Commentary
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Voters are done with COVID-19 and pandemic-powered officials
Politicians have been on a high over the last year-plus, wielding extraordinary power...
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Stunning new study undercuts the case for vaccine mandates
With President Biden’s federal vaccine mandate and local government employment mandates looming, the...
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Ten percent of workers affected by Gov. Mills’ mandate have left covered facilities since July
A recent analysis of the data in Maine CDC’s Health Care Worker COVID-19...
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Hampden voters right to reject $4.5 million bond to establish municipal-owned broadband network
This past election day, Mainers faced two contentious statewide ballot questions, but many...
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The Mills administration’s reliance on (political) science
Reports across Maine over the last month have detailed the several healthcare facilities forced...
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Sorry, Washington Post, but parents do have every right to shape their kids’ curriculum
We shouldn’t be too surprised that the ongoing exodus from public schools is...
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If less vaping means more smoking, that won’t be a public health victory
Cigarette sales in the United States rose last year for the first time in two...
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Lockdowns coincided with record-breaking drug overdose fatalities, new CDC data show
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic will go down in American history...
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Supreme Court should protect nonprofit journalists from discrimination
Should government officials be allowed to choose which journalists report on them? Most...
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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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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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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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The CDC made America’s pandemic worse
The pandemic was a test of America’s public health bureaucracy. It failed.
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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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Afghanistan, accountability and Maine’s congressional delegation
The Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have sent a letter to...
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Governor’s gamble: Weighing the potential costs of Mills’ healthcare worker vaccine mandate
On August 12, Maine Governor Janet Mills issued an emergency rule change through the state...
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Government is supposed to exist to protect our rights
States are sovereign political entities. The United States Constitution lays out the powers relinquished by the several states and...
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Unions hid millions in 2020 political spending
Unions dropped a whopping $67 million in hidden political spending between 2019 and...
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Delta variant alarmism discounts significant pandemic progress, ignores important data
As the data stand right now, deaths are not on pace with new...
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It’s way past time to open US-Canadian border
It is far past time to reopen the border between the United States...
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Maine ranks 48th in CNBC’s Top State for Doing Business
Bad infrastructure and an unreliable power grid. These are among the top reasons...
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The billionaire space race: Another giant leap for mankind
Progress is progress, and that should be celebrated. These billionaires going to space...
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In light of ProPublica report, Congress looks primed to ravage IRAs
Clearly, the vast majority of people taking advantage of IRAs are everyday Americans...
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Mills’ ‘Back to Work’ program not helping Maine’s stagnant unemployment rate
The unemployment rate in Maine remained stuck at 4.8% for the fifth straight...
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Pediatric group’s new school guidance ignores science and logic
In another attempt to “follow the science,” a pediatrics group has issued guidance...
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Legislature right to sustain Mills’ veto of ‘hastily crafted’ Pine Tree Power bill
Gov. Janet Mills fortunately stopped a sloppy, misguided attempt to put a loaded...
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Will pandemic-induced toll increases prove to be permanent?
The changes include an increase of one dollar– from $3 to $4– for...
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Unnecessary government spending helps fuel inflation
The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which we’ve already...
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Texas Dems’ walkout highlights the absurdity of nationwide voting debate
When one group of lawmakers shirk their Constitutional duty and walk out on...
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Gov. Mills and allies are destroying affordable, accessible child care for Maine families
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about child care in the news...
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Face-saving partisanship killed emergency powers reform in Maine this session
Saying “no emergency is going to be perfect,” Facteau outlined his hesitancy to...
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Vaccine mandates are not the answer
Individual responsibility and autonomy will always outweigh government coercion, and that includes getting...
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No need for replica ship to be a political football in Maine
What was supposed to be both a fun and educational opportunity for families...
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Mills signs offshore wind ban amid lingering skepticism from fishermen
Though the ban is a win for now, Mills’ next moves towards offshore...
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Mills kills another misguided drug pricing bill
LD 1117 would have accomplished nothing in terms of lowering prescription drug costs...
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Maine-based school choice case headed for Supreme Court
The Court’s decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned...
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Facial recognition ban comes as a victory for the privacy of all Mainers
Facial recognition tech cannot be used as a tool by the government for...
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Mills bucks her party on environment, drug pricing in newest vetoes
The vetoes, among some of her other recent ones, are a welcome check...
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BDN Editorial Board confuses terms regarding Delta variant
In its July 5 piece, the editorial board of the Bangor Daily News...
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DHHS failures prove: It’s time for child welfare reform
If the tragedies of the last month show us anything, it is that...
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Hospital group pushes for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for workers
COVID-19 vaccines: a personal choice or a workplace requirement? Well, to Maine’s top...
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In missed opportunity, SCOTUS declines to rule on WFH tax case
The issue of how this subset of workers is taxed is not going...
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Lawmakers right to nix flavored tobacco ban in final budget agreement
The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Sunday to advance a supplemental budget, and...
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Legislature sustains Mills’ veto on LD 920, a victory for communities and consumers alike
Gov. Janet Mills made the right choice in vetoing LD 920, sponsored by...
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NH budget brings school choice, emergency power reform in stark contrast to Maine
The Granite State passed a new budget last week that should have people...
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Should California be able to set drug prices in Maine?
Imagine if California passed a law telling Maine lobstermen how much to charge...
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Effort to elect constitutional officers fails again in Maine
Making our government more representative and fair is an idea both sides of...
