Listen: Supplemental Budget and Parental Rights on WGAN
Director of Policy, Nick Murray, joined the WGAN Morning News with Matt Gagnon to discuss Governor Mills latest spending proposal, a $900 million supplemental budget which contains no tax relief. […]
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Critique of Maine’s Health Reform Law Misses the Mark
As Maine’s successful reforms to its health insurance market in 2011 continue to fuel the national conversation about ObamaCare repeal and replacement, progressives are desperate to paint those reforms as […]
Read More →Prescription for Growth: Eliminate Income Taxes
Recently, the Sun Journal published an op-ed titled “Repealing Income Taxes Won’t Help State Economies” written by Carl Davis at the leftist Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). He […]
Read More →Government Spending and Private Activity
In December, I released a study that showed raising taxes to cover the budget shortfall at the Department of Health and Human Services would cost private sector jobs–or an estimated […]
Read More →Maine Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission Says “No Improvement in Economic Conditions”
Recently, I had my meeting for the Maine Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission (CEFC) where we were to update our economic forecast for the state–here is the link to the February CEFC report. Unfortunately, […]
Read More →CNBC’s “Top States for Business” Puts Maine Near the Bottom
A few months ago when Forbes released their annual “Best States for Business” ranking showing Maine as dead last in the country, there were a lot of folks who dismissed […]
Read More →What is Maine’s Unemployment Rate?
In a previous blog, I showed how Maine’s economic woes are more significantly affecting our younger workers. And while one commenter pointed out that this is not just a Maine […]
Read More →2012 Mainebiz Economic Forecast
In case you missed it, my 2012 economic forecast is featured in Mainebiz’e annual “5 on the future.”
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire XIV: The Personal Income Tax
On January 18, the New Hampshire legislator is taking up a constitutional amendment that would permanently ban a personal income tax in the state. The good news for Maine is […]
Read More →Maine’s Unemployment Rate Highest Among Younger Workers
In my previous blog about Maine’s population growth (or lack thereof), I alluded to data that would highlight the economic woes of Maine’s young people. The chart below is from […]
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