🚨UNIVERSAL LICENSE RECIPROCITY is now the law of the land in NH!
We took on the special interests and are cutting red tape.
Licensure reform is common sense:
✅Lowers costs for customers
✅Promotes free-market competition
✅Grows our workforce
This is a BIG WIN for NH.
The math is simple: the more
#nicotine
users who switch from combustible
#cigarettes
to vapes, the more lives saved. Efforts to ban
#vaping
and the
#flavors
that help adults transition away from cigarettes are just plain bad policy.
#mepolitics
It’s about time this rule was lifted. But
@GovJanetMills
' administration should stop kidding itself. "The science" they claim to champion never supported the vaccine requirement in the first place.
#mepolitics
California-style electric vehicle regulations would NOT be effective in Maine.
Say NO to EV mandates by submitting comment to the following places before Feb 5th:
📨RuleComments.dep
@Maine
.Com
📞Governor's Office: 207-287-3531
Statements issued by
@SenAngusKing
' press team this week have only raised more questions about his campaign's conduct, and his defense of his actions on
@newscentermaine
was simply despicable.
#mepolitics
Would Shenna Bellows have dared to remove Trump from the ballot if she was accountable to the people, rather than the Legislature?
Read the full op-ed from Jake Posik on why it's time for Maine to change the way it selects its constitutional officers:
"In public, Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins urge Americans to 'follow the science.' In private, the two sainted public-health officials schemed to quash dissenting views from top scientists."
It was never about science.
1/4
@MEPublicHealth
is not allowing our journalist at
@TheMaineWire
to participate in Maine CDC press briefings because the agency "can no longer accommodate 'advocacy journalists'".
First off,
@polisciwrites
is not an advocacy journalist. Second, how does a govt agency determine
There's probably hundreds of examples of this across state govt. For some reason it has taken 6 years for a mainstream outlet to acknowledge it. FOAA abuses under
@GovJanetMills
admin are way, way out of hand.
#mepolitics
Full testimony from MPI's Jacob Posik in opposition to the National Popular Vote:
"Endorsing the compact is to discount the opinions of one's own constituents, mathematically dilute Mainer's voice and defer to voters of other states to make our decisions for us."
A small committee of bureaucrats made a decision that completely upends how cars are sold in Maine.
Jake Posik and Matt Gagnon discuss the looming EV mandates in Maine.
The reason
#Maine
enjoys surpluses and spends extravagantly while still saving money is the same reason you're getting poorer:
#Inflation
.
@GovJanetMills
likes to claim she's responsible for it all, but her policies had nothing to do with it.
#mepolitics
Maine Policy's 2023 Freedom & Opportunity Luncheon has been cancelled due to the ongoing threat to public safety in
#Maine
. We are exploring our options of postponing the event to another date and will have more information to share in the coming days. All sponsors and ticket
Maine is the only state in the country where constitutional officers are elected by the legislature.
Here's why that system has continuously led to unqualified partisans getting top roles.
"We abolished dentistry in this country for three months!"
What a great speech.
@jeffreyatucker
highlighted the immense absurdity of our virus current policy, where it came from, and the true mission of the
#liberty
movement to end this abuse of power and public trust
👏👏👏
AIER worked with
@MainePolicy
in partnership to show the costs of the lockdown and the dangers of central planning in the name of disease mitigation. Here
@jeffreyatucker
addresses the crucial role of good ideas in the battle for rights and liberties:
After one year of unilateral rule by most governors under emergencies declared due to
#COVID19
, people are waking up to the realities of emergency power and how easily it can be abused. Fortunately, there's a clear appetite for reform across the nation.
LD 34 requires voters to show proof of ID to vote in
#Maine
. Acceptable ID includes a driver's license, ID card, passport, military ID or a handgun permit. If a voter does not have ID, the state would issue them a voter ID card free of charge.
