Release: Maine Policy’s Statement on the Defeat of Emergency Power Reform Bills
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 3, 2021Contact: Jacob PosikDirector of CommunicationsOffice: 207.321.2550 Maine Policy Institute’s Statement on the Maine Legislature’sDefeat of Emergency Power Reform Legislation PORTLAND, Maine – Maine Policy Institute […]
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Tracking emergency power reform efforts across the nation
Maine Policy Institute is tracking the status of legislation across the country to reform the scope of emergency executive authority, or the process by which an emergency is declared, renewed […]
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Time to pull back on emergency powers for governors
Last Friday, Democratic state senator John Mannion of New York called for an end to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s emergency powers. Mannion’s call came after it was revealed that the Cuomo administration had […]
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How to prevent runaway executive authority during a state of emergency
At the peak of state-ordered lockdowns in response to COVID-19, 316 million Americans across 42 states lived under a stay-at-home order. Millions witnessed never-before-seen usage of their governor’s emergency powers, […]
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New Overtime Rules Do More Harm Than Good
“Without question, these new regulations will hurt Maine workers more than help.” In 2014, President Obama issued an executive order to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to “modernize and […]
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