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Online Learning: Maximizing Results by Leveraging Technology
It’s time for Maine to embrace innovation in education through online learning – a method inherently customized to suit the needs of our individual students. Think about the technological progress we’ve made in different areas of life over the past …
Crisis to Cure: Maine’s Health Care Reform Law is Helping Business
Opponents of Maine’s new health care reform law (PL90) erroneously describe the law as “a gift to the insurance companies.”[1] In reality that gift
The Past and Present of Customized Learning in Maine
Maine’s first academy, Berwick Academy in South Berwick, was founded in 1791.
This is the first of a three-part series on customized
Case Study #3: Cost of Obamacare could force retail operation out of business
The last of three cases studies on how Obamacare will affect real Maine businesses shows that the staggering increase in health insurance costs could actually force a retail
Case Study #2: Maine blueberry farm would pay $184,000 more a year under Obamacare
Paying Obamacare penalties would be less expensive than providing health insurance A case study from a blueberry farming operation in Maine shows that providing health insurance benefits under Obamacare
2012 “Maine Piglet Book” details waste, fraud and abuse of tax dollars
“The book Augusta doesn’t want you to read” shows improvement in some areas, continued waste and abuse in others
The Maine Heritage Policy Center released the
The Economic Impact of Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard
The state of Maine is a pioneer in passing Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) legislation. First implemented in 1999, the law required that 30 percent of total retail electric
The Fiscal Costs of Maine’s “Demographic Winter”
Countries such as Japan and Russia are already facing annual declines in population, a trend that Demographers have labeled this “Demographic Winter.”[1] A shrinking population will create formidable
MHPC: Don’t Expand Maine’s Medicaid Under Obamacare
Expanded Medicaid enrollment increases private insurance rates, burdens taxpayers without reducing number of uninsured PORTLAND - The Maine Heritage Policy Center today released a report saying that Maine should
The Maine Heritage Policy Center
