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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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Understanding Maine’s pooled testing program for students

    As of October 7, there have been just under 3,000 reported cases of...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Prevailing pandemic policy is hurting children’s health

    Since the world learned of a novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, China in...

  • 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....

  • The CDC made America’s pandemic worse

    The pandemic was a test of America’s public health bureaucracy. It failed.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Legislature to debate all new district maps approved by Apportionment Commission

    Hours ahead of its September 27 deadline, the Apportionment Commission met for the...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • What happened to natural immunity?

    On September 9th, President Joe Biden ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a...

  • Afghanistan, accountability and Maine’s congressional delegation

    The Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have sent a letter to...

  • 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...

  • This private eye was denied a license because he criticized police

    Occupational licensing has already been called out for hobbling opportunity, impeding mobility, protecting...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Reisman: Climate alarmism redux

    Note: I am teaching Environmental Policy this fall, for perhaps the last time....

  • 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...

  • Massachusetts man denied Maine occupational license appeals to SCOTUS

    Approximately 25 percent of jobs in the United States require some kind of...

  • Commissioner Makin briefs education committee on school reopenings, virus outbreaks

    During a September 15 meeting of the legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural...

  • Redistricting commission preparing to release maps, hold public hearing

    The Apportionment Commission, which is responsible for using the 2020 census data to...

  • 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...

  • Families are fleeing government-run schools

    This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since...

  • Bipartisan group of lawmakers sign letter opposing new lobster regulations

    The number of state legislators who have signed a letter calling for President...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Maine lobster industry rocked by new, unworkable federal regulations

    New federal regulations created to protect the endangered right whale will close off...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Future of Shawmut Dam, Sappi mill remain uncertain

    The future of the Shawmut Dam remains in question. Following a draft ruling...

  • 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...

  • Maine’s redistricting committee off to a slow start

    Maine’s Apportionment Commission, which is responsible for using the 2020 census data to...

  • Number of unemployed Mainers increases slightly in July

    Despite some improvements to Maine’s economy, the leisure and hospitality industries remain among...

  • Consumer-owned utility supporters launch ballot initiative over LD 1708 veto

    Though the legislature failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a bill...

  • Kids caught in the crossfire in debate over masks in schools

    At the end of July, Governor Mills and the Maine CDC issued a...

  • 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...

  • Lawmakers pen letter in opposition to Gov. Mills’ vaccine mandate

    Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced a new vaccine requirement for healthcare workers on...

  • Mills administration faces pushback from healthcare workers over new vaccine mandate

    On August 12, Gov. Janet Mills announced that all Maine healthcare workers will...

  • 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...

  • Government Oversight Committee endorses report to clean up Maine ballot initiatives

    During its August 11 meeting, the Government Oversight Committee (GOC) voted unanimously to...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Unions hid millions in 2020 political spending

    Unions dropped a whopping $67 million in hidden political spending between 2019 and...

  • Delta variant alarmism discounts significant pandemic progress, ignores important data

    As the data stand right now, deaths are not on pace with new...

  • It’s way past time to open US-Canadian border

    It is far past time to reopen the border between the United States...

  • Students should learn more basic life skills in high school

    The Maine Department of Education has certain requirements students must complete before they...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Maine ranks 48th in CNBC’s Top State for Doing Business

    Bad infrastructure and an unreliable power grid. These are among the top reasons...

  • The billionaire space race: Another giant leap for mankind

    Progress is progress, and that should be celebrated. These billionaires going to space...

  • 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...

  • In light of ProPublica report, Congress looks primed to ravage IRAs

    Clearly, the vast majority of people taking advantage of IRAs are everyday Americans...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Mills attempts to rewrite history on rainy day fund increase

    Don’t let Gov. Janet Mills play you for a fool. In a recent...

  • Reisman: Back to the ’70s

    Last week’s economic reports revealed that President Biden has apparently found a DeLorean...

  • Pediatric group’s new school guidance ignores science and logic

    In another attempt to “follow the science,” a pediatrics group has issued guidance...

  • 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...

  • Maine’s ARPA spending package becomes law without legislative compromise

    On July 19, the Maine Legislature voted to approve a plan for spending...

  • Special interests bend the truth on recent electric rate increases

    The big picture of this rate increase and the surrounding conversation is simple:...

  • Will pandemic-induced toll increases prove to be permanent?

    The changes include an increase of one dollar– from $3 to $4– for...

  • 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...

  • Legislature sustains Gov. Mills’ veto of CMP takeover bill

    Though the bill is dead, voters may still see the question LD 1708...

  • Whose hand will be on the global climate crisis thermostat?

    “The Invisible Hand” is a notion coined by Adam Smith in the context...

  • Unnecessary government spending helps fuel inflation

    The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which we’ve already...

  • 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...

  • Texas Dems’ walkout highlights the absurdity of nationwide voting debate

    When one group of lawmakers shirk their Constitutional duty and walk out on...

  • 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...

  • Face-saving partisanship killed emergency powers reform in Maine this session

    Saying “no emergency is going to be perfect,” Facteau outlined his hesitancy to...

  • 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...

  • Mills vetoes another bill sponsored by Senate President Jackson

    On July 12, Gov. Janet Mills vetoed LD 1711, which would have allowed...

  • Mills signs packaging bill, vetoes state takeover of private utilities

    Gov. Janet Mills just missed the mark on two controversial and misguided pieces...

  • Vaccine mandates are not the answer

    Individual responsibility and autonomy will always outweigh government coercion, and that includes getting...

  • Civil asset forfeiture reform bill becomes law without Mills’ signature

    A bill that would strengthen protections against civil asset forfeiture, sponsored by Rep....

  • 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...

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