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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,…
TCI Gas Tax | Sam G Pilgrims | March 2020
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…
The pressure is on Janet Mills as the public comment period on the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of the…
This upcoming Tuesday will be Maine’s first primary election for president since 2000, and the first ever to occur on…
On Wednesday, lawmakers on Maine’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee held a public hearing on LD 2104, “An Act to…
This item was originally published in the Portland Press Herald. Maine consumers – myself included – are understandably frustrated with Central Maine…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Taxation Committee will hold a work session Thursday to debate the merits of LD 1254, “An Act…
A recent report by London Economics International (LEI), a Boston-based financial advisory firm specializing in energy market analysis, commissioned by…
Maine has a $232 million annual transportation funding shortfall. Nursing homes that care for our seniors are closing left and…
A little over one year into her tenure as governor, Janet Mills is responsible for an explosion of new spending…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Taxation Committee will hold a work session Tuesday to debate the merits of LD 2011, “An Act…
This session, lawmakers on Maine’s Energy, Utility and Technology Committee is considering LD 2055, “An Act To Require State Agencies…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on LD 2067, “An Act To Authorize…
This op-ed was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on February 9, 2020. In 2016, Maine voters approved a ballot initiative that established…
Twenty-two public policy organizations filed amicus briefs last week urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Reisman v. Associated Faculties…
On Tuesday, February 4, the Maine Republican Party announced they are launching a People’s Veto campaign to repeal LD 1083.…
Governor Janet Mills released a supplemental budget proposal Monday that calls for $127 million in additional spending, which comes in…
On Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court struck down a law requiring police officers–without a warrant–to draw a blood sample…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing Thursday on LD 1981, “An Act Regarding the Regulation of…
Maine’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee is holding a public hearing Wednesday on LD 1988, “An Act To Prohibit the…
Maine’s Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology is holding a public hearing Tuesday on LD 2021, “An Act To Provide…
Maine’s Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry held a public hearing Thursday on a bill that would eliminate needless bureaucracy…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills delivered her first State of the State address Tuesday evening, calling on lawmakers to work together…
Organizations representing each New England state convened in Boston last week to voice their concerns about the Transportation Climate Initiative…
Members of the Maine Legislature’s taxation committee will hold a public hearing Tuesday on LD 1929, “Resolve, Establishing the Commission…
The Big Picture Since 2005 Maine’s carbon dioxide emissions have fallen 41 percent, three times faster than the United States…
Progressive lawmakers are in pursuit of an ever-expanding state government in Augusta. Their neglecting to properly fund our infrastructure, and…
The Transportation and Climate Initiative, a regional coalition of 12 states and Washington DC that seeks to price emissions within…
Jonathan Reisman, an associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine at Machias, is appealing his…
On January 1, the state’s minimum wage and overtime exemption thresholds increased by more than nine percent. More specifically, the…
In addition to resolutions, 2020 brings new changes to state and local laws. Some examples include an increase to the…
Gasoline taxes may rise 17 cents a gallon and go up from there until everyone is driving an overpriced electric…
On Wednesday, the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices fined Governor Janet Mills’ inaugural committee $2,000 for continuing to…
The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia,…
The Transportation and Climate Initiative on Tuesday released a draft Memorandum of Understanding shedding light on how gas and diesel…
This piece was first published in the Sun Journal. “We will develop a world-class workforce. Fewer than half of Maine…
Maine’s Legislative Council convened last Friday to consider appeals made by lawmakers regarding so-called “emergency” bills for the second session.…
The majority members of Maine’s Legislative Council voted Friday to kill along party lines a pair of nonpartisan emergency bill…
On October 23, Maine’s Legislative Council voted to advance LR 3100, a legislative request that would prohibit public employers from…
In June, Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 945, a resolve that created the Blue Ribbon Commission To Study and Recommend Funding…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center on Monday released a new policy brief, “A Lost Cause: The Local-Option Sales Tax.” The…
Earlier this year the legislature passed LD 1324, a bill that creates an 11-person committee to study the feasibility of implementing…
Governor Janet Mills is considering entering Maine into the Transportation & Climate Initiative, a regional collaboration of 12 states that…
On Monday, Portland City Councilors voted unanimously to put a measure on the March 3, 2020 ballot that would allow…
During the First Session of the 129th Legislature, Rep. Seth Berry introduced LD 1646, a bill that would create a consumer-owned…
The Portland City Council voted Monday night to postpone consideration of a proposal to ban city employees from obtaining, retaining,…
It’s no secret that the fees and requirements necessary to obtain an occupational license are barriers to entry that bar…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center and EdChoice recently filed an amicus brief in Carson et al v. Makin, a case before…
In 2015, the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) released Statement Number 77, advising local and state governments to disclose the…
In 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that requiring public-sector workers to pay dues or fees to a union…
On Tuesday, Portland residents went to the polls to cast their ballots to determine who will carry the progressive baton…
The following letter was submitted by The Maine Heritage Policy Center to the Transportation and Climate Initiative regarding the draft…
The following piece highlights The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s recent report “A False Majority: The Failed Experiment of Ranked-Choice Voting”…
Over the last few months, the debate regarding the future of Auburn’s Agriculture and Resource Protection Zone (Ag Zone), which…
The Legislative Council on Wednesday met to vote on nearly 400 bills submitted by lawmakers for consideration in the second…
The Legislative Council convened Wednesday to consider roughly 400 bill requests submitted by lawmakers for consideration in the Second Session.…
In June 2010, under Governor John Baldacci, eleven states and the District of Columbia began collaborating on the Transportation and Climate…
It is everyone’s favorite time of the legislative cycle – preparing for the second session, or the emergency session, as…