Elon Musk made a bold claim on Twitter on Tuesday. The Tesla founder said he would “pay more taxes than…
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The current Portland City Charter Commission is worse than the 2009-10 one. The last one was prompted by widespread dissatisfaction…
“Attacks on me are, quite frankly, attacks on science,” said Anthony Fauci to widespread ridicule or approval, depending upon which…
Earlier this year, schools around the country received more than a hundred billion dollars from the federal government—American taxpayers, in…
Governments around the world took drastic measures in 2020 in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19, in many cases…
In late November, the Revenue Forecasting Committee (RFC), a branch of the Maine Legislature’s Office of Fiscal and Program Review,…
President Joe Biden once bizarrely remarked on the 2020 campaign trail, “Milton Friedman isn’t running the show anymore.” It shows.…
Last month, inflation in the US reached 6.2%, the highest year-over-year increase in more than three decades. Measured via the Bureau…
It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s fake on the internet these days. So when I stumbled on a…
On November 9, the Portland City Council’s Safety Committee voted to approve a sweeping ban on the sale of all…
Politicians have been on a high over the last year-plus, wielding extraordinary power with the approval of voters fearful of…
This past election day, Mainers faced two contentious statewide ballot questions, but many local initiatives faced the scrutiny of voters…
Reports across Maine over the last month have detailed the several healthcare facilities forced to curtail services because of staffing shortages.…
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic will go down in American history as one of loss, economic suffering, and…
Should government officials be allowed to choose which journalists report on them? Most Americans probably would say no, because the First…
That darn First Amendment. This week, The Maine Wire learned that the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Today, Maine Policy Institute released a new analysis on the scope of educational options available for Maine families based on…
On Monday, US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted new academic research to show that masks have been effective at reducing…
Since the world learned of a novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan, China in December 2019, there has been no shortage…
The pandemic was a test of America’s public health bureaucracy. It failed.
President Biden and his progressives allies are advancing a historic $4.5+ trillion spending plan that would vastly expand the government’s…
On September 9th, President Joe Biden ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a federal agency tasked with regulating workplace safety,…
Occupational licensing has already been called out for hobbling opportunity, impeding mobility, protecting established practitioners from competition, and for raising…
This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since the 1970s. After seeing enrollment in government-run…
Maine’s lobstermen and women are under attack by the Biden Administration after a recent set of rule changes restricting seasonal lobster fishing in 950 square miles of…
A newly published medical study found that infection from COVID-19 confers considerably longer-lasting and stronger protection against the Delta variant…
The ACLU on Tuesday announced it is bringing a lawsuit against South Carolina over its mask policy. The Palmetto State…
On August 12, Maine Governor Janet Mills issued an emergency rule change through the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)…
Jennifer Bridges knew what was coming when her director at Houston Methodist hospital called her up in June to inquire…
On August 6, the Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced that approximately 7,400 unemployment claimants receiving federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance…
Last week I received a letter from my children’s school district. “We will start the school year this fall -…
Unions dropped a whopping $67 million in hidden political spending between 2019 and 2020, according to a new study from…
As the data stand right now, deaths are not on pace with new infections across the country, and we are still in a much better position in the pandemic than just a few months ago, so let’s act like it.
It is far past time to reopen the border between the United States and Canada. Even Gov. Janet Mills agrees…
The Maine Department of Education has certain requirements students must complete before they can earn a diploma. Four years of…
Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously quipped that “nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” If only he’d known…
Bad infrastructure and an unreliable power grid. These are among the top reasons CNBC ranked Maine in 48th place for…
Progress is progress, and that should be celebrated. These billionaires going to space is the first step in the democratization of space travel, and they are doing it far more efficiently than our government ever could.
Clearly, the vast majority of people taking advantage of IRAs are everyday Americans who have a modest amount saved for their retirement. Congress was the one to create this avenue for saving, and now they are trying to backpedal.
The unemployment rate in Maine remained stuck at 4.8% for the fifth straight month, according to recent report from the…
Whether you think Obamacare was the worst health care policy of the decade or you join Bernie Sanders in supporting…
Don’t let Gov. Janet Mills play you for a fool. In a recent press release, Mills took credit for Maine’s…
Gov. Janet Mills fortunately stopped a sloppy, misguided attempt to put a loaded ballot question to voters in November, but…
The big picture of this rate increase and the surrounding conversation is simple: it is the fault of federal regulators, not CMP. Outside competitors are funding ads that are aimed to hurt CMP and blame them for something completely out of their control.
The changes include an increase of one dollar– from $3 to $4– for drivers who pay in cash at the York toll plaza and the slashing of discounts for frequent E-ZPass-holding travelers.
LD 1045 sets the stage for a disastrous and expensive government takeover of Maine’s health care system.
The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which we’ve already felt at the gas pump, among other places. Don’t be surprised if everyday expenses continue to be more costly and your disposable income starts to fall.
When one group of lawmakers shirk their Constitutional duty and walk out on their constituents, any potential for dialogue is lost, as is the opportunity to deliver for the people of their state.
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about child care in the news and from pundits. Whether it’s the so-called…
Saying “no emergency is going to be perfect,” Facteau outlined his hesitancy to limit the powers the governor has during a time of need in the interview.
