350 Attend Eighth Annual Freedom and Opportunity Luncheon
350 people attended The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s eighth annual Freedom and Opportunity Luncheon on Wednesday, breaking the previous attendance record of 312 in 2008. Governor-Elect Paul LePage and his […]
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PPH – “Welfare: Well-meaning, well-funded, well-done?”
Today, the Portland Press Herald published part 1 of a 3 part series on the state of Welfare in Maine. They cite our report “Fix the System: Freeing Maine Families […]
Read More →Senator Collins Honors Us with Angel in Adoption Recognition
Last week, my wife Anna and I were honored to be in Washington, DC to accept an Angel in Adoption recognition from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. From their […]
Read More →Maine’s Race to the Top “Report Card” is out and it is not pretty.
The U.S. Department of Education has released the scoring data for the second round of the Race to the Top competition and why Maine ended up ranking near the very […]
Read More →Maine’s Race to the Top application doesn’t make the cut…
According to Education Week, we’re out. More later…
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 11
Section E of the state’s Race to the Top application deals with “turning around the lowest-achieving schools,” and is divided into two sections. In the first section, the state must […]
Read More →Congratulations to our nominees
The Maine Heritage Policy Center congratulates Democrat Senate President Elizabeth “Libby” Mitchell and Republican Mayor Paul LePage for winning their parties’ nominations for governor. We look forward to Ms. Mitchell, […]
Read More →Maine’s Energy Burden
Unfortunately, there is a dearth of good comparative energy information by state. I recently found the website of the Institute for Energy Research that not only ranks the 50 states […]
Read More →More State Employees paid more than ever
In 2006, there were 552 state employees in the executive and judicial branches making more than $100,000 in total compensation. Since then, the number has nearly doubled, up to 1,007 […]
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