Overview of Maine’s Term Limits Law
Read the full report | Almost fifteen years ago, Maine’s legislative term limits law was enacted as a result of a citizen’s initiative measure that won the support of 68 […]
Read More →Times-Record Editorial: Time to Stop Consolidation Effort
Could it be that Maine’s newspapers are beginning to turn against the school district consolidation effort? The Brunswick Times Record published the following editorial on Wednesday, calling for a halt […]
Read More →BDN Letter to Editor shows MHPC research getting out there
Good to know folks are reading our stuff. The following Letter to the Editor, appearing in today’s Bangor Daily News, borrows heavily from our report on the Sinclair Act. A […]
Read More →Odd, People Will Buy Affordable Insurance if Given the Chance
Florida has 1.4 million fewer residents than New York but almost 14 times more people buying insurance on their own, not through their employer, in the individual market. In 2006, […]
Read More →Brookings Report and Maine Per Capita Income
On October 19th, Growsmart will be hosting its annual Maine Summit. As such, I thought it would be appropriate to reexamine some of the data that was provided to us […]
Read More →Sinclair Act recalled by current consolidation efforts
Today’s Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal feature a story on the Sinclair Act which makes use of quite a bit of MHPC research, as in the following clip: Bob Whytock […]
Read More →Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index
Today the Tax Foundation released their 2008 State Business Tax Climate Index. Unfortunately, it is more bad news for Maine. Maine’s ranks as the 41st best business tax climate (or, […]
Read More →More Federal Dollars Pouring into Maine . . .
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released their 2005 Consolidated Federal Funds Report. In a nutshell, the report tracks federal expenditures to the 50 states and territories. The report is based […]
Read More →Consolidation law repeal effort gaining support
The Maine Department of Education has gone out of its way to insist that all is well with the current school district consolidation effort. The movement to repeal the bill, […]
Read More →Lincoln County News: Consolidation work “nightmarish”
I post this story because I think this may be the first time the word “nightmarish” has shown up in the newspapers in a story about current efforts to consolidate […]
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