Critique of Maine’s Health Reform Law Misses the Mark
As Maine’s successful reforms to its health insurance market in 2011 continue to fuel the national conversation about ObamaCare repeal and replacement, progressives are desperate to paint those reforms as […]
Read More →Effort to Expand Medicaid at the Ballot Box is Bad for Maine
They’re at it again. Having repeatedly failed to achieve Medicaid expansion through the legislative process, liberals in Maine have succeeded in putting it on the ballot this November. Despite the […]
Read More →Maine School Management Association Weighs in on Question 2
This week, the Maine School Management Association (MSMA) – a nonprofit comprised of the Maine School Boards Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association – released a white paper on […]
Read More →Tax Flight Is Real; Question 2 Would Make It Worse
Many liberal groups, including the Maine People’s Alliance, the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Economic Policy Institute, assert that higher taxes on millionaires does little to motivate them […]
Read More →Question 4: Eliminating the Tip Credit Is Bad for Business
In the last few months, The Maine Wire has drawn attention to the dangers of Question 4, a proposal on the ballot this November to raise the minimum wage over […]
Read More →Child Care Regulations Price Low-Income Families Out of Market
For many families with young children, especially single-parent households, child care is critical to being able work and earn a living. In 2015, an estimated 53,000 young children in Maine […]
Read More →It Takes 1,500 Hours to Become a Barber in Maine
Your barber has to get government permission to cut hair, or risk jail time. In Maine, barbers must be at least 17 years old, have completed 10th grade or its […]
Read More →Minimum Wage Advocates Disregard Evidence
As The Maine Wire has repeatedly shown here, here and here, proponents of a minimum wage increase in Maine seem more concerned with soundbites than responsible public policy. The Maine People’s […]
Read More →Mainers Are One Step Closer to Affordable Health Care
Today, the state Senate voted on a party line vote of 20-15 to pass the minority report of LD 1305. Legislative Document 1305, “An Act To Encourage Health Insurance Consumers […]
Read More →Federal Proposal Could Increase Business Costs by $900 Million Annually
The Department of Labor is considering two new rules that would have sweeping effects on small businesses, retirees, and investors. Though the regulations have yet to be finalized, they are […]
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