session
The clock struck midnight, but what did that mean? The second regular session...
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Citizens' Initiative
Maine lawmakers must enact ballot initiative reform
Maine still has a chance to fix its broken ballot initiative process this...
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Education
It’s time to repeal proficiency-based diplomas
On Monday, April 9, at 1:30 p.m., Maine’s Joint Standing Committee on Education...
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Inside Augusta
Will Mainers get the chance to weigh in on Universal Home Care?
If you were pushing one of the largest tax hikes in history on Maine citizens,...
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Election Center
Maine has a ranked-choice disaster on its hands
Yesterday, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced that “ranked-choice voting can’t occur...
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Commentary
MPA seeks to increase taxes on hardworking Mainers by $310 million
A lot of ink has been spilled detailing the catastrophic consequences of crafting...
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Education
Wednesday’s nationwide walkout has no place in public schools
The nationwide school walkout scheduled for Wednesday, March 14 at 10 a.m. is...
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child care
BDN child care editorial misses the mark
The Editorial team at the Bangor Daily News (BDN) held onto my recently...
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Education
Proficiency-based education is failing Maine students
Maine’s experimental education model, proficiency-based learning, has received strong pushback in recent weeks...
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Inside Augusta
Maine should resist taxing the ‘sharing economy’
The sharing economy, including platforms like Lyft, Uber and Airbnb, present new and...
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child care
What makes child care so expensive? Overregulation.
Maine’s Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services recently held public hearing...
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Inside Augusta
Emergency bill brings common sense reform to in-home care services
One of the few bills making it through Legislative Council this session that...
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Minimum Wage
Maine’s minimum wage is unworkable for small, rural employers
Maine employers have been struggling to meet the demands of Question 4 since...
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Labor
Boxers, dietitians and interior designers; Maine’s licensing regimes go too far
Occupational licensing is intended to safeguard the public from unqualified, incompetent charlatans whose...
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News
Maine’s grassroots restaurant group takes tip credit fight to national stage
In 2016, Maine voters approved Question 4, a measure that incrementally increases Maine’s...
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News
What is an emergency? Nobody knows
Legislation in the second session of each Maine Legislature is reserved for the...
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Labor
Maine is in desperate need of occupational licensing reform
Every American citizen should have the right to earn a living and the...
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Commentary
With tax reform vote, Collins stands up for working Mainers
After Senator Susan Collins voted for the Senate tax plan, some Mainers took...
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National
Senate to consider gun reciprocity bill opposed by Bloomberg
The US House of Representatives passed a concealed carry reciprocity bill on Dec....
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Commentary
Does Maine really need a vehicle inspection program?
The Portland Press Herald on Sunday, Nov. 26 published an article highlighting recent...
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Medicaid Expansion
Maine cannot afford another Medicaid expansion
Maine voters will decide tomorrow at the ballot box whether to expand Medicaid...
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Commentary
Question 2 supporters accused of pushing ‘unethical’ ads on social media
Lies and deceit continue from the campaign pushing for Medicaid expansion, or Question...
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Inside Augusta
Legislature votes to delay and potentially repeal ranked-choice voting
The Maine Legislature voted on Monday to delay the implementation of ranked-choice voting...
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Inside Augusta
Maine’s ranked-choice voting law still needs 16 amendments for proper implementation
For those who attended or streamed the public hearing for LD 1646, “An...
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Commentary
Ranked-choice voting advocates bend the truth at public hearing
A bill to implement ranked-choice voting in Maine, LD 1646, introduced by Kent...
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Citizens' Initiative
The new Ranked-Choice Voting bill is still unconstitutional
The Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs will convene on Monday, Oct. 16...
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Citizens' Initiative
MPA unveils plan to raise taxes on Maine families
If you (and your wallet) are fed up with progressive tax-and-spend ballot initiatives,...
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Healthcare
Mainers receiving sick robocall: “Don’t Let Them Kill Our Baby!”
As the debate continues to rage in Congress over the final push...
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Daily Catch
Unlawful rental registries: Coming soon to a city near you
In July, the city of Sanford enacted a rental registry program that has...
