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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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Commission to incorporate probate courts into judicial branch holds its first meeting
A commission directed by the Maine Legislature to create a plan to incorporate...
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Federal judge halts planned lobster fishing closure in Gulf of Maine
On October 16, a U.S. District Court judge blocked the implementation of a...
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Cities lead the way in (another) massive fall exodus from US public schools
Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and...
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Understanding Maine’s pooled testing program for students
As of October 7, there have been just under 3,000 reported cases of...
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Gov. Mills remains committed to vaccine mandate as Maine hospitals begin rationing services
The Maine Legislature’s Republican leadership sent a letter to their Democratic counterparts on...
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Stanford epidemiologist says COVID vaccination is primarily a matter of personal health, not public health
As one-size-fits-all COVID vaccine mandates sweep government, academia, and corporate America, new data...
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New school choice project highlights need for more educational options in Maine
A new publication from Maine Policy Institute shows which municipalities in Maine allow...
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Some healthcare workers resign as enforcement deadline of Gov. Mills’ vaccine mandate approaches
As the date of enforcement for Gov. Janet Mills’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate for...
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Maine’s Legislative Council moves forward with legal challenges to final NOAA lobstering rule
The Legislative Council met on October 7 to discuss its legal response to...
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What is an ‘advocacy journalist’ and why was the Maine CDC restricting access to its briefings?
That darn First Amendment. This week, The Maine Wire learned that the Maine...
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Want school choice? Here’s where to live in Maine to get it
Today, Maine Policy Institute released a new analysis on the scope of educational...
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Education secretary touts mask study—gets rebuked by senior author of the study
On Monday, US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted new academic research to show...
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Prevailing pandemic policy is hurting children’s health
Since the world learned of a novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, China in...
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Dunlap vacates state auditor position after narrowly missing exams to obtain auditor credentials
At midnight on October 1, the position of state auditor will become vacant....
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The CDC made America’s pandemic worse
The pandemic was a test of America’s public health bureaucracy. It failed.
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Inflation drives Maine’s minimum wage to $12.75 in 2022
The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the state’s minimum wage will...
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Maine Legislature accepts new redistricting plans, approves legal action on federal lobster rules
The Maine Legislature convened on September 29 and approved new maps for federal...
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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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Legislature to debate all new district maps approved by Apportionment Commission
Hours ahead of its September 27 deadline, the Apportionment Commission met for the...
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Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar spending plans & tax hikes will have three devastating economic consequences, study warns
President Biden and his progressives allies are advancing a historic $4.5+ trillion spending...
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Congress must pump the brakes on proposal to increase taxes on small business investment
In the wake of a devastating pandemic and the resulting economic consequences, the...
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Redistricting commission in agreement on three of four new district maps, final meeting upcoming
Maine’s Apportionment Commission voted to approve new district maps for Maine’s House of...
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Legislative Council votes to reinstate face mask policy at State House, file brief in lobster lawsuit
Maine’s Legislative Council voted to reinstate its COVID-19 Prevention Policy, which requires face...
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What happened to natural immunity?
On September 9th, President Joe Biden ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a...
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Afghanistan, accountability and Maine’s congressional delegation
The Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have sent a letter to...
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Maine’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9% in August
According to the Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Center for Workforce Research and...
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This private eye was denied a license because he criticized police
Occupational licensing has already been called out for hobbling opportunity, impeding mobility, protecting...
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Redistricting commission approves county commissioner maps, more votes to come with deadline looming
The Apportionment Commission held a public hearing on September 20 to hear public...
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Treasury Department seeks to track financial transactions of personal bank accounts over $600
In May, the Treasury Department released the Biden administration’s revenue proposals for fiscal...
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Reisman: Climate alarmism redux
Note: I am teaching Environmental Policy this fall, for perhaps the last time....
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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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Massachusetts man denied Maine occupational license appeals to SCOTUS
Approximately 25 percent of jobs in the United States require some kind of...
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Commissioner Makin briefs education committee on school reopenings, virus outbreaks
During a September 15 meeting of the legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural...
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Redistricting commission preparing to release maps, hold public hearing
The Apportionment Commission, which is responsible for using the 2020 census data to...