#mepolitics
A good accounting of the unnecessary barriers to working in
#Maine
. So many of these occupations pose little to no threat to public health and safety, but Mainers still need to jump through burdensome hoops in order to earn a living here in these professions. Why?
#mepolitics
Bringing you another state snapshot from the State Occupational Licensing Index (SOLI) report! Today we focus on the Pine Tree State: Maine! Click here to read more:
#Maine
#MaineLicensing
#Licensing
#research
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is holding a public hearing today at 9am on phasing out gas-powered cars in Maine.
You can send an email to rulecomments.dep
@maine
.gov by 8/27 and tell them to OPPOSE the proposed electric vehicle mandates!
Massive infrastructure investments will be needed for EV charging station availability to be comparable to gas stations.
The Maine BEP however, is still trying to mandate EVs.
Hey everyone. If you want to support a GREAT organization, one that actually stood up for truth during these dark months, come to this free luncheon today (virtual). I'll be giving a talk and so on. Thank you
@MainePolicy
Democratic CT Gov. Ned Lamont said No to EV mandates. Why won't Gov. Mills?
Call the Governor's office at 207-287-3531 and tell her to REJECT electric vehicle mandates in Maine!
To save the environment, we must first destroy the environment!
That is the Democrat motto in relation to Sears Island, which stands to be decimated to create a port for offshore wind.
@GovJanetMills
Remember that time Mills as AG sent a letter to LePage saying 20-something days was too long to fulfill a FOAA request? Maine Policy and
@TheMaineWire
have waited a year or more for routine requests on multiple occasions. Maine's FOAA law desperately needs reform.
#mepolitics
We’ve been talking about the shrinking number of family providers for 10 years. You and
@MEChildren
are regulating them out of existence in favor of expensive childcare centers. The answer is deregulation, not throwing more money at the problem government created.
#mepolitics
Data from the Maine Children's Alliance's new report underscores the need for action on child care in this legislative session.
The number of family child care providers is shrinking every year– now is the time to reverse that trend.
#mepolitics
A code of ethics for the Supreme Court would dissolve into a political dog and pony show where Justices would be dragged in front of Congress for every tiny grievance.
State and federal public health officials must come to terms with the harms their policies caused. Without that reckoning, this wretched, recent history is doomed to repeat itself.
Every other state in America trusts its people or its chief executive to choose constitutional officers.
Why should Maine be different?
Read the full op-ed:
Maine students are falling behind.
MPI Research Fellow Jonah Davids has just published the results of 1.5 years of research into the decline of Maine's education system.
Click below to see the details:
2/4 what an "advocacy journalist" is? Third,
@mebeacon
has been invited to participate in numerous Maine CDC briefings over the last year. We don't want their reporters removed from these briefings -- we want to be allowed to participate alongside them. This is a slippery slope.
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson and Maine Policy Institute CEO Matt Gagnon sit down with former Congressman Bruce Poliquin to talk about the debate disaster and what it means for the election and the country:
The hearing to decide EV mandates in Maine will take place TOMORROW!!
You can submit a written comment to the Governor with your opinion on the mandates here:
A number of boards still exist in Maine despite reported inactivity.
If a board or commission is not meeting regularly, there is no reason not to eliminate it:
Thanks to those Mainers who contacted their reps in opposition to this bad bill!
#Maine
should be moving to deregulate inspections -- not increase fees or digitize the system. If the
@MEStatePolice
want to modernize the program, they should help eliminate it.
#mepolitics
Could the posturing from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's office in front of the Lewiston shooting commission end up leading to red flag laws in Maine?
Jacob Posik and Matthew Gagnon discuss.
The people of Maine are waiting,
@GovJanetMills
.
End the emergency. Reopen schools and businesses. We want our lives and livelihoods back!
#mepolitics
Thanks to the student protests at Columbia University, alumni donations have fallen off a cliff.
Listen to episode 3 of the Pine Tree Pulse Podcast featuring Columbia graduate Larry Rubinstein:
A really, really expensive mile.
