As prescribed in Maine’s constitution, the state has been funding the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) in amounts equal…
The state of Maine has $14.5 billion in assets, but most of these assets are not available to meet the…
By Scott Rasmussen Rasmussen Reports The Republican Party has won a majority of the popular vote just once in the…
There’s a story told about the ancient, fabled Eastern European Jewish city of Chelm, in which the elders of the…
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By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Federal employees—who work on average a month less than private-sector workers and get paid more—are…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Taking down the Twinkie. Clogging Wal-Mart parking lots on Black Friday. Messing with a major airport…
By Bronson Stocking The Heritage Foundation A letter from 232 multi-industry organizations, in conjunction with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is calling on…
By James Sherk The Heritage Foundation Enjoy Twinkies while you still can. Hostess Brands just went bankrupt. This morning the company announced…
AUGUSTA – The Maine Charter School Commission voted Friday to approve the application from the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science…
This is the weekly address by Governor Paul LePage. When Mainers say grace at the Thanksgiving table Thursday, we will…
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By U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) Now that the elections are behind us, it is time for the campaigning to…
By Bill Wilson Americans for Limited Government “[T]he only thing that’s worse than cutting national defense is not having any…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today reiterated his recommendation that the State of Maine will not develop a state-based…
After 35 years as president of the indispensable Heritage Foundation, Edwin Feulner will soon be stepping down. By NEAL B. FREEMAN…
Governors and other state officials are deciding whether their state will establish a Health Insurance Exchange. The Department of Health…
By Joel B. Pollak Brietbart.com The Department of Labor has announced that new jobless claims rose by a staggering 78,000 in…
AUGUSTA – The hundreds of pounds of food collected by the First Family during their Second Annual Blaine House Food…
A new study says there are five specific warning signs for developing Alzheimer’s disease. The first one is going bald,…
By Bill Wilson Americans for Limited Government If a new United Nations (UN) treaty governing small arms passes the U.S.…
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By Rick Manning Americans for Limited Government Analyzing elections when feelings are still raw is usually a bad idea. Of…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry wishes to remind Maine residents who are veterans and were honorably discharged,…
By Steven Bucci The Heritage Foundation For nearly 100 years, America has been celebrating on November 11. Originally it was to…
By Senator Susan Collins For more than two centuries, young Americans have left the comfort and security of home in order…
This article appeared the morning after the election, detailing the mass of layoffs because of the cost of Obamacare. By Rusty…
By Nina Owcharenko The Heritage Foundation What’s next for Obamacare now? The bad news is that many of the health…
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Well, at least Big Bird is safe. OK, that wasn’t all that funny. But there isn’t much that is this…
By Rich Noyes Research director for the Media Research Center Fox News and other media outlets have projected that President…
By Ed Feulner President, The Heritage Foundation Dear friends, I write to tell you to take heart. Yes, conservatives are…
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By David S. Addington The Heritage Foundation In urging the delegates to a New York convention to ratify theU.S. Constitution in…
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Maine state government’s credit rating is an objective measure of our State’s economic and…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage has released a new video highlighting recent education reform, noting that the LePage Administration increased funding…
The Next President and the Supreme Court was posted on The Heritage Foundation’s blog. By Edwin Meese III Every vote counts. And…
By Diana George Chapin In her March 14, 2009 Wall Street Journal column, Peggy Noonan recalled in “There’s No Pill…
This was posted on Rasmussen Reports on Saturday, Nov. 3 Too close to call: That’s where we’re at. With eight states,…
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By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation The October jobs report essentially agrees with the rest of the current data on the…
When Halloween is over, the masks come off, at least for trick-or-treaters. Thus, it’s also a good time to note…
Feds delay approval process by responding at last minute AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today released a video to…
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Ten short years ago little was discussed about our accumulating public debt. The media…
MoneyRates.com has ranked Maine second in its report, “Worst States to Make a Living 2012” By Richard Barrington Senior Financial Analyst,…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center released the 2012 Maine Piglet Book today, detailing hundreds of millions of dollars of wasteful government spending.…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation On this Halloween, a truly frightening specter is looming. No amount of garlic, crosses, or…
