Governor Janet Mills updated Maine’s statewide vaccination plan Wednesday to make teachers and childcare providers, regardless of age, eligible for…
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With thousands of schools still closed or partially closed across the country, millions of American families are struggling to find…
School closures have affected over 55 million K–12 students in the U.S. since March as the nation deals with the coronavirus pandemic.…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Labor and Housing Committee will hold work a work session Thursday on a bill that would give…
Who should be in charge of local education policy? Should it be parents and families, or labor unions? This session…
Twenty-two public policy organizations filed amicus briefs last week urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Reisman v. Associated Faculties…
The majority members of Maine’s Legislative Council voted Friday to kill along party lines a pair of nonpartisan emergency bill…
On October 23, Maine’s Legislative Council voted to advance LR 3100, a legislative request that would prohibit public employers from…
The Legislative Council on Wednesday met to vote on nearly 400 bills submitted by lawmakers for consideration in the second…
The Constitution of Maine explicitly states all bills passed by the legislature become law 90 days after adjournment. That means all non-emergency…
Last month, Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson released a formal opinion that said the state is not in compliance with…
The state of Maine currently prevents employees who work in the public-sector from using a common instrument in the organized…
Senator Rebecca Millett, the chair of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, has introduced LD 898, “An Act to Provide…
This piece was first published in the Portland Press Herald. I am an associate professor at the University of Maine…
Last week I spoke to you about the reforms we are proposing for the child welfare system, including better staff…
On Thursday, July 26, two public-sector unions in Maine and Minnesota granted a member’s demand to immediately cancel union membership…
“Detroit is the rotten fruit of uncontested progressive socialism.” — Editorial, Investor’s Business Daily, July 19 It didn’t take long…