A disagreement between the presiding officers of the Maine Legislature––House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) and Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook)––resulted…
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With the retail price of gasoline in Maine over $4 per gallon and matching the national average, Republican legislators seek…
The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) and the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) on December 14 released the…
The governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island withdrew their support from the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) last week, effectively…
On August 4, a citizens’ petition that would put a question about the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) on the Massachusetts…
The Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) began in 2010 when 11 states and the District of Columbia signed a Declaration of…
Maine’s Committee on State and Local Government held public hearings last Friday on two bills that would require a legislative…
I sold my car when I went to New York City in 2019, so I’m one of the rare individuals…
Last week, the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) released its final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was signed by the governors…
One of the overlooked stories on Election Day was the defeat of pro-carbon tax politicians across the nation and here in…
Maine Policy Institute and a coalition of 17 other organizations sent letters to their respective governors this week urging them…
In the past 13 years, Maine voters have approved 38 of 39 bond issues on the ballot, totaling $1.43 billion…
TCI Gas Tax | Sam G Pilgrims | March 2020
The pressure is on Janet Mills as the public comment period on the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of the…
Organizations representing each New England state convened in Boston last week to voice their concerns about the Transportation Climate Initiative…
Progressive lawmakers are in pursuit of an ever-expanding state government in Augusta. Their neglecting to properly fund our infrastructure, and…
The Transportation and Climate Initiative, a regional coalition of 12 states and Washington DC that seeks to price emissions within…
Gasoline taxes may rise 17 cents a gallon and go up from there until everyone is driving an overpriced electric…
Cartoon by Eric Allie
The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia,…
The Transportation and Climate Initiative on Tuesday released a draft Memorandum of Understanding shedding light on how gas and diesel…
In June, Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 945, a resolve that created the Blue Ribbon Commission To Study and Recommend Funding…
The following letter was submitted by The Maine Heritage Policy Center to the Transportation and Climate Initiative regarding the draft…
In June 2010, under Governor John Baldacci, eleven states and the District of Columbia began collaborating on the Transportation and Climate…
I’ve lived in Maine all my life, and I can’t remember a time when winter road conditions were worse than…
Roads across Maine are in rough shape this time of year, and a lot of attention has been paid to…