News reports told us of an odd and tragic circumstance recently when a man fell into a giant hole that…
Legendary conservative talk show host Howie Carr was talking welfare reform on Tuesday and referenced a story first reported by…
Mainer’s with concealed handgun permits may think their names and addresses have been kept safe by emergency legislation passed in…
AUGUSTA — As Gov. Paul R. LePage pushes for more customized learning solutions, a new survey shows more than half…
Some within the media have wrapped themselves in the flag of the freedom of access law. They are rallying to oppose…
AUGUSTA – Senate President Justin Alfrond (D-Portland) said in 2008 Maine could potentially solve its budget problems by not honoring…
Maine Gov. Paul LePage blasted the United States Department of Agriculture for denying his request for a waiver to allow…
Agents of the federal government are conspiring to politically damage Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage by coordinating with his Democratic…
By Diana George Chapin On Feb. 23 the Bangor Daily News and Lewiston Sun ran an article, “The good, bad and…
By S.E. Robinson Maine Wire Reporter In a Thursday email blast to Maine Democrats, Democratic Party Chairman Ben Grant falsely…
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, c. 400 A.D. Back in the bad old days,…
The Center for Health Reform Initiatives, a project of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, today released a study on Maine’s…
Rep. Terry M. Hayes (D-Buckfield) said Tuesday she is supporting right-to-work legislation introduced by Rep. Lawrence E. Lockman (R-Amherst) that…
By S.E. Robinson State lawmakers on the Taxation Committee today heard testimony on LD 361, An Act to Promote Plug-in…
An editorial from the Sun Journal, a Lewiston-Auburn-based newspaper, on Sunday praised Gov. Paul R. LePage’s proposal to retool the…
By Amanda Clark, Education Policy Analyst The rural towns of Athens and Brighton Plantation, nestled in the lower part of…
Tuesday’s paper had some interesting headlines on the front page. To start with, we were told by the left-hand topper…
UPDATE: Saco Mayor Mark D. Johnston on Monday confirmed for The Maine Wire that the bacon-wrapped scallop banquet originally scheduled…
By S.E. Robinson Maine taxpayers will be forced to repay more than $150,000 to the federal government – and could…
By Neal B. Freeman The Buckley Rule has been much invoked in recent weeks, in this space and elsewhere, and…
By Amy Payne, Heritage Foundation You’re busy. So busy you barely have time to read these words. So why should…
By S.E. Robinson U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock Thursday invoked George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in a decision…
By S.E. Robinson Less than two years into its implementation, the Republican-led health care insurance reform, known as Public Law…
When President Obama traveled to Minnesota Feb. 4 to make a plea for gun control, the photos of him delivering…
By S.E. Robinson Maine Wire Reporter UPDATED: The State House echoed with “solidarity claps” and chants of “Keep Maine Healthy,…
This is the governor’s weekly radio address for February 9, 2013. To listen to the audio version, click here. Hello. This…
By S.E. Robinson Maine Wire reporter As Democratic lawmakers in the 126th Maine Legislature seek changes to Gov. Paul LePage’s health…
President Obama has made his leftist goals explicit in a pair of major national addresses (his acceptance speech at the…
MHPC CEO J. Scott Moody and MHPC Education Policy Analyst announce the launch of the new GreatSchoolsforME.org website, which provides…
A new study released Wednesday by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) debunks myths which advocates of higher taxes use…
By Curtis Dubay The Heritage Foundation The federal income tax is now a centenarian. On February 3, 1913, the 16th amendment…
Hello. This is Governor Paul LePage. It is no secret that the federal government is deep in debt. Yet politicians…
MHPC CEO J. Scott Moody speaks at a press conference at the State House about his study, “Where Have Maine’s…
Legislators calling for the repeal of Gov. LePage’s tax cuts for the “rich” ignore the reality that Maine’s previous top…
There’s one thing about our immigration policy that is an absolute necessity for any progress to be made on the…
“When school children start paying union dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.” — Albert Shanker,…
By Rachel Sheffield The Heritage Foundation The third annual National School Choice Week is officially underway. Once again, school choice…
There’s surprisingly little gold in the world. This infographic shows all the gold ever mined. If all the gold ever mined…
Fourth quarter 2012 numbers are out; rate payers win big AUGUSTA – Health insurance premium numbers for the fourth quarter…
Audio of the Governor’s Weekly Message can be found here. Hello. This is Governor Paul LePage. Maine is in the middle…
Maine already has the 12th highest energy costs in the country; offshore wind project will raise prices on Mainers AUGUSTA –…
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, recently elected by new Democratic majorities in the Maine Legislature, has fired Small Business Advocate…
It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to anyone to be told that when liberal politicians and green lobbying groups…
AUGUSTA – On Wednesday, Patrick Woodcock submitted comments to the Maine Public Utilities Commission regarding the Statoil North America, Inc.…
MaineCare growth, pension reform, proactive fiscal management specifically cited House Republican leadership responded Wednesday to the revision of Maine’s bond…
AUGUSTA – House Republican leadership on Wednesday joined Democratic and Senate Republican leadership in announcing the names of the 15…
Paul LePage is one of the most unpopular Governors in the country. Only 39% of voters approve of him to…
Amanda Clark, education policy analyst at MHPC, presented this report at luncheon events in Portland and Brewer. She will present…
