Ranked-choice voting makes a mess of Maine’s CD2 race
Maine Policy Institute
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Maine Policy Institute
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Working to expand individual liberty and economic freedom in Maine.
Home of the Pine Tree Pulse Podcast.
- Six major costs of New England’s renewable energy policies: -Increased electricity bills for New England residents -Increased cost of doing business in New England -New England’s lost competitive edge over other regions -The storage costs of non-dispatchable energies
- It's true. You can't make this stuff up. #mepoliticsMaine's vote on banning gas cars was supposed to be today but was postponed due to widespread power outages. Happy solstice.
- Watch @steverob of @TheMaineWire on @TuckerCarlson: "Steve Robinson Exposes the Chinese Mafia’s Secret Drug Empire" here:
- Today, @GovJanetMills compared @POTUS @realDonaldTrump to King Louis XIV. Apparently she forgot she ruled #Maine with an iron fist by executive order for 15 months under a state of emergency. #MEpolitics
- File this in the big folder of things that NH does far better than Maine. #mepolitics🚨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.
- Matt Gagnon: "If you want to live in Portland now, it's already difficult to impossible to really afford to do it. And as more people want to live there, and less housing is built, it's going to get more expensive and worse."
00:00 - Studies show that rent control and inclusionary zoning actually INCREASE the cost of housing in the long term. We explain:
00:00 - Hacks and Assassins: Maine is the only state in the nation where the Legislature chooses the constitutional officers, and the process never fails to reward well-connected insiders over qualified candidates. Listen to the latest Pine Tree Pulse: open.spotify.com/episode/7l90Zm…
- LD1742, a bill to prohibit #Maine from censoring online speech, is scheduled for public hearing @ 3pm today before the Judiciary Committee. Except if you go to the Legislature's online testimony portal, there is no option to submit testimony on LD1742. Kinda ironic, right?
- 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
- Wild. The data show these programs don't work -- that's why 35 states don't have them. It's the epitome of a legalized racket. #MEpolitics
