Just when you thought it was Safe to Grab that Bag of Doritos . . .
The snack tax attempts to rise from the grave. A little known bill is making its way through the legislative process, LD 1833. The name of the bill, To Provide […]
Read More →Governor and Legislature, Heal Thyself: Why the State House is a good place to look for budget savings
Read the full report | As the Maine Legislature looks to complete the supplemental budget bill, it would do well to look for additional savings within the walls of the […]
Read More →Innovations from Health Providers – Concierge Care
The Houston Chronicle recently highlighted the move of some family physicians to customized or concierge care. According to the article: “Concierge medicine is a relatively small movement in the U.S. […]
Read More →Fire Investigation and Prevention Tax
Fire Investigation and Prevention Tax The next installment of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week” is available on the MHPC website. Total Hidden Taxes/Fees to Date: 285
Read More →Dirigo Bill Passes Committee with Huge Tax Increase
Legislative Democrats are praising the party-line vote of the Insurance and Financial Services Committee to pass LD 2247, Representative Hannah Pingree’s Dirigo Health bill. The bill contains a $40+ million […]
Read More →Maine Migration by County
Hot off the press from the U.S. Census Bureau is new data showing county components of change. In a previous blog, I showed the overall domestic migration by state showing […]
Read More →The Silent Tax Revolt: Mainers Cross-Border Shopping in New Hampshire II
Read the full report | Faced with a $225,000,000 budget shortfall, some Maine legislators are considering significant tax increases in order to close the budget gap. Perhaps the most popular […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire V
First, our new Cross-Border Shopping report by J Dwight and I is now released titled: “The Silent Tax Revolt: Mainers Cross-Border Shopping in New Hampshire II” One point we left […]
Read More →Southport to deny voters budget validation vote
We first blogged on this story about a month ago, when it was first reported here and here that the town of Southport had decided, against the advice of their […]
Read More →Transparency-Shedding Light on Government Activities II: The Hidden LD 1 Cost-Shift
Read the full report | In the spring of 2005, the Legislature passed LD 1, which promised to ease property tax burdens by increasing the state’s share of K-12 spending […]
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