RELEASE: Just 40 Programs Consume Nearly Half of Total General Fund Spending
The Maine Heritage Policy Center held a press conference in Augusta today to release a new report revealing the Top 40 fastest growing programs and agencies funded by Maine’s General […]
Read More →RELEASE: New Study Shows Economic Impact of Proposed Federal Tax Hikes on Small Businesses
The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) today released a new study analyzing the Enterprise Value Tax (EVT), legislation proposed in the U.S. Congress to more than double taxation on the […]
Read More →Taxpayer-Funded Government Pensions to Turn Thousands of Retirees into Millionaires
MaineOpenGov.Org Updates Detail Maine’s $15.4 Billion Current Retiree Pension Burden The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) held a press conference in Brewer today to unveil new updates to its transparency […]
Read More →Maine Families Could See Higher Taxes, More Job Losses
The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) and the Washington DC-based Heritage Foundation held a joint press conference in Bangor today, where the two groups warned Maine families and entrepreneurs that […]
Read More →FixWelfare.com Shows Growth in Welfare Dependency in Every Maine Town
Families in Your Community are Trapped in Dependence. Maine’s welfare system undermines hard work and traps parents and children in poverty. We must fix the system to free families from […]
Read More →Judge’s Decision Upholding Free Speech Abuses Appealed to First Circuit Court
A ruling last Friday by Federal District Court Judge George Singal upholding unconstitutional provisions of the Maine Clean Elections Act has been appealed to the federal First Circuit Court of […]
Read More →Think Tank Threatens Lawsuit Unless Portland City Council Reverses Decision
Today, Tarren Bragdon, chief executive officer of The Maine Heritage Policy Center, David Crocker, director of their Center for Constitutional Government, and Matthew Rand, a 19-year-old summer resident of Peaks […]
Read More →Constitutional Challenge to Maine’s “Welcome Back Tax”
Press Conference Announcing a Constitutional Challenge to Maine’s “Welcome Back Tax” Penalizing Families Moving to Maine with up to $2,200 in Higher Income Taxes Remarks by Troy Dennen, Plaintiff My […]
Read More →Comments on the Welcome Back Tax
Press Conference Announcing a Constitutional Challenge to Maine’s “Welcome Back Tax” Penalizing Families Moving to Maine with up to $2,200 in Higher Income Taxes My name is Scott Moody and […]
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