Medicaid-expansion advocates plan to bring busloads of able-bodied adults to DHHS offices on July 2 to enroll in MaineCare. But the Legislature…
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Economists have long criticized politicians’ penchant for creating narrow legal carveouts and targeted tax exemptions to lure large corporations. Both…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor…
The days are winding down until the June 12th primary elections take place, and negativity has intensified among the candidates.…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor…
In addition to the ill feelings I shared yesterday regarding the reprehensible partisan behavior exhibited by House leadership this session,…
Advocates of ranked-choice voting (RCV) commonly claim that their preferred method of deciding elections boosts civic engagement, channels the true…
Despite its relatively minimal impact on Maine workers, the labor issue presently garnering the most attention in Maine politics is…
Earlier this year, the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a left-wing think tank, published an article written by its budget…
Americans paid their 2017 federal and state income taxes this week. Filing taxes isn’t a pleasant or easy task, but…
Ever since Cain slew Abel with a rock, human society has struggled with an age-old question: how do we prevent…
Maine still has a chance to fix its broken ballot initiative process this legislative session. In a surprise move, Maine’s…
On Monday, April 9, at 1:30 p.m., Maine’s Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs will hold public hearing…
Yesterday, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced that “ranked-choice voting can’t occur in June without legislative action.” This was…
The federal tax cuts will provide about $1 billion in tax relief this year and next to Maine families and…
A lot of ink has been spilled detailing the catastrophic consequences of crafting tax policy through public referendum, as left-wing…
Here we go again. There’s another referendum on the ballot this fall that sounds too good to be true. Trust…
The Editorial team at the Bangor Daily News (BDN) held onto my recently published Op-Ed just long enough to put…
Maine’s experimental education model, proficiency-based learning, has received strong pushback in recent weeks from various communities around the state as…
We need to make sure that employees in Maine do not see the same cut in pay that’s happening to…
The sharing economy, including platforms like Lyft, Uber and Airbnb, present new and unique economic opportunities to the many Mainers…
It’s been 100 days since voters passed the referendum to expand Medicaid. So far, the legislature has done nothing to…
This article was originally published in the Sun Journal. Nearly two years ago I decided to run for office with…
Maine’s Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services recently held public hearing for a flurry of child care bills…
Maine employers have been struggling to meet the demands of Question 4 since its passage. The initial swell in 2017…
Occupational licensing is intended to safeguard the public from unqualified, incompetent charlatans whose low-quality goods and services put the health…
Too many Maine families are facing skyrocketing property taxes that strain household budgets. Our elderly on fixed incomes are particularly…
In 2016, Maine voters approved Question 4, a measure that incrementally increases Maine’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by…
Legislation in the second session of each Maine Legislature is reserved for the Governor’s bills, budgetary matters and emergency legislation…
Every American citizen should have the right to earn a living and the freedom to pursue the profession of his…
I just received a notice to apply for a license (new city ordinance they slipped through during the summer) to…
Perhaps the most inaccurate narrative being pushed by lobbyists and special-interest groups in Augusta is that the Maine Legislature is…
I have laid out four basic principles to guide the Legislature’s decision on how to pay for Medicaid expansion. We…
Proponents of Medicaid expansion have not been honest with the Maine people. They claim it’s free because the federal government…
It took a lot of work to balance Maine’s budget, bring fiscal responsibility to state government and restore our rainy…
I had the privilege of spending some time in your state earlier this year and I truly enjoyed spending time…
Maine voters will decide tomorrow at the ballot box whether to expand Medicaid coverage to childless, able-bodied working age adults…
The Maine people are being told that if Medicaid is not expanded, children and the elderly will suffer. Folks, it’s…
The Maine Legislature voted on Monday to delay the implementation of ranked-choice voting until December 2021, meaning ranked-choice voting could…
For those who attended or streamed the public hearing for LD 1646, “An Act to Bring Maine’s Ranked-Choice Voting Law…
The Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs will convene on Monday, Oct. 16 to hold a public hearing on LD…
Special-interest groups are using the ballot box to push initiatives that are bad for Maine. For seven years, I have…
When it comes to Medicaid expansion, at one time, Maine was ahead of the curve. In 2002, long before the…
If you (and your wallet) are fed up with progressive tax-and-spend ballot initiatives, don’t expect them to end any time…
If we are going to save the American healthcare system, we need your help—and we need it now. I have…
Over the past seven years, the state of Maine has made enormous strides in reducing the tax burden on its…
This November, Mainers will be asked a familiar question: should our State expand the Medicaid welfare program? Not only has…
After accepting feedback from Maine citizens throughout a 30-day public comment period, Democratic Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap made minuscule…