United States spent $75,706,080,000 dollars on Food Stamps in 2011. America has over 44 million people on Food Stamps, or…
By Senator Susan Collins It is a privilege to represent Maine in the United States Senate, and I am deeply grateful…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today issued the following statement honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and recognizing Martin Luther…
Audio of the Governor’s Weekly Message can be found here. Maine people work hard to pay their bills, and government…
While much focus has been placed on Governor LePage’s proposal to suspend revenue sharing payments to municipalities in order to…
Conan O’Brien said last week that the mayor of Washington, D.C., had asked the owner of the Washington Redskins football…
By Prof. John Frary On January 9 of this year the National Taxpayer Advocate released her Annual Report to Congress.…
By Michael Sandoval The Heritage Foundation More than 41 percent of the U.S. population is “enrolled in at least one federal…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage has proposed a balanced state budget that reflects necessary fiscal discipline which reduces the…
Audio of the Governor’s Budget Message can be found here. Hello. This is Governor Paul LePage. These are challenging and difficult…
By Sally C. Pipes Wal-Mart just announced that it will not offer health insurance to new employees who work less…
By Janet Trautwein Some Americans recently began receiving checks in the mail from their health insurers. These “rebates” were required…
Some ironies are just too delicious to ignore, and one of them is that Matt Damon’s new anti-fracking movie “Promised…
Governor Paul R. LePage responded to the Maine Charter School Commission Wednesday morning after the group turned down four of…
A report by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan shows that high cigarette taxes have fueled “rampant tobacco smuggling” across…
By John Vinci NetRightDaily As of January 4, 2013: States NOT establishing a State Exchange (26), including Maine: ALABAMA ALASKA…
Weekly Address, January 7, 2013 Hello. This is Governor Paul LePage. This week, newly elected officials across our country and…
My two-year term as Maine State Treasurer ends today. I’ve been humbled and honored by the privilege to serve the…
By Rasmussen Reports Last week began with a “fiscal cliff” deal that surprised no one and earned mixed reviews. It ended…
RedState.com The Northeast region—including Maine—leads the United States in outbound migration, according to the results of United Van Lines’ 36th…
By Senator Susan Collins While our country spent September 11, 2012, remembering the terrorist attacks that took place eleven years earlier…
Governor Paul LePage has released a new video detailing his efforts to reduce taxes and create jobs in Maine. The…
When the going gets tough, the tough take their fun where they can find it. So, rather than dwell on…
AUGUSTA – Kenneth Fletcher today announced he will be retiring from state government as the Director of the Governor’s Energy…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation While you were sleeping—or ringing in 2013—the Senate voted to raise taxes. After missing the…
Hello. This is Governor Paul LePage. The number of motor vehicle crashes, deaths, and related injuries occurring on our roadways…
By James Gattuso and Diane Katz The Heritage Foundation It seems that no aspect of American life can escape government regulation. In the…
By Romina Boccia The Heritage Foundation Budget policy in 2012 was characterized by deficit spending, major increases in the national…
“If you don’t want to have a gun in your home or in your school, that’s your choice. But don’t…
The end of 2012 was marked by lawmakers engaging in a distracting fiscal cliff debate over tax rates when the…
By Alyene Senger The Heritage Foundation Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning…
Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning into unfortunately different realities. For…
By Rob Bluey The Heritage Foundation Christmas arrives this year at a time when our nation is on the brink…
By Prof. John Frary “It’s time to talk about gun control.” This was the title of a Washington Post editorial…
This is the Governor’s weekly message. An audio file of the message can be found here. Hello. This is Governor Paul…
Jimmy Stewart in the 1939 film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”Wouldn’t you just know it; the venerable Senate filibuster…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage asks that the people of Maine observe a moment of silence on Friday, Dec.…
Numerous commentators, with Fox’s Bill O’Reilly chief among them, are busy this time of year building up the idea that…
By Joel Allumbaugh Director of MHPC’s Center for Health Reform Initiatives The last of three cases studies on how Obamacare…
Peter Anastos, chairman of the MaineHousing Board of Commissioners, and State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin talk about the “astounding” results of…
Thanks to new leadership at the Maine State Housing Authority, the cost of developing or rehabilitating affordable housing units…
Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning into unfortunately different realities. For…
By Scott Rasmussen The Rasmussen Report Having survived the Supreme Court and the November elections, President Obama’s health care law now…
Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning into unfortunately different realities. For…
Governor urges Mainers to weatherize homes, contribute to community organizations that provide heating assistance to those in need AUGUSTA – As…
The Alyene Senger The Heritage Foundation Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning…
By Michael Sandoval The Heritage Foundation In just a little over a decade, the U.S. federal debt will exceed 100 percent…
By Prof. John Frary Maine Wire columnist Most people know about the vanguard of the union-busting gang. They’ve seen the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As she concludes her 40 years of service in elective office to the people of Maine and…