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Daily Catch
Democratic Secretary of State gift wraps ballot language for supporters of Question 2
After accepting feedback from Maine citizens throughout a 30-day public comment period, Democratic...
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News
Former Maine GOP chair endorses Brakey for U.S. Senate
Sen. Eric Brakey received the endorsement of former Maine Senate President and Maine...
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Inside Augusta
Pair of high-profile Republican lawmakers eyeing gubernatorial bid
Two leading conservative lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason of Lisbon and House...
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In Depth
Teamsters union bullies town of Paris to no avail
Residents of Paris, Maine exited their homes on Aug. 18 in the humid...
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Citizens' Initiative
There is nothing fair about ‘Fair Rent Portland’
There is not a group of like-minded thinkers as counterproductive as liberals. With...
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Medicaid Expansion
Is Medicaid contributing to the opioid crisis?
On Wednesday, the editorial board at the Wall Street Journal penned an enlightening...
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Citizens' Initiative
Medicaid Expansion: Taxpayer-funded health care for adults and noncitizens
It’s imperative that government spends public funds in the best interest of its...
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Medicaid Expansion
Cost overruns a certainty with Medicaid expansion
The Office of Fiscal and Program Review released the fiscal note for the...
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Medicaid Expansion
Maine’s dysfunctional experiment with Medicaid expansion
This November, Maine voters will be asked whether they want to expand Medicaid...
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Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion jeopardizes services for the truly needy
Proponents of Medicaid expansion often assert that expansion insures more people and leads...
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Minimum Wage
The corrupt link between Seattle’s ‘Fight for $15’ and Berkeley researchers
After Question 4 passed at the ballot box last November, an organization called...
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News
Legislature overrides LePage veto, raises legal age to purchase tobacco
The Maine Legislature voted to override Governor Paul LePage’s veto of LD 1170...
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Citizens' Initiative
This is Maine’s last shot at ballot initiative reform
An important bill offering ballot initiative reform will be reconsidered by the Senate...
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Medicaid Expansion
Reject Medicaid Expansion
The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) released its newest original research report, Reject...
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Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion will not end Maine’s opioid epidemic
Dedicating more public funds to a government program is not a measure of...
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Daily Catch
Maine’s fiscal year ends with $111 million surplus
According to Gov. Paul LePage and his administration, the state of Maine has...
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Commentary
LePage to Maine lawmakers: Stop ‘social engineering’ society
Gov. Paul LePage vetoed two overreaching proposals on Tuesday, blasting the bills as...
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Citizens' Initiative
Chipman leads Senate Democrats in rejecting ballot initiative reform
An important bill offering ballot initiative reform was voted down in the Senate...
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Commentary
LePage’s fiscal policies are stabilizing Maine’s finances
Since being sworn into office in 2011, Gov. Paul LePage has taken necessary...
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Education
Money will never end Maine’s education woes
Democrats can pretend to have made out like bandits in budget negotiations, but...
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Minimum Wage
Seattle offers a chilling example for Maine on minimum wage
There are numerous anecdotal reasons that conservatives oppose raising the minimum wage. Doing...
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Medicaid Expansion
Expanding Medicaid means more taxes for working Mainers
Health care is perhaps the most complex and contentious issue being debated throughout...
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Welfare
House Democrats’ vote allows out-of-state welfare spending to continue
Maine Democrats want welfare dollars, collected from the hardworking taxpayers of Maine, to...
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Healthcare
Mainers earn the ‘Right to Shop’ for medical services
Due to the hard work and dedication of a number of conservative leaders...
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Inside Augusta
Mainers deserve better than rushed budget deals
Where is the accountability in Augusta? Lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to establish a...
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Minimum Wage
Maine’s tip credit appears destined for reinstatement
The Restaurant Workers of Maine received a major victory Tuesday when the Maine...
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Citizens' Initiative
Ranked-choice voting has no hope of survival
Maine voters narrowly passed Question 5, the Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) initiative, last November,...