There is not a group of like-minded thinkers as counterproductive as liberals. With grand ideas like Medicaid expansion (which did…
It’s imperative that government spends public funds in the best interest of its citizens. With this in mind, the people…
Proponents of Medicaid expansion often assert that expansion insures more people and leads to a healthier population. As Maine knows…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) released its newest original research report, Reject Medicaid Expansion, on Monday morning during a…
Dedicating more public funds to a government program is not a measure of successful policy. It never has been, and…
An important bill offering ballot initiative reform was voted down in the Senate on Thursday after Senate Democrats blocked the…
During last year’s general election cycle, the people of Maine saw a record number of citizens’ initiatives up for a…
Democrats can pretend to have made out like bandits in budget negotiations, but it’s no enigma who truly won the…
There are numerous anecdotal reasons that conservatives oppose raising the minimum wage. Doing so increases labor costs for companies, which…
Health care is perhaps the most complex and contentious issue being debated throughout Maine and the country today. At the…
Due to the hard work and dedication of a number of conservative leaders across the state, Maine recently enacted a…
The Common Core State Standards, since their adoption in 2011, have been an expensive and harmful experiment that threatens Maine’s…
Maine is one step closer to a manageable, cost-effective health care system that enhances choice and access to services. Gov.…
One of Maine’s most pressing public policy challenges is controlling the cost of healthcare. In 2009, the most recent year…
During his first term in the legislature, Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason, R-Androscoggin, spearheaded legislation that established the first charter…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, and try again… with all of the money and misinformation you can accumulate.…
Maine voters faced a number of far-reaching ballot initiatives last November, including Question 5, which enacted Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) in…
When the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) was passed in 1996, it had noble intentions. Maine has a long history…
In August 2016, during the week celebrating the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary, former President Barack Obama designated the Katahdin…
Tired of being forced to have your car inspected every year? Do you think the only beneficiaries of Maine’s inspection…
Since the release of the House Republican “plan” for repealing Obamacare, conservative reaction has been dismal at best. It has…
Are you as concerned as I am about campus leftists shutting down debate on urgent public policy issues? Do you…
Every child is unique. What may work for one, will in many cases not work for another. When it comes…
In November, the Trump-Pence ticket carried the Electoral College by 74 votes out of 538. They won the election. The…
The citizens’ initiative is a procedural piece of legislation invented by progressives to divest power from elected representatives to the…
With all of the excitement (deservedly so) surrounding President-Elect Trump’s announcement that 1,100 Carrier jobs in Indiana will be saved,…
When I swore in the 128th Legislature this week, I urged them to reduce the negative impact of two referendum…
Democracy is contrived to be a panacea of human liberation, and the fountain of justice which will cure all social…
Since 2010, average residential New England electric rates have increased by 20 percent. But in Maine, they have remained essentially…
The recounts for Questions 1 and 2 are almost ready to begin, but there is no significant hope for either…
Maine GOP Chairman Rick Bennett released the following statement in response to the dismissal of the appeal of Speaker Mark…
In the months leading up to the presidential election, we’ve often heard Hillary Clinton speaking of “…trumped up, trickle-down economics.”…
Since Donald Trump won the presidential election, there have been protests and riots in several areas of the country. For…
Question 4, a citizen initiative passed by Maine voters in 2016, increased the minimum wage in Maine from $7.50/hour in…
It is day seven into Trump’s America, yet the sky hasn’t fallen. In fact, the world looks much as it…
We have a lot of work to do in the upcoming Legislative session. If we are going to make progress,…
As today’s world evolves toward a more progressive education system, it seems that we are struggling to catch on in…
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” -Barry Goldwater…
by Alec Gagnon Pilot fighting in the air and sea who feels the damage of the war and ship and…
Veterans Day has been celebrated in many ways since 1926. And one of the best ways to honor are country’s…
The other day I was in the grocery store with several of my children doing my weekly grocery shop. As…
Mainers weren’t supposed to defeat Michael Bloomberg’s agenda on the ballot yesterday. His propaganda was too powerful, his budget was…
Governor LePage on Question 2 harming Maine’s economyGovernor LePage explains Question 2 – the referendum on increasing taxes which will…
Emily Cain wants you to believe that she has anything in common with the average person living in Maine’s Second Congressional…
One of the greatest honors of my life is serving on behalf of the citizens, families and small businesses of…
When Press Secretary Adrienne Bennett requested the opinion piece be considered for publication, Portland Press Herald Editor Greg Kesich said,…
As this everlasting election cycle winds down, none too soon, I thought I would focus on a single issue in…
Passage of Question 2 would catapult Maine from its newly established position in the middle of the pack to one…