A recent report submitted for a ranked-choice voting (RCV) lawsuit in Maine highlights the deleterious effects of the system and…
Four Maine citizens filed a lawsuit late last week against Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, Attorney General Aaron Frey and…
On Friday, Maine’s Energy, Utilities, and Technology committee voted 8-1 to amend a bill that would allow for the state…
A coalition of state-based think tanks launched a new nationwide campaign Friday to educate voters about the pitfalls of ranked-choice…
I have been deeply disappointed to see the strike going on at Bath Iron Works (BIW). As a resident of…
On Tuesday morning, Rep. Dale Crafts officially secured the Republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional District in a ranked-choice vote…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills’ Economic Recovery Committee released recommendations urging the administration to spend $1.1 billion to support and…
A recent commentary published in the Journal of Pediatrics encourages schools to reopen, citing that children rarely transmit COVID-19 to…
On Friday, Governor Janet Mills released guidelines for schools as they consider whether or not to return to in-person instruction…
Bath Iron Works (BIW) filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last Friday against a striking labor…
Senate President Troy Jackson and Speaker of the House Sara Gideon began polling Maine lawmakers on Tuesday to gauge their…
As the school year fast approaches, only one item in the curriculum seems guaranteed: change. Maine students will resume school…
A survey conducted by Rep. Justin Fecteau and Rep. Heidi Sampson indicates that Maine students are eager to return to school…
Much has happened since I last delivered one of our radio addresses where I reminded Mainers that we are in…
Now that Governor Mills has signaled through her executive orders that the 2020 summer tourist season was over before it…
We’ve been watching the judicial gyrations over the fate of retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn for weeks. Each week a…
In the past 13 years, Maine voters have approved 38 of 39 bond issues on the ballot, totaling $1.43 billion…
A pending ballot initiative is quietly seeking to expand negotiable items for teachers’ unions to include class sizes and planning…
These days, in states across the nation, public health officials are discovering more and more cases of COVID-19 among their…
Under the “Keep Maine Healthy” program, Governor Janet Mills announced on Monday, June 8, her plan to provide an alternative…
During periods of crisis, some of the most innovative solutions to problems have been developed. Consider, for instance, some of…
Governors and bureaucrats are picking and choosing which parts of the Constitution they chose to obey or ignore on any…
As the July 14th primary election nears, Maine voters have requested absentee ballots that far exceed numbers from previous years. …
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down a Montana provision prohibiting state aid to religious schools. …
On Monday, June 15, Governor Mills’ office released guidelines for town meetings and elections for Phase 2 of the reopening…
In mid-May, I spent almost 15 hours over two days in a Zoom training/symposium on the learning management system that…
On June 11, Maine’s Department of Education (DOE) released a working draft listing a series of recommendations that may be…
Our Governor assumed full control of our state economy in the face of the coronavirus. The Governor’s stated purpose was to prevent the virus from spiraling…
On Monday, Governor Janet Mills announced that she will not allow bars to reopen for indoor service as originally scheduled…
On Sunday evening, members of Local S6 voted to reject Bath Iron Works’ (BIW) final offer for a collective bargaining…
In November 2003, Maine Indoor Karting (MIK) opened its doors, becoming the first and only indoor go-karting facility in Maine.…
We grow up being told to “look both ways before you cross the street.” Whether we knew it at the…
To state the obvious, Maine’s economy is in trouble. The 14 day quarantine has already wrecked the early and middle…
On Monday, Governor Janet Mills announced that restaurants in Androscoggin, Cumberland, and York counties may offer dine-in services beginning Wednesday,…
The Maine Republican Party says it has collected enough signatures to challenge a new law expanding the use of ranked-choice…
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the website MoneyGeek has been analyzing unemployment in state economies by sector and updating…
On Thursday, June 11, the Windham Town Council voted 5-2 to pass a resolution declaring all businesses essential. Last night, Auburn’s…
The Maine Legislature may soon reconvene three months after lawmakers adjourned the 2020 session, giving Governor Janet Mills full authority…
Mark Walsh, Vice President of Ocean Properties, criticized Governor Janet Mills’ and her testing alternative for out-of-state visitors in a…
Within the state of Maine, an ongoing mental health crisis persists even in the era of COVID-19. In lieu of…
Yesterday, a few dozen people gathered in the parking lot of American Legion Post 19 in Sanford to raise awareness…
Dominic Petrillo, owner of Petrillo’s restaurant in Freeport, got his license temporarily suspended on Monday for serving customers indoors despite…
Four restaurants in southern Maine are suing Governor Janet Mills over COVID-19 restrictions that prevent them from fully reopening. Mills’…
On Monday, Governor Janet Mills announced an alternative to the 14 day quarantine for out-of- state visitors as part of…
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voiced frustration last Thursday after Department of Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman failed to…
Four businesses in Portland––Novare Res, Sagamore Hill Lounge, Tomaso’s Canteen, and Rising Tide Brewing––have acquired restaurant licenses that will allow…
A few weeks ago, I read about the City of Calais declaring all businesses as essential and the city giving…
More than 30 hotels in Maine are asking Governor Janet Mills to remove the 14 day quarantine for out-of-state visitors. …
On Friday, Governor Janet Mills released her response to requests from Speaker of the House Sara Gideon and Senate President…
