Last week, the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) released its final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was signed by the governors…
Maybe you have some sense that something fishy is going on? Same. If itâs not one thing, itâs another. Coronavirus…
What a year. It started off with so much potential, but ended after so much heartache, fear and difficult adjustments.…
Earlier this month, the Maine Climate Council released its four-year plan titled, âMaine Wonât Waitâ, a proposal covering a multitude…
Echoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned city residents this week to prepare…
The Covid pandemic this year has profoundly transformed the relationship of government to American citizens. Constitutional leashes have been obliterated…
The pandemic has revealed something many of us have believed for a long time: Parents want more choice and more…
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Center released a new survey this week that should have lawmakers and…
Some members of the Maine Legislature are speaking out against Gov. Janet Millsâ newest mandates and urging their colleagues to…
The basic problem with even a little bit of socialism is that, in order for socialist policy to work, it…
Since the beginning of the pandemic, businesses able to shift their employees to remote work have done so with varying…
Though Maineâs response to the coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly taken a toll on the stateâs finances, the future budget outlook…
Maine is mourning the loss of Spencer Smith, a 16-year-old sophomore at Brunswick High School who tragically took his life…
Maine Policy Institute has previously noted the potential pitfalls of relying on a single health authority, especially one subject to political consequences,…
The Supreme Court of the United States recently voted to grant relief to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and…
School officials and building committees involved in Portlandâs elementary school renovations are seeking clarification on the energy requirements of the…
Certificate of Need (CON) laws are state regulatory procedures that require health care facilities to obtain permission from the state…
In a decision handed down late Thanksgiving Eve, a five-Justice majority of the Supreme Court struck down parts of New…
Itâs the start of a new term of the Maine Legislature, which means lawmakers have the task of selecting the…
The Reason Foundationâs 25th Annual Highway Report highlights something Mainers of all political stripes know well: We need to âfix…
One of the overlooked stories on Election Day was the defeat of pro-carbon tax politicians across the nation and here in…
Coronaviruses don’t get more deadly or dangerous after dark. Yet across the country, leaders are imposing new curfews on their residents…
If you like individual liberty, economic freedom and self-determination, 2020 probably wasnât the year for you. Chief executives across the country…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey used his bully pulpit this week to remind the people of Maine that they are…
A number of iconic Maine businesses have closed this year due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic…
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently came under fire for comments he made at the Federalist Societyâs National Lawyers Convention.…
Gov. Janet Mills announced on Thursday new, last-minute restrictions on businesses to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Maine. Starting…
Portland residents approved on November 3 an ordinance that increases the cityâs minimum wage from $12 an hour to $15…
As COVID-19 case counts rise across the United States and Europe, it is important to understand how we identify active…
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the service sector, made millions unemployed, and forced many of us who still do have…
Last year, the Maine Legislature and Governor Janet Mills enacted a pair of bills curtailing the growth of the stateâs…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills joined Maine Public to shed crocodile tears for frontline workers who have been put in…
Portland voters approved Question A on their local ballots last week, an initiative opposed by the cityâs mayor and most…
Governor Janet Mills’ latest batch of doomsday rhetoric is an admission that her coronavirus narrative is falling apart. In describing…
Should Americans be allowed to freelance? Progressive Democrats have been pushing legislation at the state and federal level that would force gig economy companies…
With Maineâs 2020 statewide general election behind us, itâs time to look ahead to the first regular session of the…
When Gov. Janet Mills updated her mask mandate last week to require Mainers to wear face coverings in public no…
Science, science science. Itâs all about the science. Is it really, though? From the start of the pandemic to where…
With more than 90% of the votes counted in Massachusetts, it appears that the initiative to implement Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV)…
Thinking about getting together with family for the holiday season? Think again. Just when you thought coronavirus restrictions couldnât get…
Last Friday, Lindsey Crete, spokesperson for Governor Janet Mills, hinted to the Maine media that more economic restrictions would be…
COVID-19 has changed a lot about our lives in 2020, including how we vote. Millions more Americans are expected to…
Perhaps the only thing worse than being subjected to seemingly arbitrary and intrusive rules imposed to fight a pandemic is…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills joined Maine CDC director Dr. Nirav Shah on Wednesday to provide an update on the state…
A poll released Monday by UMass Amherst and WCVB is showing a tightening race among Massachusetts voters on Ranked-Choice Voting…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled late last week that absentee ballots must be returned to municipal clerks by Election…
A recent Ipsos poll asked 1,001 Massachusetts adults about a number of issues, including their thoughts about ranked-choice voting (RCV).…
The recent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg certainly sent massive political shockwaves throughout the country, as did…
Maine Policy Institute and a coalition of 17 other organizations sent letters to their respective governors this week urging them…
In a recent interview on Lockdown TV, Dr. Scott Atlas, a healthcare policy scholar, medical scientist and member of the…
