Op-Ed: Property Taxpayers Deserve a Say over School Budgets
Today, Mainers are required to vote and approve their local school district budget every year, unless the town decides to suspend those votes for three years at a time Two […]
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Testimony: Fund Maine Students Instead of School Systems
Testimony in Support of LD 1741, “An Act to Promote Educational Opportunity Through the Educational Choice Tax Credit Program, Eliminating Certain Restrictions on Charter Schools and Virtual Public Charter Schools, […]
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Listen: Property Taxes and Utility Takeovers on WGAN
Director of Policy, Nick Murray, joined the WGAN Morning News to discuss LD 1748, a bill that would turn the local school budget validation process on its head and eliminate […]
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Testimony: Preserving the Voice of Property Taxpayers in School Budgets
Testimony in Opposition to LD 1748: “An Act to Reform the School Budget Referendum Process by Limiting the Circumstances in Which Referenda Occur” Senator Rafferty, Representative Brennan, and the distinguished […]
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Press Release: New analysis shows Governor Mills’ budget threatens Maine’s strong fiscal standing
New analysis shows Governor Janet Mills’budget threatens Maine’s strong fiscal standing AUGUSTA – The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) today released a new analysis of Gov. Janet Mills’ biennial budget […]
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Seven Communities to Lose Education Funding Under Question 2 Tax Hike
If you’re from the town of Sebago, Lincolnville, Greenwood, Bremen, Newry, Machiasport, or Jonesport, Question 2 should worry you immensely. You see, while many people are talking about the 130 […]
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MHPC Releases Question 2 Report
AUGUSTA- This week, The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) released a new report, The Wrong Choice for ME: How Question 2 would exacerbate inequality in K-12 education and cost thousands of […]
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Maine School Management Association Weighs in on Question 2
This week, the Maine School Management Association (MSMA) – a nonprofit comprised of the Maine School Boards Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association – released a white paper on […]
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Tax Flight Is Real; Question 2 Would Make It Worse
Many liberal groups, including the Maine People’s Alliance, the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Economic Policy Institute, assert that higher taxes on millionaires does little to motivate them […]
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A Family Lineage
*The following essay won the 2016 Milton Friedman Essay Contest Joshua Durgin, Matthew Gagnon Parental choice in education should be the norm, not the exception. The idea that government and society should […]
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