Center Director Jonathan Rubin Talks on “The Maine Question”

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S5E5 Maine Tourism: Trends and Sustainable Hospitality (Part 2)

This episode features a one-on-one interview with Charlene Virgilio, executive director of Four Directions. Then, you’ll hear a panel discussion with Tracy Michaud, Steve Lyons, and Rauni Kew on Maine’s tourism trends and hospitality. Tracy Michaud’s coauthored Maine Policy Review article: “The Role of Aquatourism in Sustaining Maine’s Working Waterfronts”  Steve Lyons’s Maine Policy Review article: “Coastal […]

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S5E4 Maine’s Tourism Sectors: Our Economy, Traditions, and Sense of Place

On this episode, we interview David Vail, Caroline Paras, and Stuart Kestenbaum on Maine’s Tourism Sectors. Resources Portland Press Herald article on Maine’s outdoor recreation economy. Caroline Paras’s coauthored Maine Policy Review article: “The Role of Aquatourism in Sustaining Maine’s Working Waterfronts.” Transcript [00:00:00] Stuart Kestenbaum: You know, the goal wasn’t to bring tourists to […]

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S5E3 Policy and Environmental Impacts: Maine’s Offshore Wind Advantage (Part 2)

This episode is part 2 of a two-part series on Maine’s offshore wind efforts. In this episode, we’ll be following up on our interview with Dr. Habib Dagher, Executive Director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, by interviewing Celina Cunningham, Nicholas Lund, and Jack Shapiro on the environmental and policy implications […]

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Call for Submissions: Special Issue on Maine Libraries

It is with great pleasure that the editors of Maine Policy Review announce a call for submissions for a special issue devoted to identifying and exploring the complex challenges surrounding Maine libraries. We hope to explore internal and external threats and opportunities to library services along with policy actions and innovations affecting libraries. Because of the nationwide […]

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S5E2 Habib Dagher & Leading Energy: Maine’s Offshore Wind Advantage (Part 1)

On this episode, we interview Habib Dagher, the founding Executive Director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. In two weeks, we’ll be featuring a discussion with Celina Cunningham, Nicholas Lund, and Jack Shapiro on the environmental and policy implications of Maine’s offshore wind efforts. Dr. Habib Dagher is the founding Executive […]

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Maine Policy Review 32(2) Special Issue: “Our Shared Ocean” Available Now

Maine Policy Review, a leading peer-reviewed journal focusing on policy analysis and research in Maine, is excited to announce the release of Our Shared Ocean, a Maine Policy Review special issue. This issue brings together a remarkable set of authors to provide many different perspectives on policy issues related to the ocean.  Our Shared Ocean is the largest […]

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Apply for the 2024 Maine Government Summer Internship Program

The Maine Government Summer Internship Program is accepting applications from students and supervisors until all positions are filled. We anticipate 50+ positions in agencies of Maine state government and in municipal/county governments of Maine. These internships span a wide range of job categories including education, engineering, environment, conservation, law, data analysis, finance, economics, communication and more. All […]

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MCSPC Cited in Bangor Daily News

Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center was cited in “ATVers seek a bigger piece of the gas tax” from the Bangor Daily News. Center director Jonathan Rubin presented at LD 977’s work session, “Resolve to Study the Gasoline Tax Allocations for Nonhighway Recreational Vehicles and Make Recommendations for Changes.”

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