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Daily Catch
Maine liberals oblivious of actual education funding requirements
Leave it to the editorial team at the Bangor Daily News to constantly...
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News
Mayhew announces 2018 gubernatorial bid
Mary Mayhew, former commissioner of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services, announced...
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Education
Maine students need more charter schools
During his first term in the legislature, Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason, R-Androscoggin,...
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Citizens' Initiative
Is Maine’s referendum process for sale?
If at first you don’t succeed, try, and try again… with all of...
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Citizens' Initiative
Ranked-Choice Voting shot down by Maine’s highest court
Maine voters faced a number of far-reaching ballot initiatives last November, including Question...
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Commentary
New vehicles may no longer need inspection
If your car is less than 12 years old, you may be saving...
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Inside Augusta
House Democrats are afraid of the truth
Policy creation should always be rooted in factual information and statistics. This is...
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Election Center
How taxpayers can win from Clean Election reform
When the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) was passed in 1996, it had...
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Daily Catch
What’s going on in the North Woods?
In August 2016, during the week celebrating the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary,...
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Minimum Wage
Maine is One Step Closer to Restoring the Tip Credit
My faith in government was restored yesterday when the Labor, Commerce, Research and...
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Inside Augusta
Let’s Fix Questions 2 and 4 for Working, Taxpaying Mainers
It’s a busy and important day for conservatives in Augusta, where the Labor,...
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Inside Augusta
LePage Files Lawsuit Against Attorney General Janet Mills
Gov. Paul LePage announced late Monday he has filed a lawsuit in Kennebec...
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Daily Catch
Nobody in Maine Asked Angus King for a Lecture on Bipartisanship
I hate it when partisan hacks stink up my Sunday morning news programs....
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Commentary
Empty Analysis and Flawed Statistics: MPA Struggling to Grasp Impact of Question 2
He strikes again. Mike Tipping, the communications director of the Maine People’s Alliance...
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Daily Catch
Owner of Ahram Halal Market Receives Federal Indictment
The owner of Ahram Halal Market on Forest Avenue in Portland and his...
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Commentary
Welfare Funds Should Stay in Maine
Maine needs to enact common sense reforms of its welfare system. The public...
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Commentary
LePage Offers Real Solution to Combat Rising School Costs
While liberals ridicule Gov. Paul LePage’s stance on school regionalization, the real issues...
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Commentary
Ethics Official ‘Disappointed’ in AFL-CIO’s Decision to Hire Goode as Lobbyist
“Consulting” with the Maine Ethics Commission prior to engaging in unethical behavior does...
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Commentary
Legislature to Consider Removing Cap on Maine’s Charter Schools
There’s nothing more enjoyable as a constituent than seeing your elected officials keep...
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Daily Catch
Brakey Introduces Bill to Keep Unconstitutional Measures Off Maine Ballots
After facing a number of referendums last November with questionable constitutionality, one state...
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Commentary
Liberal Media Downplays Support at Tip Credit Hearing
I was in awe Wednesday morning. Just after 8 a.m., the halls of...
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Commentary
The MPA Is in Denial About the Tip Credit
The Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) is looking more like a gaggle of used...
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Daily Catch
Former Democratic Lawmaker Accused of Violating Ethics Law
Potential ethics violations are piling up for Democrats in Augusta. Earlier this week,...
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Daily Catch
LePage, DHHS Call for Strict Welfare Reforms
Gov. Paul LePage and Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew...
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Daily Catch
Speaker Gideon Threatens House Republicans Over Tipping Scandal
Nearly two weeks after nixing a House Ethics Committee review of Rep. Ryan...
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Citizens' Initiative
Tipping Remains Co-Chair as Tax Committee Considers Modifying Question 2
Despite recent controversy surrounding its House Chair, the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation...
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Citizens' Initiative
Maine Citizens Seek to Restore Tip Credit
The Maine People’s Alliance is the state’s lone defender of a provision in...
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Citizens' Initiative
Ethics Commision Debunks House Dems’ Defense of Ethics Scandal
If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Someone should relay this...
