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Commentary
Opinion: Property tax ‘stabilization’ program shifts burden to state taxpayers
Libby Palanza
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July 29, 2022
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News
Opinion: Mills’ broadband bureaucracy expands with massive infusions of Biden bucks
Nick Murray
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July 28, 2022
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News
Property tax stabilization program for seniors raises concerns for towns and taxpayers
Katherine Revello
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July 20, 2022
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Commentary
Why Biden’s claim of cutting the deficit is false, in a single chart
Eric Boehm
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June 17, 2022
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Commentary
Do we really need 100 different federal programs to fund broadband?
Joe Lancaster
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June 6, 2022
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News
Maine’s $850 checks to start hitting mailboxes by next week
Katherine Revello
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June 1, 2022
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Commentary
Government greed caused inflation, for the record
Hannah Cox
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May 31, 2022
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News
Extra day of session results in substantial legislative spending spree
Katherine Revello
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April 26, 2022
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News
Lawmakers enact budget agreement, House rejects Gov. Mills’ utility accountability proposal
Katherine Revello
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April 19, 2022
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News
Lawmakers reach budget agreement, approve House Speaker’s housing bill
Katherine Revello
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April 15, 2022
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Commentary
Opinion: Runaway spending defies Maine values
Ed Thelander
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April 15, 2022
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Commentary
‘Inflation tax’ will cost families this many thousands this year, Bloomberg analysis warns
Brad Polumbo
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April 4, 2022
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News
Both parties outline spending priorities with less than three weeks until adjournment
Katherine Revello
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April 4, 2022
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News
Appropriations Committee Democrats sink plan to accelerate disbursement of direct relief checks
Katherine Revello
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March 21, 2022
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News
Gov. Mills’ final supplemental budget plan increases value of relief checks to $850
Katherine Revello
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March 21, 2022
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News
Revenue Forecasting Committee revises projected surplus upwards by $411 million
Katherine Revello
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March 1, 2022
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News
Governor Mills unveils $850 million supplemental budget that would lift state spending to record levels
Katherine Revello
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February 15, 2022
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News
Gov. Mills pitches $500 relief checks, new education and broadband spending in State of the State address
Katherine Revello
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February 10, 2022
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News
Gov. Mills’ earmarks $8 million for child welfare system in forthcoming supplemental budget
Katherine Revello
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February 8, 2022
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Commentary
America’s huge pile of national debt makes combating inflation more difficult
Eric Boehm
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January 13, 2022
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Commentary
Rand Paul exposes eight insane ways the feds wasted our money in 2021
Brad Polumbo
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December 30, 2021
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News
Maine has a projected $822 million surplus. Lawmakers will debate how to spend it next session
Katherine Revello
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November 29, 2021
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Commentary
Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar spending plans & tax hikes will have three devastating economic consequences, study warns
Brad Polumbo
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September 27, 2021
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News
Matt Dunlap ‘confident’ he’ll meet state auditor requirements by statutory deadline
Katherine Revello
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August 5, 2021
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Commentary
The billionaire space race: Another giant leap for mankind
Nick Linder
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July 28, 2021
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News
Maine’s ARPA spending package becomes law without legislative compromise
Katherine Revello
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July 21, 2021
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Commentary
Unnecessary government spending helps fuel inflation
Nick Linder
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July 19, 2021
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News
Legislature, governor pass $8.5 billion supplemental budget
Katherine Revello
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July 6, 2021
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News
More wrangling to come on supplemental budget, federal relief spending
Katherine Revello
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June 17, 2021
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Economy
Why should Mainers pay more for closed government schools?
Jacob Posik
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May 18, 2021
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Commentary
The problems with Governor Mills’ giveaways for vaccines
Jacob Posik
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May 13, 2021
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Commentary
9 examples of unrelated waste and partisan spending in Biden’s $2 trillion ‘infrastructure’ plan
Brad Polumbo
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April 4, 2021
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Coronavirus
Maine localities set to receive nearly $500 million from federal government
Nick Murray
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April 1, 2021
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News
Democrats approve Maine’s next biennial budget on majority vote
Jacob Posik
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March 30, 2021
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Commentary
Majority budget showdown set for Tuesday in Augusta
Jacob Posik
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March 25, 2021
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Commentary
Democrats confirm plan to approve majority budget by April 1
Jacob Posik
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March 24, 2021
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Commentary
Are Maine Democrats moving ahead with a majority budget?
Jacob Posik
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March 23, 2021
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News
New analysis shows Mainers can’t keep up with government spending
Jacob Posik
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March 17, 2021
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Commentary
Economists warn we can’t keep ignoring the national debt
Brad Polumbo
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February 22, 2021
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News
Adding insult to injury: Governor Mills and the PPP
Nick Murray
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February 4, 2021
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Coronavirus
3 glaring problems with Joe Biden’s new multi-trillion COVID package
Brad Polumbo
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January 18, 2021
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News
Governor Mills among the most fiscally irresponsible governors in America
Jacob Posik
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October 12, 2020
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News
One-time gimmicks can’t fix Maine’s long-term budget woes
Jacob Posik
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September 28, 2020
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Economy
CBO projects highest rate of US debt-to-GDP since 1945
Nick Murray
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September 7, 2020
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News
Maine’s current economic forecast should prompt substantial spending cuts
Nick Murray
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August 12, 2020
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News
Whoops, we forgot to fix the roads
Jacob Posik
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February 18, 2020
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News
After massive spending increase in biennial budget, Governor Mills wants more
Jacob Posik
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February 4, 2020
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Commentary
Cartoon: Hard to please this Christmas
Maine Policy Institute
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December 23, 2019
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News
What Maine could learn from New Hampshire about fiscal responsibility
Adam Crepeau
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July 30, 2019
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Labor
Maine’s prevailing wage law is expensive and outdated
Niko Malhotra
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July 25, 2019
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News
Lawmakers will consider more than $2.1 billion in bonds next session
Adam Crepeau
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July 24, 2019
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News
Skewed priorities in the Mills administration
Adam Crepeau
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July 18, 2019
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News
Governor Mills signs bloated budget agreement into law
William Rolfe
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June 17, 2019
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News
Governor Mills’ revised budget grows spending but sends $20 million to rainy day fund
Adam Crepeau
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May 15, 2019
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News
Mills’ unsustainable budget set to bankrupt Maine
Jim Hamper
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February 15, 2019
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News
Fixing addiction from the ground up
Conner Drigotas
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February 6, 2019
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News
State and local governments are spending too much money
Liam Sigaud
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January 14, 2019
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News
Mainers deserve better than rushed budget deals
Jacob Posik
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June 15, 2017
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National
LePage Named Most Fiscally Responsible Governor in America
Krysta West
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October 5, 2016
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Commentary
Another Dangerous Education Ballot Initiative
Plead the Fifth
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July 14, 2016
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Commentary
Deficits, Debts, and Drug Addiction
Pem Schaeffer
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February 29, 2016
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Commentary
Posik: Campaign Promises Are Empty Promises
Jacob Posik
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September 10, 2015
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Commentary
BDN Wrong about Income Tax and Spending
Patrick Marvin
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July 28, 2015
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Opinion: Property tax ‘stabilization’ program shifts burden to state taxpayers