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Lockdowns led to more deaths, not fewer
The primary finding of the study was that following the implementation of SIP...
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Bills to increase income and estate taxes die in the Legislature
Two bills to increase taxes on hardworking Mainers failed to pass at the...
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Legislature advances civil asset forfeiture reform bill
An attempt to rein in one of the state’s most troublesome acts is...
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Maine Senate votes to keep controversial ‘fusion center’
Even if the allegations in Loder’s lawsuit are not true, the fact that...
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‘Modern taxation without representation’: Legal pushback on unfair work from home taxes
During the stress, added financial and mental burden brought on by the pandemic...
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New Harvard data (accidentally) reveal how lockdowns crushed the working class while leaving elites unscathed
The picture painted is one of working-class destruction.
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Six years after deregulating them, lawmakers are cracking down on vanity plates again
A bill to limit license plates with profane or vulgar references passed under...
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House Democrats kill bipartisan COVID-19 review commission
Policymakers have, yet again, committed an act that is sorely ironic: they have...
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Shifting recycling costs to producers an easy way to raise the cost of groceries
A recent study by Dr. Calvin Lakhan of York University has found that...
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Generic prescriptions provide savings for Maine patients
This week, the Maine Senate passed “Making Health Care Work for Maine,” a...
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ProPublica misleads the public on ‘bombshell’ tax report
Over the last few days, headlines have been dominated by a story that...
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Bill to end at-will employment dies between chambers
To force these new labor restrictions upon employers now would be a grave...
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ProPublica’s bombshell tax report that wasn’t
ProPublica’s deceptive and misguided campaign to convince the American electorate that billionaires don’t...
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Imminent SCOTUS ruling to have major First Amendment implications for schools and students
On April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments...
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Biden’s ‘infrastructure’ bill: High cost, little reward
If the administration wanted to pass these items not directly tied to infrastructure,...
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Maine families deserve school choice, and the pandemic underscores its necessity
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new light and perspectives to many issues we...
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Maine’s flavored tobacco ban is destined to fail
As we all learned in our high school history classes, the United States...
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It’s time to reopen the US-Canada border
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that at least 50% of...
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Mask rules persist for children in Maine schools. Why?
On Monday, May 24, nearly eight months after it was first ordered, Maine Gov....
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Saving face: Unmasking the mask hypocrisy
On Monday, May 24, a fascinating social experiment began to unfold across Maine...
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Maine should pump the brakes on controversial voting reform efforts
This legislative session, lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held public...
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Governor Mills’ flavored tobacco ban, state bailout is dead wrong
When President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, he provided state and local...
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The problems with Governor Mills’ giveaways for vaccines
On Tuesday, Maine Governor Janet Mills joined President Joe Biden and a small...
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Debunking the myths of Maine’s proposed flavored tobacco ban
Now that the dust has settled on the Health and Human Services Committee...
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New Hampshire the beneficiary of New England’s misguided tobacco policies
Last week, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing on...
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Raising tobacco taxes will hurt residents, businesses struggling to recover post-pandemic
The nonpartisan Revenue Forecasting Committee met recently and determined Maine is in a...
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Mills’ abuse of power as governor predictable after conduct as attorney general
Janet Mills is notorious for her abuses of power and seeming disregard for...
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When Joe Biden talks about worker choice, he means only one choice
President Joe Biden believes joining a union isn’t merely a right that workers...
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Maine’s congressional delegation should listen to independent workers and reject the PRO Act
With Maine’s economy still recovering from the pandemic, it’s important that our lawmakers...
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Maine’s flavored tobacco ban goes too far
The Maine Legislature will soon debate LD 1550, a bill that would ban...
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The lockdown paradigm is collapsing
It’s taken much longer than it should have but at last it seems...
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The Czech Republic has the highest COVID mortality in the world, despite strict lockdowns
On March 1, facing the highest COVID-19 infection rate in the world, the...
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Transparency and good governance a casualty of the majority budget
In late March, the 130th Maine Legislature met in-person at the Augusta Civic...
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Governor Mills thinks her emergency power should be even more expansive
On Wednesday afternoon, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a public...
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Protect Mainers’ privacy by ending the MIAC
“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge...
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In 2020, New Hampshire’s opioid issues got better while Maine’s got worse
So-called “deaths of despair,” those involving drug abuse, alcohol, or suicide, have been...
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The CDC vs. the Constitution
Since last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have used...
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State legislatures should be reining in emergency powers
This month marks the one-year anniversary of when states and the federal government...
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9 examples of unrelated waste and partisan spending in Biden’s $2 trillion ‘infrastructure’ plan
The Biden administration on Wednesday released a comprehensive $2+ trillion spending proposal ostensibly...
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Breaking down the bills to reform Maine’s emergency powers law
As many Mainers question the appropriateness of a year-long state of emergency, in...
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Majority budget showdown set for Tuesday in Augusta
Maine’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee met on Thursday to hold a work...
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Democrats confirm plan to approve majority budget by April 1
The Maine Legislature will convene in person on Tuesday to approve the state’s...
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Are Maine Democrats moving ahead with a majority budget?
It appears Maine Democrats are looking to advance a majority budget in the...
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Are federal efforts to regulate gun ownership constitutional?
Amid the turmoil and bickering throughout the country, it is important to keep...
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Economists warn we can’t keep ignoring the national debt
With COVID-19 ravaging the country and government pandemic lockdowns devastating our economy, the...
