Michael Martin
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LD 1305: The Bill You Don’t Realize How Much You Want to Pass
Have you heard of the latest health-care cost reduction proposal before our state...
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Martin: The Future of Drug-Testing Programs in Maine
After a thoroughly objective evaluation of the many aspects and implications surrounding state...
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Martin: The Scapegoating of Lobbyists
For too long politicians have successfully used professional lobbyists as scapegoats. They mislead...
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Part V: How Judicial Activism Devastated TANF Drug-Testing Programs
As promised in part four, this fifth installment explores how the courts have...
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Martin: Why Have Past State TANF Drug-Testing Programs Been So Ineffective?
One of the most common criticisms lauded against state TANF drug-testing programs is...
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Martin: You Can’t Impeach The Facts, But You Can Ignore Them
Since June, condemnably unfounded accusations of “blackmail” and “power overreach” in regards to...
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Martin: Weekly Drug Testing Series Part III – The CASA Study
There is a heavy dose of irony in the efforts of those who...
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Martin: Weekly Drug Testing Series Part II – Responding to the Criticisms
Following the first phase of screenings in Maine’s new drug-testing program for TANF...
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The TANF Drug-Testing Weekly Series Part I: Clarifying Exactly How Maine’s New Drug-Testing Program for TANF Recipients Works
This is the first installment of a weekly series focused on discussing how...
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Martin: The Democratic Party’s Civil War
There has been much discussion in the media in recent years of a...
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Martin: Maine Is Tired Of Janet Mills’ Partisanship
If Maine had an Attorney General (AG) that was publicly elected, Janet Mills...
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A Breakdown of the Veto Dispute
Over the past few weeks, there has been significant discussion in the Maine...
