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Maine Policy Institute

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Individual Liberty

We advocate for policies that protect the rights of Maine citizens.

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We help Mainers keep more of their hard-earned money.

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We press Maine's leaders to empower individuals and the free market, not government.

Maine In Focus

BY Libby Palanza August 9, 2022

Maine has the infrastructure to make open enrollment a reality

BY Nick Murray August 3, 2022

Maine’s next legislature must clarify vague mineral mining law on lithium

BY Libby Palanza August 2, 2022

Limitations on cruise ships in Portland are harmful at best, ruinous at worst

The Case for Charter School Reform

Authors: Nick Murray, Director of Policy and Libby Palanza, Summer Policy Intern Introduction As has been the case for many students since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges

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Critical Social Justice in Maine Higher Education

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Scoring Emergency Executive Power in All 50 States (2022)

Click here to download the analysis Nick Murray, Policy Analyst “‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded

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School Choice Map of Maine

Click here to download the analysis By: Nick Murray, Policy Analyst KEY FINDINGS Students in 85% of Maine municipalities cannot be reimbursed for their educational choices, and may only exercise

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Sticker Shock: Maine’s Burdensome Vehicle Inspection Mandate

Click here for a printable version of the analysis Nick Murray, Policy Analyst Liam Sigaud, Research Associate KEY FINDINGS Maine is one of only 15 states which require annual vehicle [&

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Long-term Growth vs. Short-term Gimmicks: Maine’s Economy and Gov. Mills’ Second Biennial Budget

Click here for a printable version of the analysis Nick Murray, Policy Analyst J. Scott Moody, Chief Executive Officer, Granite Institute KEY FINDINGS Today, inflation-adjusted General Fund

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Scoring Emergency Executive Power in all 50 States (2021)

Nick Murray, Policy Analyst “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed,

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