Nothing makes us smile like
@ChrisSununu
trolling
@GovJanetMills
on tax policy.
That is quite the windfall for Maine -- maybe now the governor will have the funds to "pay" for tax cuts 🤷♂️
#mepolitics
Governor Mills' reasoning for allowing a 72-hour waiting period for firearm sales is disingenuous and deceitful.
Harris Van Pate explains why in episode 4 of Pine Tree Pulse.
Full episode:
Maine Democrats are using the Lewiston tragedy as a pretext to implement red flag laws, despite the Lewiston Commission's initial report stating that Maine's current yellow flag laws should have been enough to remove Robert Card's guns.
EV mandates would have disastrous effects for rural Mainers!
You can still submit public comment opposing the bill until February 5th.
📨RuleComments.dep
@Maine
.Com
📞Governor's Office: 207-287-3531
@GovJanetMills
and the Legislature expected to pass a $9.8 billion majority budget this week. They want to spend another $500 million by the end of the year.
State govt has never been so flush with cash, but apparently there's just no money to cut your taxes.
🧐🤔
#mepolitics
Will activists in Portland be happy when more of their neighbors are smoking cigarettes instead of flavored e-cigarettes?
Who do they think will be penalized most from the fines imposed?
#Prohibition
simply doesn't work🤷♂️
#mepolitics
Would a flavored tobacco ban in
#PortlandME
deliver the results advocates hope for?
@consumerpal
president Steve Pociask: "Tragically, a flavors ban would steer some Portlanders toward lethal combustible cigarettes."
#mepolitics
Apparently, big spending in ballot initiatives is only a problem for
@PressHerald
when it's not a liberal initiative run by the Maine People's Alliance.
"It’s not AI, robots or automation that are threats to our students succeeding in a technologically sophisticated future. It’s a Maine DOE that is willing to abandon tried and true educational methods and metrics for new-age platitudes and futurist fantasies." -
@jonahdavids1
Arguably the worst bill that will be considered in the Second Legislative Session is LD 1578, which would give away Maine's voice in presidential elections to the national popular vote.
Read more about LD 1578, and other bills to watch:
Maine's Legislative Council rejected every bill that sought to alter or delay the Aroostook Power Corridor, so the project appears to be full steam ahead.
MHPC hosted a Press Conference to announce the release of "Let Us Work, Resurrecting Entrepreneurship by Removing Barriers to Economic Opportunity."
State Senator Eric Brakey and Rep. Joel Stetkis joined MHPC CEO Matt Gagnon and Policy Analyst Jacob Posik at the podium.
Energy rate hikes are coming for Mainers, in part due to Maine's renewable energy subsidies.
We explain all the details on ep. 10 of the Pine Tree Pulse:
The story the Maine media didn't want to tell you last week. 10% of Maine's healthcare workforce has been pushed out the door by
@GovJanetMills
mandate. Growth in vax rate at these facilities is a product of shrinking denominators.
#mepolitics
"Academic learning is definitely going to take a backseat."
Maine's Education Commissioner describes how Social Emotional learning will be the priority in Maine schools.
The Mills has been spending like crazy, but has not put anything towards a potential public defender program.
Listen to the full episode of the Pine Tree Pulse:
Maine is an outlier in allowing lawmakers to pick the state's constitutional officers, which inevitably results in career politicians heading these posts (regardless of their qualifications). This episode helps underscore the need for these positions to be elected.
#mepolitics
The hearing to decide EV mandates in Maine will take place TOMORROW!!
You can submit a written comment to the Governor with your opinion on the mandates here:
After parroting “science” for 2 years, nobody else in Maine media seems to care about science anymore. The science doesn’t support this policy (it never did), but the lapdogs won’t call it what it is (unscientific) because
@GovJanetMills
’ admin isn’t telling them to.
#mepolitics
The Maine Department of Education is moving away from teaching traditional subjects like math and English.
MPI research fellow Jonah Davids explains why the department is making that decision.