Regulations
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Portland City Council votes to amend fee structure for amusement devices
The Portland City Council voted unanimously on October 18 to change the city...
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Portland to reexamine fees on amusement devices after popular bar pays large sum to reopen
Arcadia National Bar, an arcade-themed bar in Portland, has been closed since the...
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DMR briefs legislature on impact of NOAA’s new lobstering rules, options for appeal
On September 14, the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources met and discussed...
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Maine’s lobster industry is under siege
Maine’s lobstermen and women are under attack by the Biden Administration after a recent set of rule...
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Maine lobster industry rocked by new, unworkable federal regulations
New federal regulations created to protect the endangered right whale will close off...
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Special interests bend the truth on recent electric rate increases
The big picture of this rate increase and the surrounding conversation is simple:...
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Mills kills another misguided drug pricing bill
LD 1117 would have accomplished nothing in terms of lowering prescription drug costs...
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Mills bucks her party on environment, drug pricing in newest vetoes
The vetoes, among some of her other recent ones, are a welcome check...
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Shifting recycling costs to producers an easy way to raise the cost of groceries
A recent study by Dr. Calvin Lakhan of York University has found that...
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Bill to end at-will employment dies between chambers
To force these new labor restrictions upon employers now would be a grave...
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Legislators missed the mark on child care reform this session
A prominent refrain in the pandemic recession-recovery story has been the persistent labor...
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Governor Mills’ flavored tobacco ban, state bailout is dead wrong
When President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, he provided state and local...
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Debunking the myths of Maine’s proposed flavored tobacco ban
Now that the dust has settled on the Health and Human Services Committee...
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New Hampshire the beneficiary of New England’s misguided tobacco policies
Last week, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing on...
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Cable fee legislation would strip away local control, increase customer costs
Over the past year, there have been numerous instances of top-down solutions being...
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Raising tobacco taxes will hurt residents, businesses struggling to recover post-pandemic
The nonpartisan Revenue Forecasting Committee met recently and determined Maine is in a...
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Maine’s congressional delegation should listen to independent workers and reject the PRO Act
With Maine’s economy still recovering from the pandemic, it’s important that our lawmakers...
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Maine’s flavored tobacco ban goes too far
The Maine Legislature will soon debate LD 1550, a bill that would ban...
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Federal regulations have made western wildfires worse
Parts of the western United States look like scenes from an apocalyptic movie—a...
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‘Keep Maine Healthy’ or keep the Maine economy struggling?
Under the “Keep Maine Healthy” program, Governor Janet Mills announced on Monday, June...
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Lawmakers wasting time on cage-free egg bill
Maine has a $232 million annual transportation funding shortfall. Nursing homes that care...
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Bipartisan bill would unleash tiny homes in Maine
Lawmakers on Maine’s Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing Thursday on LD...
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Occupational licensing reform shouldn’t be a partisan issue
This piece was first published in the Sun Journal. “We will develop a...
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Overregulation threatens efforts in Maine to expand broadband
The internet in Maine is getting faster and easier to use than ever...
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New hands-free driving law takes effect on Thursday
On September 19th, many bills passed during the First Regular Session of the...