This piece was originally published in the Portland Press Herald Businesses throughout Maine are closing their doors, some permanently and others…
The Gorham town council voted 6-1 Tuesday evening to pass a resolution calling for the reopening of all Gorham businesses.…
Time is running out. Time is running out for the segment of our population that has no job, no income,…
The leaders of the minority Republicans in the Maine Senate on Wednesday sent a letter to the presiding officers of…
On Tuesday, Scott Sullivan, head of the Maine Brewers Guild, a nonprofit trade association that represents the state’s craft brewing…
On March 17, Nelson Moody, owner of Yankee Lanes bowling alley in Brunswick, closed his doors and the business has…
On May 15, Governor Mills issued an executive order delegating authority to the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to prohibit the…
Today’s political climate is exceptionally partisan and overly sensationalized. It’s that way on purpose. Stoking emotional fires leads to more…
Maine citizens are becoming increasingly divided. It didn’t have to be this way. What started out as a unified effort…
On Thursday, May 14, Maine Policy Institute hosted an online panel discussion with three Maine-based lawyers of diverse experience and…
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers representing rural towns in Androscoggin and Cumberland counties sent a letter to Governor Janet Mills…
Patty and Scott Ruppert own Live Well Farm, a destination wedding venue in Harpswell that they operate seasonally from the…
In a press statement released late Monday afternoon, House Minority Leader Rep. Kathleen Dillingham unveiled a new proposal meant to…
Recent stories of farmers euthanizing livestock and dumping milk have startled many Americans, particularly those of us attempting to weather…
Seven groups representing different facets of Maine’s tourism and hospitality industry sent an open letter to Maine Governor Janet Mills…
The COVID-19 crisis feeds into the progressive belief that a crisis is an opportunity to further an agenda by other-than-constitutional…
Last Friday, Maine Governor Janet Mills released a revision to her phased reopening plan, announcing that restaurants, retail stores and…
Governor Janet Mills announced changes to her plan to reopen Maine’s economy Friday during a press conference with Maine CDC…
On March 15, Maine Governor Janet Mills declared a civil state of emergency enabling her use of emergency powers to enhance and…
Governor Janet Mills alluded to forthcoming changes to her plan to reopen Maine’s economy Wednesday during a press conference with…
We all knew it was probably inevitable, but it is here, finally – the global pandemic which was occasionally scratching…
On Saturday evening, the Republican leaders in the House and Senate, with the backing of their caucus, sent a letter…
Like most Mainers, I deferred to the scientists and health experts when the coronavirus arrived in the United States, and…
I’m not a doctor but I played one in real life. I served as a hospital corpsman in the United…
Governor Mills unveiled her multi-phase plan for slowly reopening the Maine economy on Tuesday during a press conference with Maine…
Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque sent Maine Governor Janet Mills a letter Tuesday requesting she lift the statewide stay at home…
Maine Policy Institute on Monday sent to Governor Janet Mills a list of recommendations for reopening the state economy. The…
Unnecessary spending in Governor Janet Mills’ biennial budget, approved by Maine lawmakers in 2019, is going to come back to…
The Coronavirus pandemic has us engaged in “warfare” whether we wanted it or not. And it’s truly a “World War”…
Dear Governor Mills, Many Mainers are facing desperate times. I would like to offer my thoughts for consideration so together…
The Committee on Ranked Choice Voting, one of the primary proponents of the new voting system brought to Maine in…
Maine Governor Janet Mills signed an executive order Thursday that effectively prevents the immediate eviction of tenants for the duration…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting Wednesday an additional 4 deaths in Maine due to the…
Governor Janet Mills announced Tuesday she signed a proclamation extending until May 15 her previous state of civil emergency order…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 698 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Maine, according to Dr.…
On Thursday, April 9, Maine Policy Institute hosted a panel of veteran homeschoolers and educators for a virtual townhall to…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 586 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Maine and one additional…
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 560 and two more Mainers passed away as a result of the…
Two more Mainers passed away overnight as a result of COVID-19 according to Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maine grew by 20 overnight to 519 total infections, according to Dr. Nirav…
The number of coronavirus vases in Maine has grown to 499 according to Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine…
A few short weeks ago, could you have imagined what you’d be doing now: Homeschooling? Do you want to homeschool?…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maine jumped by 41 overnight to 344 total cases and two more Mainers…
Governor Janet Mills issued a stay at home order for the State of Maine during a press conference Tuesday evening…
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Maine has jumped to 303 according to Dr. Nirav Shah, director of…
Maine recorded its second and third deaths caused by the coronavirus over the weekend, according to Maine Center for Disease…
Governor Janet Mills issued an executive order last week that indefinitely extends expiration dates on all vehicle inspection stickers and…
Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday she is extending the state of Maine’s income tax filing deadline in step with action…
With recent reports of staggering numbers of new U.S. unemployment claims–including over 21,000 in Maine alone–the oft-forgotten segments of the…
Governor Janet Mills issued an executive order today that eases occupational licensing rules for health professionals and makes telehealth services…
Maine Governor Janet Mills and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, held a…