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It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s fake on the internet these days. So when I stumbled on a…
On November 9, the Portland City Council’s Safety Committee voted to approve a sweeping ban on the sale of all…
The fate of President Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar social spending agenda, the “Build Back Better” plan, has consumed the political conversation in…
Politicians have been on a high over the last year-plus, wielding extraordinary power with the approval of voters fearful of…
With President Biden’s federal vaccine mandate and local government employment mandates looming, the future of countless workers is up in…
A recent analysis of the data in Maine CDC’s Health Care Worker COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard revealed that, while rates of…
This past election day, Mainers faced two contentious statewide ballot questions, but many local initiatives faced the scrutiny of voters…
Reports across Maine over the last month have detailed the several healthcare facilities forced to curtail services because of staffing shortages.…
We shouldn’t be too surprised that the ongoing exodus from public schools is leading those loyal to government-run schooling to…
Cigarette sales in the United States rose last year for the first time in two decades, according to data published by the Federal Trade…
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic will go down in American history as one of loss, economic suffering, and…
Should government officials be allowed to choose which journalists report on them? Most Americans probably would say no, because the First…
Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and other private options, as schools remained shuttered…
As one-size-fits-all COVID vaccine mandates sweep government, academia, and corporate America, new data are emerging that undermine the public health…
A new publication from Maine Policy Institute shows which municipalities in Maine allow public K-12 education funding to follow their…
That darn First Amendment. This week, The Maine Wire learned that the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Today, Maine Policy Institute released a new analysis on the scope of educational options available for Maine families based on…
On Monday, US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted new academic research to show that masks have been effective at reducing…
Since the world learned of a novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, China in December 2019, there has been no shortage…
The pandemic was a test of America’s public health bureaucracy. It failed.
President Biden and his progressives allies are advancing a historic $4.5+ trillion spending plan that would vastly expand the government’s…
In the wake of a devastating pandemic and the resulting economic consequences, the United States has incurred a considerable amount…
The Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have sent a letter to the White House asserting that “the security…
On August 12, Maine Governor Janet Mills issued an emergency rule change through the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)…
States are sovereign political entities. The United States Constitution lays out the powers relinquished by the several states and the people and loaned to the federal government…
Unions dropped a whopping $67 million in hidden political spending between 2019 and 2020, according to a new study from…
As the data stand right now, deaths are not on pace with new infections across the country, and we are still in a much better position in the pandemic than just a few months ago, so let’s act like it.
It is far past time to reopen the border between the United States and Canada. Even Gov. Janet Mills agrees…
Bad infrastructure and an unreliable power grid. These are among the top reasons CNBC ranked Maine in 48th place for…
Progress is progress, and that should be celebrated. These billionaires going to space is the first step in the democratization of space travel, and they are doing it far more efficiently than our government ever could.
Clearly, the vast majority of people taking advantage of IRAs are everyday Americans who have a modest amount saved for their retirement. Congress was the one to create this avenue for saving, and now they are trying to backpedal.
The unemployment rate in Maine remained stuck at 4.8% for the fifth straight month, according to recent report from the…
In another attempt to “follow the science,” a pediatrics group has issued guidance that does the exact opposite. The American…
Gov. Janet Mills fortunately stopped a sloppy, misguided attempt to put a loaded ballot question to voters in November, but…
The changes include an increase of one dollar– from $3 to $4– for drivers who pay in cash at the York toll plaza and the slashing of discounts for frequent E-ZPass-holding travelers.
The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which we’ve already felt at the gas pump, among other places. Don’t be surprised if everyday expenses continue to be more costly and your disposable income starts to fall.
When one group of lawmakers shirk their Constitutional duty and walk out on their constituents, any potential for dialogue is lost, as is the opportunity to deliver for the people of their state.
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about child care in the news and from pundits. Whether it’s the so-called…
Saying “no emergency is going to be perfect,” Facteau outlined his hesitancy to limit the powers the governor has during a time of need in the interview.
Individual responsibility and autonomy will always outweigh government coercion, and that includes getting vaccinated for COVID-19.
What was supposed to be both a fun and educational opportunity for families across Maine was morphed into a political football and, now, as a result, won’t be able to be enjoyed.
Though the ban is a win for now, Mills’ next moves towards offshore wind must be vigilantly watched as future development plans take form just off of Maine’s shores.
LD 1117 would have accomplished nothing in terms of lowering prescription drug costs for Mainers, and Mills was right to veto it.
The Court’s decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned favoritism for good and put religious schools on equal footing with public ones.
Facial recognition tech cannot be used as a tool by the government for mass surveillance. Thankfully, the Legislature has put a stop to such a situation becoming a reality in Maine.
The vetoes, among some of her other recent ones, are a welcome check on ever-expanding state power and restrictions of free markets.
In its July 5 piece, the editorial board of the Bangor Daily News opines that while Governor Mills’ 15-months-plus-long State…
If the tragedies of the last month show us anything, it is that the current child protection system is drastically failing, and it must be reformed.
