Portland voters approved Question A on their local ballots last week, an initiative opposed by the city’s mayor and most…
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Governor Janet Mills’ latest batch of doomsday rhetoric is an admission that her coronavirus narrative is falling apart. In describing…
Should Americans be allowed to freelance? Progressive Democrats have been pushing legislation at the state and federal level that would force gig economy companies…
With more than 90% of the votes counted in Massachusetts, it appears that the initiative to implement Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV)…
COVID-19 has changed a lot about our lives in 2020, including how we vote. Millions more Americans are expected to…
A poll released Monday by UMass Amherst and WCVB is showing a tightening race among Massachusetts voters on Ranked-Choice Voting…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled late last week that absentee ballots must be returned to municipal clerks by Election…
A recent Ipsos poll asked 1,001 Massachusetts adults about a number of issues, including their thoughts about ranked-choice voting (RCV).…
The recent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg certainly sent massive political shockwaves throughout the country, as did…
Maine Policy Institute and a coalition of 17 other organizations sent letters to their respective governors this week urging them…
I listened last week to the questioning of Judge Amy Coney Barrett by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and…
In less than three weeks, or earlier if voting by absentee, you will be taking part in the 2020 election.…
Better late than never, I suppose. Maine finally began disbursing grants to struggling small businesses and nonprofits with CARES Act…
The Portland Press Herald’s editorial board isn’t buying what the Southern Maine Democratic Socialists of America are selling, and it’s…
Last week, the Cato Institute released the newest edition of its Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors. The institute’s…
The National Federation of Independent Business Research Center released a new nationwide survey Wednesday that underscores how difficult the last…
It’s Supreme Court nomination time again, and the result is predictable. The usual suspects on the progressive left, especially those…
The Trump administration’s controversial nationwide eviction moratorium, issued through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this month,…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills recently signed a curtailment order to keep the state’s budget stable during this seemingly never-ending period…
Rising Tide Brewing, a popular brewery located in Portland, faces a national labor complaint filed by a former employee who…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that ranked-choice voting must be used in the state’s upcoming presidential election, making…
Every citizen who meets statutory qualifications has the right to vote, and to have their ballot counted. Just as importantly,…
Parts of the western United States look like scenes from an apocalyptic movie—a red-orange tinge across everything, literally blotting out…
The BDN editorial board’s recent commentary on the state budget shortfall reminds us how different one person’s reality can be…
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) issued a press release Monday raising concerns about the implementation of Maine’s new…
My colleagues and I have previously written on the State of Maine’s impending revenue shortfall, which is projected to top…
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is challenging a decision issued last week by a Superior Court judge to allow a…
Do you remember this spring when we were told to stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19? To close…
School closures have affected over 55 million K–12 students in the U.S. since March as the nation deals with the coronavirus pandemic.…
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released a new survey Monday of small businesses that shows some are struggling…
A judge ruled late Monday that the Maine Republican Party collected enough valid signatures to advance a people’s veto question…
On August 13, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued a judgment regarding a referendum planned for November which would have…
The latest report from Maine’s Revenue Forecasting Committee (RFC), published earlier this month, revised its estimate of the state government’s…
The last few months have been tense, marked by social distancing and physical isolation amid the outbreak of a new…
In recent weeks, documented cases of police brutality amid the pandemic have sparked a national conversation about criminal justice reform.…
Maine’s ranked-choice voting woes continue. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap announced Monday his office had to retabulate the July primary…
A recent report submitted for a ranked-choice voting (RCV) lawsuit in Maine highlights the deleterious effects of the system and…
Four Maine citizens filed a lawsuit late last week against Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, Attorney General Aaron Frey and…
On Friday, Maine’s Energy, Utilities, and Technology committee voted 8-1 to amend a bill that would allow for the state…
A coalition of state-based think tanks launched a new nationwide campaign Friday to educate voters about the pitfalls of ranked-choice…
I have been deeply disappointed to see the strike going on at Bath Iron Works (BIW). As a resident of…
On Tuesday morning, Rep. Dale Crafts officially secured the Republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional District in a ranked-choice vote…
Bath Iron Works (BIW) filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last Friday against a striking labor…
Much has happened since I last delivered one of our radio addresses where I reminded Mainers that we are in…
These days, in states across the nation, public health officials are discovering more and more cases of COVID-19 among their…
Under the “Keep Maine Healthy” program, Governor Janet Mills announced on Monday, June 8, her plan to provide an alternative…
On Monday, June 15, Governor Mills’ office released guidelines for town meetings and elections for Phase 2 of the reopening…
Our Governor assumed full control of our state economy in the face of the coronavirus. The Governor’s stated purpose was to prevent the virus from spiraling…
