Take Action – Contact Your State Leaders Today
Get engaged by contacting your state leaders today. MHPC’s Action Center is designed for you to easily reach out to the Governor and your state legislators about the issues that […]
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Exit RGGI: The Potential Economic Impact of a Maine Withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Executive Summary The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a carbon dioxide cap and trade agreement between nine states in the Northeastern United States. RGGI Inc. is the entity responsible […]
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Expanding Medicaid will Hurt Maine’s Families with Lower Incomes and Fewer Jobs
Many of Maine’s policymakers have already fallen for the siren call of Medicaid expansion as provided for under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). At first glance, expanding […]
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The Free ME Initiative
Free ME is a bold initiative that will free Maine. It is a realistic strategy for spurring economic development statewide. Maine has the opportunity to become America’s premier destination for economic […]
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Obamacare Update: Employers Gain Ground
Employers experienced an important victory this week in the fight against Obamacare. The Obama administration announced that the employer requirement to offer health insurance that meets new federal standards or […]
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Online Learning: Maximizing Results by Leveraging Technology
It’s time for Maine to embrace innovation in education through online learning – a method inherently customized to suit the needs of our individual students. Think about the technological progress […]
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Crisis to Cure: Maine’s Health Care Reform Law is Helping Business
Opponents of Maine’s new health care reform law (PL90) erroneously describe the law as “a gift to the insurance companies.”[1] In reality that gift has come in the form of […]
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Where Have Maine’s “Rich” Gone?
As Maine’s state government grapples with a budget deficit, some legislators are calling for the repeal of Governor LePage’s tax cuts for the “rich.”[i] Such a proposal ignores the reality […]
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The Past and Present of Customized Learning in Maine
Maine’s first academy, Berwick Academy in South Berwick, was founded in 1791. This is the first of a three-part series on customized learning in Maine. Download the report here. Customized learning is […]
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Case Study #3: Cost of Obamacare could force retail operation out of business
The last of three cases studies on how Obamacare will affect real Maine businesses shows that the staggering increase in health insurance costs could actually force a retail operation into […]
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