Major Donor to Maine Campaign Finance Group Has History of Attempting to Buy Election
Sean Eldridge, a major financier of Mainers for Accountable Elections, the group behind Question 1 in November, has been accused of attempting to buy a congressional seat. In his 2014 run […]
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Why Have Past State TANF Drug-Testing Programs Been So Ineffective?
One of the most common criticisms lauded against state TANF drug-testing programs is their consistent failure to effectively identify sufficient proportions of substance abusers within the number of welfare recipients […]
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Maine DHHS Institutes Asset Test for Food Stamps
An estimated 8,600 food stamp recipients in Maine whose assets exceed $5,000 may soon be ineligible to receive benefits, according to a new policy announced by the Maine Department of […]
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The Irony of Opposing Welfare Drug Screenings
There is a heavy dose of irony in the efforts of those who actively oppose policies for drug screening/testing programs for welfare recipients. The road these “defenders of the poor” […]
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Responding to the Criticisms of TANF Drug Testing
Following the first phase of screenings in Maine’s new drug-testing program for TANF recipients with prior felony drug convictions, state and national media outlets unleashed a wave of criticism directed […]
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Clarifying Exactly How Maine’s New Drug-Testing Program for TANF Recipients Works
This is the first installment of a weekly series focused on discussing how drug-testing programs for TANF recipients benefit the state, taxpayers, and most of all the recipients themselves. It […]
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The Liberals’ Hypocritical Dark Money Machine
Last week, a group of Mainers rallied in Augusta in support of a ballot initiative to make Maine elections “clean.” The referendum would make several changes to the Maine Clean […]
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An Objective Look at Constitutional Carry
One of the bright spots for Republicans this legislative session was the passage of a bill that protects so-called “constitutional carry.” This legislation, which was sponsored by freshman Senator Eric […]
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Education Savings Accounts and the Future of School Choice in Maine
Sixty years ago Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman argued that just because we finance education through government that does not mean government should be in charge of education. “Education spending […]
Read More →A Breakdown of the Veto Dispute
Over the past few weeks, there has been significant discussion in the Maine political discourse on whether or not sixty-five bills were vetoed by the Governor or have become law. […]
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