Release: U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules Public Pension Reforms Enacted Under LePage Constitutional
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2014 U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules Public Pension Reforms Enacted Under LePage Constitutional BOSTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled […]
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Take Action – Contact Your State Leaders Today
Get engaged by contacting your state leaders today. MHPC’s Action Center is designed for you to easily reach out to the Governor and your state legislators about the issues that […]
Read More →The Economic Impact of Federal Spending on State Economic Performance
Read full report | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Federal government spending comes with costs; it should not be accepted as the free-lunch it is frequently considered to be. Every dollar the government spends […]
Read More →A 55 Percent State Share of K12 Spending? We’re already there
Read the full report | In 2004, Maine voters approved a citizen-initiated referendum calling on the state to fund “55 percent of the cost of public education.” The following spring, the legislature […]
Read More →220 Million Reasons Why the Taxpayer Bill of Rights Helps Maine’s Beleaguered Taxpayers
Read the full report | On November 7, 2006, the citizens of Maine voted for a Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). Unfortunately, the initiative failed, but only by 4 percentage points […]
Read More →Measuring Maine’s Public Colleges: Non-Instructional Staffing and Cost-Per-Degree
Read the full report | Are Maine’s colleges and universities as efficient as they could be? According to the Brookings Institution’s 2006 “Charting Maine’s Future” report, “inefficiencies in Maine’s higher education […]
Read More →District Consolidation and the Threat to School Choice: 15 Reorganization Plans to Watch
Read full report | As The Maine Heritage Policy Center reported in a recent policy brief titled Reorganization and the Threat to Maine’s Tradition of School Choice, opportunities for families […]
Read More →Reorganization and the Threat to Maine’s Tradition of School Choice
Read the full report | Before adjourning its recent session, the state legislature approved a much-needed and long-awaited bill to fix some of the technical and other issues with the […]
Read More →The School Budget Validation Process: Empowering Voters, Achieving Savings
Read the full report | As Legislators look to rework the troubled school district reorganization law, one of the components of the law which has become the subject of some […]
Read More →Education Service Districts: Achieving school administrative cost savings while protecting local control and parental involvement
Read the full report | Buried in Governor John E. Baldacci’s fiscal year 2008-2009 General Fund budget is a policy change that could dramatically alter the face of Maine’s school […]
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