For ticket information, please call Eva McLaughlin at 581-1646 or email eva.mclaughlin@umit.maine.edu (seating is limited)

The Maine U.S. Senate Debate between Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Chellie Pingree is scheduled for October 19, 7:00 p.m. at the Portland High School.  Tickets for the debate will be available from the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service

The 1st District Congressional Debate between Democrat Thomas Allen and Steven Joyce is scheduled for October 12, 7:00 p.m. at the Moot Court Room at University of Maine School of Law.  Tickets for the debate will be available from the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service

Additional Resources:

• Maine Public Broadcasting Election 2002 page

• Maine Public Broadcasting Election Issues page

• Maine Code of Election Ethics

• A Margaret Chase Smith Center Special Report: Tax Policy and Economic Development in Maine: A Survey of the Issues, Matthew N. Murray, 2002. 

• Entrepreneurship as a Rural Development Strategy: Emerging Policy Framework for Maine Maine Rural Development Council, Robert P. Ho and Patricia Kontur

• Mental Health Services: Where are We and Where do We Need to Go? by Ann Acheson, Ph.D.

• Aging and the State of Maine, by Lenard W. Kaye, D.S.W.

The following articles were published in Maine Policy Review.  These articles focus on public policy issues that are important to the state of Maine.  The majority of these articles are written by Maine citizens with the intent of promoting meaningful public policy dialogue about relevant issues in Maine.

Healthcare

• Chronic Disease: The Epidemic of the Twentieth Century, Dora Anne Mills. Vol. 9(1): 2000.

Demographics

• Wither Maine's Population, Deirdre M. Mageean, Gillian AvRuskin and Richard Sherwood. Vol. 9(1): 2000.

Education - School Funding Reform

• Reforming Maine's Education Funding Process, Partick M. Dow and Ralph Townsend. Vol. 7(1): 1998.

• Opportunity and Equity: Fixing Maine's School Funding Formula. Yellow Light Breen. Vol. 8(2): 1999.

• Commentary - The Argument For: Retaining Income as One of Two Factors in Maine's School Aid Funding Formula, Michael F. Brennan and Orlando E. Delogu. Vol.9(1): 2000.

Higher Education 

• Increasing Postsecondary Enrollments in Maine: Changes Needed in Higher Education Policies, David L. Silvernail. Vol. 6(2): 1997.

Education: Essential Programs & Services 

• Essential Programs and Services: The Basis for a New Approach for Funding Maine’s Public Schools, David L. Silvernail and Weston L. Bonney. Vol. 10(1): 2001.  

• A Commentary on the Essential Programs and Services Model, Denison Gallaudet, Henry R. Scipione, Thomas Scott, Robert B. Kautz, Roger Shaw, Mark Eastman, Richard A. Lyons, Bob Hasson. Vol. 10(1): 2001.  

Transportation

• The Importance of Maine's Economic Ties With Canada: Some Thoughts Related to the East-West Highway, Richard E. Mueller. Vol. 7(1): 1998.

Economic Development 

• The Economy: Treading on Thin Ice Perception or Reality?, Laurie Lachance, Vol. 10(1): 2001.

• Fish or Foul? Will Aquaculture Carve Out a Niche in the Gulf of Maine?, Philip W. Conkling. Vol. 9(2): 2000.  

• Promoting Cultural Tourism, Charles Calhoun, Vol. 9(2): 2000.

• The Opportunities and Threats of Coastal Development: An MPR Roundtable Discussion. Vol. 9(2): 2000. 

Tax Reform

• Capping Maine's income tax: Neglected issues and dimensions, Josephine M. LaPlante. Vol. 4(2):1995.

• A property tax cap for Maine? Roots of voter discontent and likely impacts, Josephine LaPlante. Vol. 5(2): 1996.

• Tax policy and economic development: An MPR Roundtable assessment. Vol. 5(3): 1996.

• Commentary: Overhauling Maine's tax system, Paula Valente. Vol. 5(3): 1996.

• Taking charge of Maine's fiscal fortunes: Taxes are only one piece of the puzzle, Josephine M. LaPlante. Vol. 6(1): 1997.

• Whose tax burden? Whose tax fairness? And whose tax reform?, Christopher St. John. Vol. 6(1): 1997.

• A Critical Exegesis of Maine's Creaky Tax Code, Peter Mills. Vol. 6(2): 1997.

• Commentary: More on Tax Reform, Rick Douglas, Christopher G. Lockwood, Evan Richert and Steven Rowe. Vol. 6(2): 1997. (coming soon)

• Maine's Dubious Odyssey into the Funding of Local Government, Peter Mills. Vol. 8(2): 1999.  

Government 

• Performance Government in Maine: The Effort to Make State Government More Efficient, Responsive, and Accountable, Bruce Clary and Barton Wechsler. Vol. 8(2): 1999.

• Term Limits, the Standing Committees, and Institutional Response, Matthew C. Moen and Kenneth T. Palmer. Vol. 11(1): 2002. 

• Symposium: Improving Maine's Justice System: A Significant Effort in Progress, Andrew Ketterer, Frank M. Coffin, Jon D. Levy, Nancy Mills, John David Kennedy, Wendy F. Rau and Calien Lewis. Vol. 11(1): 2002.