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Legal and legislative challenges to Gov. Mills’ vaccine mandate are piling up
There are a growing number of legal challenges to Gov. Janet Mills’ requirement...
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Families are fleeing government-run schools
This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since...
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers sign letter opposing new lobster regulations
The number of state legislators who have signed a letter calling for President...
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Maine delays enforcement of healthcare worker vaccine mandate but offers no testing alternative
According to Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew, Maine...
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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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Mills administration throwing money at hospitals, nursing homes in attempt to overcome workforce shortages
Gov. Janet Mills’ administration recently announced it is awarding Maine hospitals and long-term...
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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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Here’s the list of billions in military equipment the US left behind for the Taliban
It’s always frustrating to read about the many ways the federal government wastes...
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Harvard epidemiologist says the case for COVID vaccine passports was just demolished
A newly published medical study found that infection from COVID-19 confers considerably longer-lasting...
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CDC: Schools with mask mandates didn’t see statistically significant different rates of COVID transmission from schools with optional policies
The ACLU on Tuesday announced it is bringing a lawsuit against South Carolina...
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Governor’s gamble: Weighing the potential costs of Mills’ healthcare worker vaccine mandate
On August 12, Maine Governor Janet Mills issued an emergency rule change through the state...
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Future of Shawmut Dam, Sappi mill remain uncertain
The future of the Shawmut Dam remains in question. Following a draft ruling...
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Massive nurse shortage hits Houston—weeks after 150 unvaccinated nurses and hospital workers fired
Jennifer Bridges knew what was coming when her director at Houston Methodist hospital...
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Maine’s redistricting committee off to a slow start
Maine’s Apportionment Commission, which is responsible for using the 2020 census data to...
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Number of unemployed Mainers increases slightly in July
Despite some improvements to Maine’s economy, the leisure and hospitality industries remain among...
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Consumer-owned utility supporters launch ballot initiative over LD 1708 veto
Though the legislature failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a bill...
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Kids caught in the crossfire in debate over masks in schools
At the end of July, Governor Mills and the Maine CDC issued a...
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COVID-19 is probably 99% survivable for most age groups, but PolitiFact rated this false
A viral Instagram post claimed that COVID-19 is 99 percent survivable for most age groups—the...
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Lawmakers pen letter in opposition to Gov. Mills’ vaccine mandate
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced a new vaccine requirement for healthcare workers on...
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Mills administration faces pushback from healthcare workers over new vaccine mandate
On August 12, Gov. Janet Mills announced that all Maine healthcare workers will...
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What is the true vaccine breakthrough rate? The CDC doesn’t want you to know
Over a recent 12-day period the Milwaukee Brewers had nine players test positive...
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Government Oversight Committee endorses report to clean up Maine ballot initiatives
During its August 11 meeting, the Government Oversight Committee (GOC) voted unanimously to...
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Only 400 Mainers have cashed in on Gov. Mills’ Back to Work program
The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced on August 11 it is extending...
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What’s for Maine in the Senate’s compromise infrastructure bill?
According to estimates from the White House, Maine will receive just over $1.9...
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7,400 Mainers fail to provide proof of employment to continue receiving unemployment
On August 6, the Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced that approximately 7,400...
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Government is supposed to exist to protect our rights
States are sovereign political entities. The United States Constitution lays out the powers relinquished by the several states and...
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Eight things children are more likely to die from than COVID-19, according to the CDC
Last week I received a letter from my children’s school district. “We will...
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Massachusetts eyes ballot initiative to halt participation in the Transportation Climate Initiative
On August 4, a citizens’ petition that would put a question about the...
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Gov. Mills’ ‘Back to Work’ program comes to a close
The Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Back-to-Work grant program will close applications on...
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Matt Dunlap ‘confident’ he’ll meet state auditor requirements by statutory deadline
When former Secretary of State Matt Dunlap was sworn in as the state...
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Biden says CDC’s new eviction moratorium ‘not likely to pass constitutional muster’
On August 4, just days after allowing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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Unions hid millions in 2020 political spending
Unions dropped a whopping $67 million in hidden political spending between 2019 and...
