President Biden may have admitted “the pandemic is over” with regard to COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be…
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The estimated amount of pandemic unemployment compensation paid out to fraudulent claims has risen to $45.6 billion, according to recent…
On February 7, 1968, after American military forces rained rockets, napalm, and bombs on the village of Ben Tre in…
For most Americans, COVID-19 long ago stopped being an immediate crisis and has become little more than a dull annoyance,…
There are mounting concerns over profound learning loss due to prolonged school closures and remote learning. New data released last…
The new academic year hasn’t even begun and public school enrollment is already not looking good in some parts of…
I completed another plumbing project this past weekend. The toilet in our master bathroom had been leaking for a while.…
A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that mask mandates did little to nothing to curb the spread of Covid-19.…
Last Thursday, my wife and I were scheduled to fly to D.C. for a friend’s daughter’s wedding. Wednesday around midnight,…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) recently announced it is looking to hire team leaders to help develop content for…
At least 20 percent of federal dollars paid out through pandemic-related unemployment programs went to fraudulent and ineligible claims according…
For John Lewis, his local school district’s decision to enact hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic made finding a work-life…
Throughout the pandemic, few things incited more discord than the mandated use of facemasks as a preventative measure to reduce…
Over the past two years of social and economic disruption, U.S. education has experienced an extraordinary transformation that can best…
Following an upward revision to March’s jobs numbers, Maine’s unemployment rate was “essentially unchanged” at 3.3 percent in April, according…
A new study recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that students with greater access to…
The last couple of years have been a revelation when it comes to public health measures for battling COVID-19 and…
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, even alarmist government officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci have admitted that it’s time to…
Inflation has surged across much of the developed world in the past year as COVID-19 lockdowns eased and pent-up demand…
For the last two school years, Maine has received a waiver from the federal government exempting it from federal reporting…
On Feb. 25, the CDC made its expected announcement that it was updating its framework to monitor and contain COVID-19.…
One day I’m reading an internal memo commissioned by the Democratic Party to provide advice to dealing with Covid policy.…
Maine’s truancy rate tripled between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years, increasing from just under 5% to just under 15%.…
The number of students enrolled in Maine public schools grew in the 2021-2022 school year from the 2020-2021 school year,…
Earlier this year, schools around the country received more than a hundred billion dollars from the federal government—American taxpayers, in…
Politicians have been on a high over the last year-plus, wielding extraordinary power with the approval of voters fearful of…
Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and other private options, as schools remained shuttered…
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.
On August 6, the Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced that approximately 7,400 unemployment claimants receiving federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance…
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.
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.
According to data provided by the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 6, 44.5% of…
The primary finding of the study was that following the implementation of SIP policies, excess mortality actually increased, not decreased.
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.
On June 14, Gov. Mills announced a program to incentivize unemployed Mainers to return to work. Called “Back to Work,”…
On June 11, Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced she was renewing the state of civil emergency, which was set to…
On June 9, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) updated its PreK-12 and Adult Education Public Guidance. Though Gov. Janet…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new light and perspectives to many issues we may never look at the same: politics,…
After more than a year away, the Maine Legislature returned to the State House on June 2. As coronavirus case…
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that at least 50% of Canadians have received at least one shot…
Seven Maine lawmakers were stripped of their committee assignments on Monday by House Speaker Ryan Fecteau following a spat at…
Last week, Heather Johnson, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), announced on a monthly business community video…
A disappointing new jobs report shows that hiring is down and the unemployment is rate is up, even as wages…
On Tuesday, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced that he will lift all business restrictions, except for mandating masks indoors (including…
So-called “deaths of despair,” those involving drug abuse, alcohol, or suicide, have been the subject of numerous studies over the…
Over the last few weeks, a central pillar of pandemic-era decision making crumbled. The arbitrary measuring stick for defining whether…
Maybe you have noticed the rise in public incredulity toward the coronavirus narrative that you hear all day from the…
Maine lawmakers will convene in-person in Augusta this week for the first time since December 2, when legislators met at…
A new citizens initiative was approved for circulation in Maine on January 25, yet the Secretary of State’s office has…
Maine Governor Janet Mills issued a press release Tuesday outlining a proposed path forward on the PPP issue that took…
After the start of the Covid pandemic, my local Harris Teeter grocery store in Montgomery County, Maryland made extensive changes,…
Since the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and distributed to states, people have…
2020 will be remembered for many things: COVID-19, nationwide riots, a divisive election. But the rise of pandemic lockdowns will…
Last week our team offered a preview of the First Session of the 130th Maine Legislature based on a list…
The economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, exacerbated by the response of many state governors, is just beginning…
Earlier this month, the Maine Climate Council released its four-year plan titled, “Maine Won’t Wait”, a proposal covering a multitude…
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Center released a new survey this week that should have lawmakers and…
The basic problem with even a little bit of socialism is that, in order for socialist policy to work, it…
Since the beginning of the pandemic, businesses able to shift their employees to remote work have done so with varying…
Maine is mourning the loss of Spencer Smith, a 16-year-old sophomore at Brunswick High School who tragically took his life…
Certificate of Need (CON) laws are state regulatory procedures that require health care facilities to obtain permission from the state…
Coronaviruses don’t get more deadly or dangerous after dark. Yet across the country, leaders are imposing new curfews on their residents…
A number of iconic Maine businesses have closed this year due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic…
Governor Janet Mills’ latest batch of doomsday rhetoric is an admission that her coronavirus narrative is falling apart. In describing…
It’s no secret that 2020 is a year like no other, and COVID-19 has challenged “the way life should be” here in…
The BDN editorial board’s recent commentary on the state budget shortfall reminds us how different one person’s reality can be…
Aquaboggan in Saco was forced to close in late August after receiving a cease-and-desist order from the Saco Police. The…
In mid-May, I spent almost 15 hours over two days in a Zoom training/symposium on the learning management system that…
On March 17, Nelson Moody, owner of Yankee Lanes bowling alley in Brunswick, closed his doors and the business has…
The COVID-19 crisis feeds into the progressive belief that a crisis is an opportunity to further an agenda by other-than-constitutional…