I listened last week to the questioning of Judge Amy Coney Barrett by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and…
In less than three weeks, or earlier if voting by absentee, you will be taking part in the 2020 election.…
Better late than never, I suppose. Maine finally began disbursing grants to struggling small businesses and nonprofits with CARES Act…
The Portland Press Herald’s editorial board isnât buying what the Southern Maine Democratic Socialists of America are selling, and it’s…
Our relationship with the arts has been severely and permanently altered this year. As every day passes, it appears more…
Last week, the Cato Institute released the newest edition of its Fiscal Policy Report Card on Americaâs Governors. The instituteâs…
In this election, Maine voters will become the first in any state to cast their ballots for president of the…
Three leading epidemiologists gathered in Massachusetts on Sunday to sign the Great Barrington Declaration, a public call to end lockdown…
The National Federation of Independent Business Research Center released a new nationwide survey Wednesday that underscores how difficult the last…
Late last week, the Michigan Supreme Court in a 4-3 vote ruled that emergency orders issued by Governor Gretchen Whitmer…
In a shameless act of cultural appropriation, this weekâs column title takes the Black Lives Matter / Antifa / âmostly…
You may think the words of this title are harsh, and they are for an America rapidly disappearing. But I submit…
Political campaigns are in full swing and, once again, the debate on health care is dominating the landscape, specifically how…
It’s Supreme Court nomination time again, and the result is predictable. The usual suspects on the progressive left, especially those…
The systemic racism industry has had its sweet multimillion consulting racket exposed and trumped. The President used his âpen and…
When we hear about the challenge of testing for the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), we often hear that tests may take a…
The Trump administration’s controversial nationwide eviction moratorium, issued through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this month,…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills recently signed a curtailment order to keep the stateâs budget stable during this seemingly never-ending period…
âIf you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.â- Moshe Dayan âYou can only…
Rising Tide Brewing, a popular brewery located in Portland, faces a national labor complaint filed by a former employee who…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that ranked-choice voting must be used in the stateâs upcoming presidential election, making…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills issued a âcurtailment order,â a tool Maine governors can wield to balance budgets after the…
Every citizen who meets statutory qualifications has the right to vote, and to have their ballot counted. Just as importantly,…
Itâs no secret that 2020 is a year like no other, and COVID-19 has challenged âthe way life should beâ here in…
Parts of the western United States look like scenes from an apocalyptic movieâa red-orange tinge across everything, literally blotting out…
A pair of lawsuits that mirror a Maine-based legal challenge (currently pending in the First Circuit Court of Appeals) has…
The BDN editorial boardâs recent commentary on the state budget shortfall reminds us how different one personâs reality can be…
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) issued a press release Monday raising concerns about the implementation of Maineâs new…
Aquaboggan in Saco was forced to close in late August after receiving a cease-and-desist order from the Saco Police. The…
Bowing to pressure from the Mills administration, the Maine Principalsâ Association announced Thursday that it will not allow football or…
I’m an engineer by aptitude, education, and vocation. Those of you who are also one, or know or live with an…
Last week marked the beginning of my 37th year at the University of Maine Machias and my 47th consecutive September…
My colleagues and I have previously written on the State of Maineâs impending revenue shortfall, which is projected to top…
Recently, some on social media have shared a misrepresentation of an August 26 update to the US Centers for Disease…
After telling the public that the Maine Principalsâ Association (MPA) would have the final say in returning to high school…
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is challenging a decision issued last week by a Superior Court judge to allow a…
Do you remember this spring when we were told to stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19? To close…
School closures have affected over 55 million Kâ12 students in the U.S. since March as the nation deals with the coronavirus pandemic.…
The Maine Principalsâ Associationâs (MPA) Interscholastic Management Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to accept the recommendation of the associationâs Sports…
In mid-August, the board of directors of Regional School Unit 18, a school district spanning five towns just west of…
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released a new survey Monday of small businesses that shows some are struggling…
A judge ruled late Monday that the Maine Republican Party collected enough valid signatures to advance a peopleâs veto question…
We are quickly approaching Labor Day and the end to the summer season here in Maine. When it comes to…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday the creation of a new small business grant program to provide relief to struggling…
Researchers studying sewage samples from southern Brazil found remnants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, as early as last November. This…
August rolled in and although the garden looks good, I cannot say the same for Maine, the Republic or freedom.…
On August 13, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued a judgment regarding a referendum planned for November which would have…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released a report on the state of mental health among…
The latest report from Maineâs Revenue Forecasting Committee (RFC), published earlier this month, revised its estimate of the state governmentâs…
Maine Policy Institute today released a new report that sheds light on the harmful effects of Governor Janet Millsâ economic…