Democrats had advance warning of bill’s unconstitutionality AUGUSTA – Rep. Sharon Treat (D-Hallowell) has left Maine taxpayers on the hook…
AUGUSTA – On September 28, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of Maine ordered the State of…
(Cartoon courtesy of NetRightDaily) Paying Obamacare penalties would be less expensive than providing health insurance By Joel Allumbaugh Director of…
Maine’s education policies are more in line with traditional union interests than nearly every other state, according to a new…
By David Azerrad The Heritage Foundation When it comes to explaining how their policies would help the poor and the…
AUGUSTA – Maine’s First Family greeted and expressed their gratitude to the generous Mainers who dropped by the Blaine House…
Weekly Address by Governor Paul LePage Those who know me know I enjoy reading history – presidential biographies are my…
By Prof. John Frary Maine Wire columnist On October 22 at a forum the candidates for U.S. Senate explained their…
Maine officials keep a close eye on Hurricane Sandy AUGUSTA –Governor Paul R. LePage has signed limited Emergency Declaration that will allow…
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The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s released today its newest “Fix the System” report on Maine’s welfare system, which shows that…
Reading the encomiums to the late Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota in the paper and on the web this…
“Maine experienced an 11 percent decline in students from 1992-2009; however, the number of public school personnel increased by…
By Michael Moroney The second presidential debate started off with a question from Jeremy, a college student who wanted to know…
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By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Last night’s debate between President Obama and Governor Romney was supposed to focus on foreign…
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By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Because of a new law passed by the state legislature, local school districts across…
Court upholds law to break school union’s “virtual monopoly” on health insurance The Maine Education Association’s longtime monopoly on health…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage applauds the end the lawsuit filed by the Maine Education Association (MEA) to withhold health insurance…
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By Prof. John Frary Maine Wire columnist Unlike Chellie Pingree and Angus King, Congressman Mike Michaud and his challenger, Maine…
Click to download the MERI Report on 125th Legislature. The Maine Economic Research Institute has released its report card on legislators…
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By Robert Rector and Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation It’s been a pretty big year for welfare—and a new report shows welfare is…
Governor Paul R. LePage invites Mainers to the Blaine House on Monday, October 22 to raise awareness about domestic violence…
I was a bit surprised a few days ago to see that the national Democratic Party had spent some of…
By Pem Schaeffer Maine Wire columnist On Sunday, October 7, The Maine Wire published my column, “Maine’s colorful political chameleons:…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation During last night’s debate between President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney, Heritage’s policy experts…
Maine People Before Politics posted this story on Tuesday, Oct 16. See it here. State Legislator has spent more than…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Tonight’s presidential debate is the last one that will include questions on domestic policy. The…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage released today a new video highlighting Maine’s energy future. The Governor speaks directly to…
This is from “What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls”, posted online in Rasmussen Reports. The math is pretty…
Governor Paul R. LePage has announced the promotion of two staff members, Michael Cianchette and Carlisle McLean, to senior legal…
Do you think public education is important? Then join the Maine chapter of StudentsFirst for lunch in Portland or Bangor…
By Governor Paul LePage Weekly Radio Address October 13, 2012 Millions of Americans were jobless and business bankruptcies reached their…
In this debate over tax reform, Angus King said he is dating Simpson-Bowles, but not married to them. “I only…
The Tax Foundation credits LePage Administration efforts AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage is pleased to announce Maine’s rating of…
By Rob Bluey The Heritage Foundation Vice President Biden and Representative Paul Ryan squared off last night for a spirited and…
It was recently suggested that Mitt Romney go to California to hold another press event in front of a gas…
While talking about Social Security and Medicare, Charlie Summers calls out Angus King for his veto of an increase in…
In this video, Charlie Summers states why he is opposed to Obamacare. Angus King defends Obamacare, while Cynthia Dill says…
Chris Busby, editor of The Bollard and a blogger for the Bangor Daily News, wrote a piece for the BDN…
These are excerpts from The Tax Foundation’s “2013 State Business Tax Climate Index.” See entire report here. By Scott Drenkard and…
In this video, Charlie Summers and Angus King clash over King’s financial interest in an engineering firm that has been…
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Last week, Maine students joined those in 40 other states in finally having…
The Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. has released the “Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors: 2012,” and Governor Paul…