COVID-19 vaccines: a personal choice or a workplace requirement? Well, to Maine’s top hospital group, the answer is a requirement.…
The issue of how this subset of workers is taxed is not going away anytime soon, and so it would have been an impactful and incredibly significant ruling had the Court taken the case.
The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Sunday to advance a supplemental budget, and lawmakers in the House and Senate approved…
Gov. Janet Mills made the right choice in vetoing LD 920, sponsored by Rep. Christopher Kessler (D-South Portland), a bill…
The Granite State passed a new budget last week that should have people in the Pine Tree State jealous of…
Imagine if California passed a law telling Maine lobstermen how much to charge for their lobsters – in Maine. The…
Making our government more representative and fair is an idea both sides of the aisle can get behind.
The primary finding of the study was that following the implementation of SIP policies, excess mortality actually increased, not decreased.
Two bills to increase taxes on hardworking Mainers failed to pass at the end of the Maine Legislature’s hectic, marathon…
An attempt to rein in one of the state’s most troublesome acts is gaining steam in the Maine Legislature. A…
Even if the allegations in Loder’s lawsuit are not true, the fact that we can’t easily know is reason enough to close the doors of this poisonous arm of government overreach.
During the stress, added financial and mental burden brought on by the pandemic lockdowns, no individual should have to worry about additional taxation without representation.
The picture painted is one of working-class destruction.
A bill to limit license plates with profane or vulgar references passed under the hammer in the Maine House and…
Policymakers have, yet again, committed an act that is sorely ironic: they have stalled a review of their own strategy to tackle a pandemic, which will surely hamper lawmakers down the line come the next and inevitable contagious disease.
A recent study by Dr. Calvin Lakhan of York University has found that under LD 1541, average monthly grocery costs for a family of four in Maine will increase by at least nearly $32, or as much as almost $60, depending on the kinds of costs incurred on producers.
This week, the Maine Senate passed “Making Health Care Work for Maine,” a package of bills in the legislature that…
Over the last few days, headlines have been dominated by a story that is being treated by many as a…
To force these new labor restrictions upon employers now would be a grave mistake. LD 553 would likely harm employment across the state of Maine when we most sorely need it.
ProPublica’s deceptive and misguided campaign to convince the American electorate that billionaires don’t pay their fair share in taxes has only been further debunked by their own report.
On April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the case of Mahanoy Area School…
If the administration wanted to pass these items not directly tied to infrastructure, they should have put them forward in a separate, more transparent bill.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new light and perspectives to many issues we may never look at the same: politics,…
As we all learned in our high school history classes, the United States outlawed alcohol in the early 1920s in…
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that at least 50% of Canadians have received at least one shot…
On Monday, May 24, nearly eight months after it was first ordered, Maine Gov. Janet Mills lifted the state’s universal face…
On Monday, May 24, a fascinating social experiment began to unfold across Maine as the Mills administration lifted most mask…
This legislative session, lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held public hearings on three bills that would make…
When President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, he provided state and local governments over $350 billion in much-needed assistance.…
On Tuesday, Maine Governor Janet Mills joined President Joe Biden and a small group of US governors for a virtual…
Now that the dust has settled on the Health and Human Services Committee hearing for LD 1550, a bill that…
Last week, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing on LD 1550, “An Act To End the…
The nonpartisan Revenue Forecasting Committee met recently and determined Maine is in a strong financial position, with the General Fund…
Janet Mills is notorious for her abuses of power and seeming disregard for the best interests of Mainers in favor…
President Joe Biden believes joining a union isn’t merely a right that workers have but something the federal government has…
With Maine’s economy still recovering from the pandemic, it’s important that our lawmakers take actions that put more people back…
The Maine Legislature will soon debate LD 1550, a bill that would ban the legal sale of all flavored tobacco…
It’s taken much longer than it should have but at last it seems to be happening: the lockdown paradigm is…
On March 1, facing the highest COVID-19 infection rate in the world, the Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Andrej Babis introduced…
In late March, the 130th Maine Legislature met in-person at the Augusta Civic Center for just the second time this…
On Wednesday afternoon, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a public hearing on LD 1344, a department bill…
“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years,…
So-called “deaths of despair,” those involving drug abuse, alcohol, or suicide, have been the subject of numerous studies over the…
Since last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have used an obscure federal regulation to impose a nationwide moratorium on…
This month marks the one-year anniversary of when states and the federal government first declared states of emergency over the…
The Biden administration on Wednesday released a comprehensive $2+ trillion spending proposal ostensibly focused on infrastructure. But there’s much more…
As many Mainers question the appropriateness of a year-long state of emergency, in which a sole political official holds the…
Maine’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee met on Thursday to hold a work session on LD 715, a concept draft…
The Maine Legislature will convene in person on Tuesday to approve the state’s next biennial budget, likely along party lines.…
It appears Maine Democrats are looking to advance a majority budget in the next week to avoid working with their…
Amid the turmoil and bickering throughout the country, it is important to keep an eye on legislation being proposed both…