Inside Augusta
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LePage: Pay off hospitals and sell bonds to create $600 million in investment
Audio of the Governor’s Weekly Message can be found here. Maine people work...
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The Frary Files: Tax code inflicts unconscionable burden on taxpayers
By Prof. John Frary On January 9 of this year the National Taxpayer...
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Higher cigarette taxes lead to smuggling, lucrative black market activity
A report by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan shows that high cigarette...
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Polls: Obama's job rating, gun control and across-the-board spending cuts
By Rasmussen Reports Last week began with a “fiscal cliff” deal that surprised no...
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LePage Video: "The Truth About Tax Cuts"
Governor Paul LePage has released a new video detailing his efforts to reduce...
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Chart of the Year: Entitlements and Interest Drive the Fiscal Crisis
The end of 2012 was marked by lawmakers engaging in a distracting fiscal...
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12 Days of Obamacare Surprises: An Optional Medicaid Expansion
By Alyene Senger The Heritage Foundation Not all surprises are good. When it comes...
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12 Days of Obamacare Surprises: Taxes
The Alyene Senger The Heritage Foundation Not all surprises are good. When it comes...
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Obama’s Dirty Little Tax Secret: He’s Already Raised Taxes on the Rich
By Curtis Dubay The Heritage Foundation The one glaring omission in President Obama’s fiscal cliff demands...
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M.D. Harmon: Taker-to-Maker ratio ranks Maine as a fiscal "Death Spiral State"
Here’s a headline seen on forbes.com on Nov. 25: “Do You Live in a Death...
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232 Business Leaders Urge Obama, Congress to Reform Entitlements
By Bronson Stocking The Heritage Foundation A letter from 232 multi-industry organizations, in conjunction with the...
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Poliquin: Strong credit rating attracts business investment
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Maine state government’s credit rating is an...
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VIDEO: Governor LePage: election-year politics delay Maine's Medicaid reforms
Feds delay approval process by responding at last minute AUGUSTA – Governor Paul...
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Maine is finally turning a fiscal corner
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Ten short years ago little was discussed...
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MHPC's “Fix the System” report: Maine is still a national leader in welfare dependency
The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s released today its newest “Fix the System” report...
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Five Issues That Haven’t Come Up in the Presidential Debates
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Tonight’s presidential debate is the last one that...
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MHPC: Don’t Expand Maine’s Medicaid Under Obamacare
Expanded Medicaid enrollment increases private insurance rates, burdens taxpayers without reducing number of...
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M.D. Harmon: Liberal "fairness" puts us on the road to ruin
As I read the news this week, I’m starting to get nostalgic for...
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Op-Ed: Moral Budget?
by Jason Savage Budgets are moral documents. By now, if you have followed the...
