Effort to Expand Medicaid at the Ballot Box is Bad for Maine
They’re at it again. Having repeatedly failed to achieve Medicaid expansion through the legislative process, liberals in Maine have succeeded in putting it on the ballot this November. Despite the […]
Read More →Budget Deficits, Big and Small: Another Tale of Two Governors
Good news for Gov. Paul LePage appeared on the recently-released pages of Maine’s Structural Gap Report. Since LePage took office, the state general fund’s structural deficit will shrink $1 billion […]
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New Analysis: Questions 2 & 4 Would Move Maine’s Economy Backwards
Economic competitiveness ranking would fall from 38th to 46th under Questions 2 & 4 Between 2011 and 2016, economic reforms impressively propelled Maine from 48th to where it now ranks […]
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Maine’s Unfunded Pension Liabilities: The “Best” of a Bad Bunch
In the world of public pension funding and governance, good news is hard to come by. Maine’s levels of unfunded pension liabilities are no exception. However, according to a report […]
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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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MHPC Releases Question 4 Report on Minimum Wage
AUGUSTA- Today, The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) released a new report, Unintended Consequences: How the minimum wage hike in Question 4 would kill jobs, raise prices and hurt Maine’s […]
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Expanding Background Checks “Unenforceable Without Firearm Registration Scheme”
According to an article in last week’s Las Vegas Review Journal, the Guinn Center, an independent think tank, took a close look at the Question 1 gun control ballot initiative in Nevada. Question 1 is practically identical […]
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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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