Maine’s Choice: Have Medicaid Take Care of the Truly Vulnerable or Give Away Medicaid to the Middle Class
Read the full report | As state legislators in Augusta work to close a $200 million budget shortfall, they would be well advised to take a careful look at the […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire II
The other day I was looking over various labor data in Maine when I noticed divergent trends in 2007 for Maine versus New Hampshire. In particular, Maine’s number of unemployed […]
Read More →Should Maine Conform to “Bonus Depreciation”?
An article today in the Kennebec Journal debates the merits of coupling with the new federal law changes which includes bonus depreciation. The short answer to the question is: YES, […]
Read More →In Augusta, Deja Vu all over again
It’s beginning to look a lot like last year in the halls of the Statehouse as legislators wrestle with various amendments to the controversial school district reorganization law. Observers of […]
Read More →New Bath-area RSU continues assault on school choice
Followers of school reorganization developments may remember that last fall we expressed a great deal of concern that school choice was lost for families in the four School Union 47 […]
Read More →“Super School Union” amendment to LD1932 advances in Senate
At long last, the state Senate took up LD 1932 last night, the first bill seeking to amend the controversial school district consolidation law passed last year. The majority report […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire I
I will begin a new series on the MHPC blog called “Maine versus New Hampshire.” The purpose of the series is to highlight similarities and differences between Maine and our […]
Read More →The Milk Handling Fee
I apologize for the long hiatus of the “Hidden Tax/Fee of the Week.” Thanks to our new intern, Bill Kay, the hiatus is over. The next installment of the “Hidden […]
Read More →The School Budget Validation Process: Empowering Voters, Achieving Savings
Read the full report | As Legislators look to rework the troubled school district reorganization law, one of the components of the law which has become the subject of some […]
Read More →Lincoln County News: School and Municipal leaders to break law, deny voters a School Budget Validation vote
While the legislature has been struggling to rework the school district reorganization law, towns and cities across Maine have been watching carefully to see if any changes will be made […]
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