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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Testimony: Affirm and Prioritize Parental Rights in K-12 Education
Testimony in Support of LD 1129, “An Act to Enact the Curriculum Transparency Act,” LD 1199, “An Act to Provide Transparency in Public School Curricula,” LD 1643, “An Act Regarding […]
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Testimony: Establishing a COVID-19 Review Commission
Testimony in Support of LD 1801: “”Resolve, to Increase Transparency and Evaluate Emergency Response Through a COVID-19 Review Commission” Senator Baldacci, Representative Meyer, and the distinguished members of the Committee […]
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Why isn’t Maine’s preferred K-12 gender identity curriculum more accessible to parents?
In the aftermath of widespread pandemic-era learning disruptions, many parents and community members are seeking more information on what is being taught in Maine’s classrooms. While the administration of Maine […]
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Remote learning correlated with greater K-12 learning loss, study finds
A new study recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that students with greater access to in-person learning versus remote or hybrid learning during the pandemic […]
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New studies on COVID-19 testing underscore need for greater transparency in Maine
Maine Policy Institute has previously noted the potential pitfalls of relying on a single health authority, especially one subject to political consequences, for diagnosing disease among the people. We have […]
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Covid Catastrophe Part VI: A Duty to Transparency
Covid Catastrophe is a seven part series examining the history of the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on Maine and what data policymakers used to lock down society and centrally-plan our […]
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How lawmakers can add much needed transparency to the ballot initiative process
Printing summaries of the fiscal impact of an initiative directly on the ballot is most transparent method of providing this information to voters, and it is the only way we can ensure voters have this information while casting their vote.
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A Common-Sense Health Care Solution
In nearly every business transaction, customers are fully aware of the costs they will incur before they purchase a specific good or service – but that isn’t necessarily true in […]
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Your Freedom to Work
Because Maine is not a Right-to-Work state, your freedom to leave your union is restricted, but you still have options to leave or reduce your union membership. The first option is to […]
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