Gov. Janet Mills just missed the mark on two controversial and misguided pieces of legislation this week: an extended producer…
Individual responsibility and autonomy will always outweigh government coercion, and that includes getting vaccinated for COVID-19.
What was supposed to be both a fun and educational opportunity for families across Maine was morphed into a political football and, now, as a result, won’t be able to be enjoyed.
A recent CNBC article highlights a common economic fallacy surrounding the concept of inflation. The author claims that inflation can…
Though the ban is a win for now, Mills’ next moves towards offshore wind must be vigilantly watched as future development plans take form just off of Maine’s shores.
LD 1117 would have accomplished nothing in terms of lowering prescription drug costs for Mainers, and Mills was right to veto it.
The Court’s decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned favoritism for good and put religious schools on equal footing with public ones.
Facial recognition tech cannot be used as a tool by the government for mass surveillance. Thankfully, the Legislature has put a stop to such a situation becoming a reality in Maine.
The vetoes, among some of her other recent ones, are a welcome check on ever-expanding state power and restrictions of free markets.
If the tragedies of the last month show us anything, it is that the current child protection system is drastically failing, and it must be reformed.
COVID-19 vaccines: a personal choice or a workplace requirement? Well, to Maine’s top hospital group, the answer is a requirement.…
The issue of how this subset of workers is taxed is not going away anytime soon, and so it would have been an impactful and incredibly significant ruling had the Court taken the case.
A new report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quotes an analysis from economists who found that states that have…
The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Sunday to advance a supplemental budget, and lawmakers in the House and Senate approved…
Gov. Mills recently issued vetoes for seven pieces of legislation approved by the Maine Legislature. Her veto of several of…
The Granite State passed a new budget last week that should have people in the Pine Tree State jealous of…
Should Mainers have to pay more in taxes for buying a new piece of real estate? The Legislature says yes,…
A new bipartisan budget agreement might prove that lawmakers learned a valuable fiscal lesson from the fallout of the pandemic,…
This week, Maine lawmakers will vote on LD 221, Governor Janet Mills’ supplemental budget proposal. Also known as the governor’s…
Imagine if California passed a law telling Maine lobstermen how much to charge for their lobsters – in Maine. The…
Making our government more representative and fair is an idea both sides of the aisle can get behind.
A new Harvard analysis of various data points throughout the pandemic shows that poor Americans, those earning under $27,000 a…
The primary finding of the study was that following the implementation of SIP policies, excess mortality actually increased, not decreased.
Two bills to increase taxes on hardworking Mainers failed to pass at the end of the Maine Legislature’s hectic, marathon…
An attempt to rein in one of the state’s most troublesome acts is gaining steam in the Maine Legislature. A…
Even if the allegations in Loder’s lawsuit are not true, the fact that we can’t easily know is reason enough to close the doors of this poisonous arm of government overreach.
During the stress, added financial and mental burden brought on by the pandemic lockdowns, no individual should have to worry about additional taxation without representation.
The picture painted is one of working-class destruction.
A bill to limit license plates with profane or vulgar references passed under the hammer in the Maine House and…
Policymakers have, yet again, committed an act that is sorely ironic: they have stalled a review of their own strategy to tackle a pandemic, which will surely hamper lawmakers down the line come the next and inevitable contagious disease.
This study on the nationwide impacts of the historically high UI has simply confirmed what many have been sounding the alarm on for weeks: if you pay people to stay home, they will.
A recent study by Dr. Calvin Lakhan of York University has found that under LD 1541, average monthly grocery costs for a family of four in Maine will increase by at least nearly $32, or as much as almost $60, depending on the kinds of costs incurred on producers.
To force these new labor restrictions upon employers now would be a grave mistake. LD 553 would likely harm employment across the state of Maine when we most sorely need it.
ProPublica’s deceptive and misguided campaign to convince the American electorate that billionaires don’t pay their fair share in taxes has only been further debunked by their own report.
If the administration wanted to pass these items not directly tied to infrastructure, they should have put them forward in a separate, more transparent bill.
As we all learned in our high school history classes, the United States outlawed alcohol in the early 1920s in…
A prominent refrain in the pandemic recession-recovery story has been the persistent labor shortage seen across the United States. Coupled…
Many advocates in Maine and around the nation have highlighted the need for more stable and faster internet speeds, especially…
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that at least 50% of Canadians have received at least one shot…
On Monday, May 24, nearly eight months after it was first ordered, Maine Gov. Janet Mills lifted the state’s universal face…
On Monday, May 24, a fascinating social experiment began to unfold across Maine as the Mills administration lifted most mask…
Seven Maine lawmakers were stripped of their committee assignments on Monday by House Speaker Ryan Fecteau following a spat at…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee held a public hearing last Thursday on a bill sponsored by Rep.…
Last week, Heather Johnson, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), announced on a monthly business community video…
Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released numbers indicating that the average price level of consumer goods has risen…
When President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, he provided state and local governments over $350 billion in much-needed assistance.…
On Tuesday, Maine Governor Janet Mills joined President Joe Biden and a small group of US governors for a virtual…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins grilled US CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday during a Senate Health Committee hearing where…
A disappointing new jobs report shows that hiring is down and the unemployment is rate is up, even as wages…
Now that the dust has settled on the Health and Human Services Committee hearing for LD 1550, a bill that…