Maine becomes newest battleground in the Left’s assault on the suburbs
Throughout the country, radical politicians are waging war on the American Dream by attempting to eliminate a staple of American life – the single-family home in a safe residential neighborhood […]
Read More →Big Labor vs. Taxpayers Index – Maine Ranks #30
The Competitive Enterprise Institute recently released a fascinating index called the “Big Labor versus Taxpayers Index.” The institute uses 1,150 data points to rank the states based on whether they […]
Read More →Is it Open? Is it Transparent? No, it’s Super Congress!
Superman had a lot of power, but I don’t recall him ever having the opportunity to reduce the U.S. debt by $1.2 trillion. Twelve “Super” members of Congress will soon […]
Read More →Why Maine Needs Public Pension Reform
You might remember back in October 2010 when we added government retiree data to MaineOpenGov.org. It showed some pretty shocking things, like the fact that thousands of government retirees will […]
Read More →More Open and Accountable Government: Everyone Wants it, Except Government
It stands to reason that in light of the current state of government, with all of its scandal, corruption, and illegal wasting of taxpayer dollars that we would consider strengthening […]
Read More →New Data, Same Old Story: Maine Government Payrolls Continue to Grow
The newest update to MaineOpenGov.org is a big one. 13 years of Maine state government payroll, dating all the way back to 1997. As far as I can tell, it […]
Read More →Turnpike Authority Salary Growth Taking A Toll On Maine
We knew that the Maine Turnpike Authority was wasting public toll dollars on gift cards, bathroom art and left-wing groups. Now, thanks to MaineOpenGov.org, we can see exactly how the […]
Read More →Maine Turnpike Authority: Driving Maine’s Professional Left
The Maine Heritage Policy Center exists solely because of the generosity of our 1,500 individual donors. We accept no government money, and it works out great; we don’t want it, […]
Read More →Time to Repeal ObamaCare
As Congress nears a historic vote on the repeal of ObamaCare, it would be a good idea for us to take a moment to remind ourselves why this legislation needs […]
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Rep. Dill in a Clean Elections Pickle
Another election year, another great reason to end the welfare for politicians that is Maine Clean Elections. There are countless problems with the “clean” elections system – the matching funds […]
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