Author: Maine Policy Institute

TCI Gas Tax | Sam G Pilgrims | March 2020

Cartoon by Sam G. Pilgrims

Cartoon by Eric Allie

Governor Janet Mills is considering entering Maine into the Transportation & Climate Initiative, a regional collaboration of 12 states that would effectively price carbon emissions within Maine’s transportation sector. The TCI is a cap-and-trade program that forces gasoline and diesel suppliers to purchase allowances for the carbon emitted by their fuel products. A 2018 study of California’s cap-and-trade program found that when the allowance price is set to $15 per metric ton of carbon, it adds about 13 and 14 cents per gallon to the cost of gasoline and diesel, respectively. In effect, the TCI is a new tax on…

On Friday, Sept. 14, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai will make an appearance in Maine as the keynote speaker at The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s (MHPC) annual Freedom & Opportunity Luncheon. The luncheon, MHPC’s largest annual event, will be held from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland, Maine. Before being designated as chairman of the FCC by President Donald Trump in January 2017, Pai was appointed as one of five FCC commissioners by then-President Barack Obama in May 2012 and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. Chairman Pai’s…

The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor Paul LePage. In the coming days, we will be releasing more interviews with candidates running in both the Republican and Democratic primaries, as well as independent candidates for governor. Our goal is simple: to provide the people of Maine with an opportunity to hear from the candidates, unedited and in their own words, talking about the policy issues that they will have to confront if they become the next governor of Maine. MHPC is focusing entirely on policy, and rather than…

The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor Paul LePage. In the coming days, we will be releasing more interviews with candidates running in both the Republican and Democratic primaries, as well as independent candidates for governor. Our goal is simple: to provide the people of Maine with an opportunity to hear from the candidates, unedited and in their own words, talking about the policy issues that they will have to confront if they become the next governor of Maine. MHPC is focusing entirely on policy, and rather than…

The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor Paul LePage. In the coming days, we will be releasing more interviews with candidates running in both the Republican and Democratic primaries, as well as independent candidates for governor. Our goal is simple: to provide the people of Maine with an opportunity to hear from the candidates, unedited and in their own words, talking about the policy issues that they will have to confront if they become the next governor of Maine. MHPC is focusing entirely on policy, and rather than…

The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor Paul LePage. In the coming days, we will be releasing more interviews with candidates running in both the Republican and Democratic primaries, as well as independent candidates for governor. Our goal is simple: to provide the people of Maine with an opportunity to hear from the candidates, unedited and in their own words, talking about the policy issues that they will have to confront if they become the next governor of Maine. MHPC is focusing entirely on policy, and rather than…

Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) chief executive officer Matthew Gagnon has sent a letter to Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap urging him to modify the language of the Universal Home Care ballot initiative that Maine voters will consider this November. On May 16, the Secretary of State’s office opened the 30-day public comment period that allows members of the public to make suggestions on the final language that appears before voters. In the interest of giving Maine people a more accurate understanding of what this initiative entails, Gagnon has requested that Secretary Dunlap spell out who is being taxed under…

The Maine Heritage Policy Center is sitting down for detailed policy discussions with the gubernatorial candidates running to replace Governor Paul LePage. Mary Mayhew was the first candidate to speak with us, and you can watch our discussion with her below. In the coming days, we will be releasing more interviews with candidates running in both the Republican and Democratic primaries, as well as independent candidates for governor. Our goal is simple: to provide the people of Maine with an opportunity to hear from the candidates, unedited and in their own words, talking about the policy issues that they will have…