On Sunday evening, members of Local S6 voted to reject Bath Iron Works’ (BIW) final offer for a collective bargaining…
The Maine Republican Party says it has collected enough signatures to challenge a new law expanding the use of ranked-choice…
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the website MoneyGeek has been analyzing unemployment in state economies by sector and updating…
On Thursday, June 11, the Windham Town Council voted 5-2 to pass a resolution declaring all businesses essential. Last night, Auburn’s…
The Maine Legislature may soon reconvene three months after lawmakers adjourned the 2020 session, giving Governor Janet Mills full authority…
Mark Walsh, Vice President of Ocean Properties, criticized Governor Janet Mills’ and her testing alternative for out-of-state visitors in a…
Yesterday, a few dozen people gathered in the parking lot of American Legion Post 19 in Sanford to raise awareness…
Dominic Petrillo, owner of Petrillo’s restaurant in Freeport, got his license temporarily suspended on Monday for serving customers indoors despite…
More than 30 hotels in Maine are asking Governor Janet Mills to remove the 14 day quarantine for out-of-state visitors. …
The leaders of the minority Republicans in the Maine Senate on Wednesday sent a letter to the presiding officers of…
On Tuesday, Scott Sullivan, head of the Maine Brewers Guild, a nonprofit trade association that represents the state’s craft brewing…
On May 15, Governor Mills issued an executive order delegating authority to the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to prohibit the…
Maine citizens are becoming increasingly divided. It didn’t have to be this way. What started out as a unified effort…
On Thursday, May 14, Maine Policy Institute hosted an online panel discussion with three Maine-based lawyers of diverse experience and…
In a press statement released late Monday afternoon, House Minority Leader Rep. Kathleen Dillingham unveiled a new proposal meant to…
Seven groups representing different facets of Maine’s tourism and hospitality industry sent an open letter to Maine Governor Janet Mills…
Governor Janet Mills announced changes to her plan to reopen Maine’s economy Friday during a press conference with Maine CDC…
On March 15, Maine Governor Janet Mills declared a civil state of emergency enabling her use of emergency powers to enhance and…
Governor Janet Mills alluded to forthcoming changes to her plan to reopen Maine’s economy Wednesday during a press conference with…
On Saturday evening, the Republican leaders in the House and Senate, with the backing of their caucus, sent a letter…
Like most Mainers, I deferred to the scientists and health experts when the coronavirus arrived in the United States, and…
Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque sent Maine Governor Janet Mills a letter Tuesday requesting she lift the statewide stay at home…
Maine Policy Institute on Monday sent to Governor Janet Mills a list of recommendations for reopening the state economy. The…
Unnecessary spending in Governor Janet Mills’ biennial budget, approved by Maine lawmakers in 2019, is going to come back to…
The Coronavirus pandemic has us engaged in “warfare” whether we wanted it or not. And it’s truly a “World War”…
The Committee on Ranked Choice Voting, one of the primary proponents of the new voting system brought to Maine in…
Maine Governor Janet Mills signed an executive order Thursday that effectively prevents the immediate eviction of tenants for the duration…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting Wednesday an additional 4 deaths in Maine due to the…
Governor Janet Mills announced Tuesday she signed a proclamation extending until May 15 her previous state of civil emergency order…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 698 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Maine, according to Dr.…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 586 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Maine and one additional…
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 560 and two more Mainers passed away as a result of the…
Two more Mainers passed away overnight as a result of COVID-19 according to Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maine grew by 20 overnight to 519 total infections, according to Dr. Nirav…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maine jumped by 41 overnight to 344 total cases and two more Mainers…
Governor Janet Mills issued a stay at home order for the State of Maine during a press conference Tuesday evening…
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Maine has jumped to 303 according to Dr. Nirav Shah, director of…
Governor Janet Mills issued an executive order last week that indefinitely extends expiration dates on all vehicle inspection stickers and…
Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday she is extending the state of Maine’s income tax filing deadline in step with action…
With recent reports of staggering numbers of new U.S. unemployment claims–including over 21,000 in Maine alone–the oft-forgotten segments of the…
Maine Governor Janet Mills and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, held a…
Throughout the country, including here in Colorado, special interests are promoting new voting systems that would change the way we…
Maine Policy Institute sent a letter to Governor Janet Mills today thanking her for her efforts thus far to protect…
The Maine Legislature adjourned Tuesday evening after a marathon session where the body spent most of its time working on…
The announcement of an early conclusion to Maine’s legislative session amid public health concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak could stop…
The Maine Legislature will prematurely adjourn Tuesday in response to the coronavirus, Maine’s legislative leaders announced late last week. Lawmakers…
Maine Rep. Benjamin Collings of Portland held a press conference last week to boost support for LD 420, a bill…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center announced Monday it is changing its name to Maine Policy Institute, effective today, March 11,…
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The City of Portland – Maine’s most liberal municipality – tried to prevent the Maine GOP from collecting signatures at…
Lawmakers on Maine’s State and Local Government Committee held a public hearing Monday on LD 2115, “An Act To Implement…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Labor and Housing Committee will hold work a work session Thursday on a bill that would give…