The Top 10 Things Keeping Mainers Poor Released Today
AUGUSTA- Today, The Maine Heritage Policy Center released its latest piece of research, “The Top 10 Things Keeping Mainers Poor,” a comprehensive look at how government policy in Maine creates […]
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Release: Healthcare Costs in Maine Report Now Available
AUGUSTA- Today, The Maine Heritage Policy Center – Maine’s premier free market think tank – unveiled its latest research publication, Healthcare Costs in Maine. The report compares prices for common […]
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LD 1492: More Is Said Than Done
Last week, Governor Paul LePage delivered a letter to the 127th Legislature vetoing LD 1492, “An Act To Establish a Protocol for Review of State Education Content Standards of the […]
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Maine becomes 25th state to pass Right-to-Try
Yesterday, Governor Paul LePage (R) signed LD 180, “An Act To Allow Terminally Ill Patients To Use Experimental Treatments,” making Maine the 25th state to join the growing Right-to-Try movement. […]
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The $1.6 Billion Eyesore
The Ivanpah solar plant in the Mojave Desert is yet another example of what happens when the federal government interferes in the free market by subsidizing, or rather, artificially selecting […]
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Release: The Red Tape Guidebook Now Available
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2016 CONTACT: Krysta Lilly Director of Communications klilly@mainepolicy.org 207.321.2550 Augusta– Today, The Maine Heritage Policy Center, Maine’s foremost free-market think tank, officially released The Red […]
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We Should Have Been Farmers
“The mark of a healthy, dynamic market is having new firms constantly challenge the business models of old firms. Without this creative destruction, economies fail to serve consumer desires and […]
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Sunday Hunting “Blue Law” Puts Maine at a Disadvantage
Nearly every session there is at least one piece of legislation introduced to somehow chip away at the antiquated Sunday hunting prohibition in Maine, and each time it dies a swift death […]
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How Creativity Saves Money in Health care
There has been a lot of talk lately about the cost of health care in Maine, especially around L.D. 1305. While lawmakers attempt to address the issue in Augusta, some […]
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2016 Maine Piglet Book Now Available
Augusta- The Maine Heritage Policy Center, Maine’s foremost free-market think tank, officially released the 2016 Maine Piglet Book this morning. This publication is the newest in a series dating back […]
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