Why Taxes Matter
Read the full report | It is known that taxpayers respond to tax incentives and disincentives. For example, a taxpayer may buy a larger house than they may “need” because […]
Read More →Beyond School District Reorganization: A Vision for Education Reform
Read the full report | Just before the December 1st deadline for Maine’s school units to submit their district reorganization plans, the Maine Department of Education released a long-awaited proposal […]
Read More →Maine Medicaid Check Up Series Part III: Non-Elderly Adult Medicaid Spending
Read the full report | Recently, Maine state revenue forecasters projected a $95 million budget gap for the current biennium. As the Legislature goes into session in January 2008, Medicaid […]
Read More →New York’s BOCES System: A Model for Maine?
Read the full report | Under the provisions of the school district reorganization law passed last spring, school and community leaders had until December 1 of this year to develop […]
Read More →Maine ranks #47 in tax climate for small business
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council recently released their 2007 Small Business Survival Index, and Maine is paying dearly for its poor tax policies. We are ranked #47 in the […]
Read More →How Many Mainers does it take to Fund One State Government Job?
Read the full report | It takes 18 Mainers working in the private sector to fund one Maine state government job. This result is due to a combination of the […]
Read More →The Mountain School at Winhall: How a Small New England Community Saved its School by Closing it.
Read the full report | Tucked into the hills of southern Vermont lies the small village of Winhall. Strung along Route 30 at the entrance to the Stratton Mountain ski area, […]
Read More →Maine State Government Employment
Read the full report | In the private sector, productivity is defined as the sum of all goods and services produced (as measured by Gross Domestic Product) divided by the […]
Read More →Maine’s Laptop Program is Improving Student Writing? Not so fast…
Read the full report | On October 24, 2007, the Maine Education Policy Research Institute at the University of Southern Maine released a report which claimed that the state’s five-year-old […]
Read More →2006 Maine State Government “Gravy Train” Update
Read the full report | Recently, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released new 2006 employment data and revised 2004-2006 personal income data. Chart 1 shows that a significant gap […]
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