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Delta variant alarmism discounts significant pandemic progress, ignores important data
As the data stand right now, deaths are not on pace with new...
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It’s way past time to open US-Canadian border
It is far past time to reopen the border between the United States...
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Students should learn more basic life skills in high school
The Maine Department of Education has certain requirements students must complete before they...
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The push is on to extend one of the federal government’s worst pandemic power-grabs
Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously quipped that “nothing is so permanent as a...
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Maine conforms with new CDC guidance on masking in schools, indoor settings
On July 28, Gov. Janet Mills announced updates to Maine’s recommendations for wearing...
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Maine senators split on Biden’s controversial Bureau of Land Management nominee
On July 27, the U.S. Senate voted to bring President Joe Biden’s appointee...
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Maine ranks 48th in CNBC’s Top State for Doing Business
Bad infrastructure and an unreliable power grid. These are among the top reasons...
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The billionaire space race: Another giant leap for mankind
Progress is progress, and that should be celebrated. These billionaires going to space...
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What will school look like when Maine students return to the classroom this fall?
According to Maine Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Pender Makin, ensuring every student...
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In light of ProPublica report, Congress looks primed to ravage IRAs
Clearly, the vast majority of people taking advantage of IRAs are everyday Americans...
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Mills’ ‘Back to Work’ program not helping Maine’s stagnant unemployment rate
The unemployment rate in Maine remained stuck at 4.8% for the fifth straight...
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Amid rising healthcare costs, states must continue to enact direct primary care
Whether you think Obamacare was the worst health care policy of the decade...
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Mills attempts to rewrite history on rainy day fund increase
Don’t let Gov. Janet Mills play you for a fool. In a recent...
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Reisman: Back to the ’70s
Last week’s economic reports revealed that President Biden has apparently found a DeLorean...
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Pediatric group’s new school guidance ignores science and logic
In another attempt to “follow the science,” a pediatrics group has issued guidance...
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Legislature right to sustain Mills’ veto of ‘hastily crafted’ Pine Tree Power bill
Gov. Janet Mills fortunately stopped a sloppy, misguided attempt to put a loaded...
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Maine’s ARPA spending package becomes law without legislative compromise
On July 19, the Maine Legislature voted to approve a plan for spending...
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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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Will pandemic-induced toll increases prove to be permanent?
The changes include an increase of one dollar– from $3 to $4– for...
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New law sets stage for future government takeover of health care in Maine
LD 1045 sets the stage for a disastrous and expensive government takeover of...
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Legislature sustains Gov. Mills’ veto of CMP takeover bill
Though the bill is dead, voters may still see the question LD 1708...
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Whose hand will be on the global climate crisis thermostat?
“The Invisible Hand” is a notion coined by Adam Smith in the context...
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Unnecessary government spending helps fuel inflation
The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which we’ve already...
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Disney is moving 2,000 jobs from California to Florida—here’s why
One of the great things about America’s 50-state federal system is that people...
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Texas Dems’ walkout highlights the absurdity of nationwide voting debate
When one group of lawmakers shirk their Constitutional duty and walk out on...
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Gov. Mills and allies are destroying affordable, accessible child care for Maine families
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about child care in the news...
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Face-saving partisanship killed emergency powers reform in Maine this session
Saying “no emergency is going to be perfect,” Facteau outlined his hesitancy to...
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Mills vetoes state takeover of utility companies, setting stage for future ballot initiative
Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference on Tuesday to announce her veto...
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Mills vetoes another bill sponsored by Senate President Jackson
On July 12, Gov. Janet Mills vetoed LD 1711, which would have allowed...
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Mills signs packaging bill, vetoes state takeover of private utilities
Gov. Janet Mills just missed the mark on two controversial and misguided pieces...
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Vaccine mandates are not the answer
Individual responsibility and autonomy will always outweigh government coercion, and that includes getting...
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Civil asset forfeiture reform bill becomes law without Mills’ signature
A bill that would strengthen protections against civil asset forfeiture, sponsored by Rep....
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No need for replica ship to be a political football in Maine
What was supposed to be both a fun and educational opportunity for families...
