Replacing Big Government Health Care with Patient-Centered Reform
Maine’s past and present free market health policy experts partnered with the national Heritage Foundation to publish a report that serves as a guide for other states that wish to […]
Read More →The Circumstance is Our Own Making
Recently, the New England Public Policy Institute released a new report called, “How Does New Hampshire Do It? An Analysis of Spending and Revenues in the Absence of a Broad-based […]
Read More →Maine by the Numbers: How Do We Measure Up?
When debating policy changes for Maine at the state house or advocating for it, it is important to know where Maine stands. Our new publication the 2011-2012 Maine By The […]
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Maine By The Numbers Compares State Rankings in Key Indicators
The Maine Heritage Policy Center released its 2011-2012 Maine By The Numbers today to provide a fact-based look at how Maine compares to other states and the District of Columbia […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 1st Quarter, 2011
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the first quarter of 2011 by state (pdf) and revisions for the past couple […]
Read More →Will Maine Taxpayers Pay More to Solve Public Pension Crisis?
Important Note: While this is a new analysis I’m reporting on, it does not reflect the very recent changes to Maine’s pension system that was just enacted as part of […]
Read More →Is Maine Growing Faster than New Hampshire?
It has come to my attention that there are some folks out there trying to make hay out of the latest state Gross Domestic Product (GDP ) data that was […]
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 […]
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Which Tax Plan is Best for Maine?
There is finally some good news for Maine taxpayers. The tax discussion on both sides of the political aisle in Augusta is not whether to have tax relief, but how […]
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University of Maine System Receives ‘F’ in Several Key Areas
If the taxpayer-supported University of Maine System were a student, it would be repeating the semester. According to a report released today by The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) and […]
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