Maine set to waste buckets of federal cash on broadband infrastructure
Mills’ Broadband Bureaucracy Grows With More Biden Bucks Earlier this month, the Treasury Department approved a plan to invest $110 million “to strengthen or expand broadband infrastructure across the state.” […]
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Real reform needed to address Maine’s struggling economy
As gasoline and heating oil prices hit historical highs nationally amid four-decade inflation and warnings of stagflation, people all over the world are feeling the pinch of an economy on […]
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Breaking down Gov. Mills’ supplemental budget
Last week, Governor Janet Mills’ office released their much anticipated supplemental budget proposal following her annual State of the State address. The governor made several points in her speech, looking […]
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Testimony in Support of LD 327: “An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine Taxpayers”
Senator Breen, Representative Pierce, and the distinguished members of the Committee on Taxation, my name is Nick Murray and I serve as policy analyst for Maine Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, […]
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The best carry-over bill of the 130th Legislature: LD 327
On Wednesday, January 5, the members of the 130th Maine Legislature convened at the State House in Augusta for the first day of the Second Session. Traditionally, the Second Session […]
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Who’s really to blame for inflation?
Last month, inflation in the US reached 6.2%, the highest year-over-year increase in more than three decades. Measured via the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by what’s known as the […]
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Maine localities to receive half a billion from ARPA. Here’s how they can spend it wisely.
On March 11, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a nearly $2 trillion spending bill as a way to provide relief to state and […]
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Release: New Analysis of Maine’s Economy and FY 2022-23 Budget
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 16, 2021Contact: Jacob PosikDirector of CommunicationsOffice: 207.321.2550 Maine Policy Releases New Analysis of Maine’s Economy and the FY 2022-23 Biennial Budget PORTLAND, Maine – Maine […]
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Tapping the money tree: A tale of two budgets and a bond package
It is abundantly clear that there is a stark difference between the LePage and Mills administrations, especially when it comes to spending in state government. The 2020-21 biennial budget proposed […]
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Now is the time to reduce Maine’s tax burden
There has been plenty of legislation proposed this session that would increase taxes on Maine citizens, including new taxes on heating fuel, carbon, gasoline, diesel fuel, tobacco, alcohol and much […]
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