by Scott Moody, Chief Economist, The Maine Heritage Policy Center Maine’s tax system is so complicated and onerous, it can…
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State Representative Rich Cebra (R-Naples) joins host MD Harmon to discuss the coming legislative session.
In July, the Bangor Daily News ran an editorial titled “Where was Maine Turnpike Authority oversight?”. The editors of the…
In 2010, traffic fatalities among drivers between the ages of 16 and 24 averaged nearly one a week in Maine.…
With just a bit more than 10 months left before we choose a president and most of Congress, the 2012…
By Leif Parsell This is the first in a series of profiles of Maine businesses, civic organizations, and grassroots political…
WCSH political reporter Don Carrigan has an interesting interview with the infamous S. Donald Sussman, husband and benefactor of Maine…
Analysis by Amanda Clark, The Maine Heritage Policy Center Between school consolidation and decreased funding, Maine’s educational system has been…
State Representative Heather Sirocki (R-Scarborough) joins host MD Harmon for a discussion of the upcoming legislative session.
What she wrote on Dec. 13 has become hugely controversial. She’s been accused of being a racist; she’s gotten five…
By Leif Parsell In an opinion piece published on the progressive blog “dirigoblue.com,” State Representative Timothy Driscol (D-Westbrook), compared Governor…
The Maine Wire has obtained a copy of a letter sent today by U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to the…
by Leif Parsell Maine State Housing Authority staffers continue to offer few answers to questions surrounding the handling of the…
by Scott Moody, Chief Economist, The Maine Heritage Policy Center Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released their first post-census…
By Leif Parsell Facing structural shortfalls in the budget of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Governor Paul…
At a time when books and films about vampires and werewolves are enjoying a renaissance, at least among teen readers,…
Not surprisingly, the Maine press this week rushed to deliver the news of a supposed 4,400 jobs that would be…
State Rep. Mark Eves (D- North Berwick) and MHPC CEO Lance Dutson appeared this week on MPBN’s MaineWatch to discuss…
by Frank Heller Dam removal advocates always make the assumption that sea run fish will once again return to the…
By Leif Parsell This week Maine legislative leaders Representatives Andre Cushing (R-Hampden) and Emily Cain (D-Orono) both declared their candidacy…
By Leif Parsell Rallies in Augusta this week organized by an alliance of Progressive organizations and so-called Patient Advocacy Groups…
Rallied by a variety of Patient Advocacy Groups, hundreds of protestors converged on the capital building in Augusta on Wednesday,…
by Leif Parsell To begin a contentious week of hearings on the shortfall and proposed fixes in the budget of…
Maine House Assistant Majority Leader Andre Cushing (R-Hampden) announced yesterday that he will seek election to the state senate for…
State Representative Kathy Chase (R- Wells) joins host MD Harmon to discuss her views on the state legislature’s accomplishments
When the talk at the corner bar turns to bias in the media, the conversation usually devolves very quickly to…
State Representative and U.S. Senate candidate Jon Hinck (D- Portland) joins host MD Harmon to discuss his take on the…
Maine State Housing Authority Director Dale McCormick recently appeared in this promotional video, funded by three natural gas corporations from…
by Leif Parsell The election for Maine’s 138th House District may begin earlier than expected, as speculation swirls around the…
The Second Session of Maine’s 125th Legislature convenes in January, and we’ve got a rundown of the bills on tap…
Dale McCormick resorted to quoting Bob Dylan.
Though it may not have provided the answer sought, it did provide a curious and somewhat entertaining moment in one of McCormickʼs first official interactions with new state officials attempting to untangle the bureaucratic quagmire at the Maine State Housing Authority, of which McCormick is director.
And it may have set the tone for interactions between McCormick and MSHA board members newly appointed by newly elected Governor Paul LePage.
The Maine Heritage Policy Center, the parent organization of this website, released the following information regarding Maine State Housing Authority…