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Proposed Ballot Questions for 2026: What Mainers Should Know
Maine’s ballot initiative process is often described as a direct democratic safeguard, a way for citizens to place pressing policy questions before the voters when the Legislature declines to do so. But it also frequently functions as a pressure…
2025, Wrapped (And Looking Ahead to 2026)
This year was a massively impactful year for Maine Policy Institute. From testifying on more than…
Bellows Trying to Block Routine Federal Oversight of…
On December 12th, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows asked a federal court to throw out the U.S.…
Portland Studies Inclusionary Zoning (Again) Despite…
Portland is commissioning its own study on the “effects of inclusionary zoning,” as if the question…
Use Your IRA to Advance Liberty
Use Your IRA to Advance Liberty: How a Qualified Charitable Distribution to JMI Maximizes Your…
Maine Human Rights Commission’s New Lawsuit a State-Level Battle in a National Storm
On November 17, the Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC) filed suit against five school systems, MSAD 70, RSU 24, RSU 73, Baileyville and Richmond, arguing that their recently enacted “biological sex” policies violate the Maine Human Rights Act…
Is Anchorage’s New Proposed “Short-Term Rental-Only”…
This blog looks at an urgent issue for Anchorage, which is considering a new short-term rental tax…
Gov. Mills exaggerates the ‘cost’ of…
Governor Janet Mills has claimed that conforming Maine’s laws to tax changes passed in the federal…
Gov. Mills Declines to Use New Authority to Deliver Tax…
In mid-2025, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a comprehensive federal tax…
Gov. Mills Opposes Question 2, but for the Wrong…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills came out against Question 2, the so-called “Red Flag” law referendum…
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