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Resource Challenges for Local Governments: Matching municipal challenges and resources: Intergovernmental options
For most of the era since 1960, when environmental policy and resource policy have been central public issues, the focus of public debates on those policies was at the federal and state levels. But as we enter the last decade of the century, we find that more and more of the decisions and policies that will determine the quality of …
Read MoreResource Challenges for Local Governments: Resource challenges to municipal growth management
For most of the era since 1960, when environmental policy and resource policy have been central public issues, the focus of public debates on those policies was at the federal and state levels. But as we enter the last decade of the century, we find that more and more of the decisions and policies that will determine the quality of …
Read MoreResource Challenges for Local Governments: Our state’s transportation infrastructure: Can it support Maine’s way of life?
For most of the era since 1960, when environmental policy and resource policy have been central public issues, the focus of public debates on those policies was at the federal and state levels. But as we enter the last decade of the century, we find that more and more of the decisions and policies that will determine the quality of …
Read MoreResource Challenges for Local Governments: Solid waste management in local municipalities
For most of the era since 1960, when environmental policy and resource policy have been central public issues, the focus of public debates on those policies was at the federal and state levels. But as we enter the last decade of the century, we find that more and more of the decisions and policies that will determine the quality of …
Read MorePlanning Maine’s Energy Future
Secure and reasonably priced energy supplies have always been vital to the welfare of Maine’s economy and its people. Maine responded to the energy shocks of the 1970s with important state policies, designed in large part to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. John Flumerfelt and Richard Silkman of the State Planning Office provide for us an overview of Maine’s …
Read MoreChallenges for the North Maine Woods
The Maine woods, together with the rocky coast, provide enduring images and metaphors associated with Maine’s sense of itself as a place. Cultural, social, and economic changes in our society have fostered a new period of ferment and debate over the Maine woods, just at a time when the traditional bread and butter conservation issues appeared to be generally under …
Read MoreAn Interview with Maine PUC Chairman Kenneth Gordon
In August, 1991, Maine Policy Review interviewed Kenneth Gordon, the current chair of the Maine Public Utilities Commission. That interview centered on important public policy issues that surround the regulation of telecommunications in Maine and the U.S. From his experience as an economist with the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Gordon brings to his current position an extensive background in telecommunications. …
Read MoreGasoline Consumption Attributable to ATVs in Maine
This study was conducted by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy (MCSC) of the University of Maine at the request of the Maine Legislature’s Commission to Study Equity in the Distribution of Gas Tax Revenues Attributable to Snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles and Watercraft. The Commission was created by the Legislature with a charge to collect and analyze information to …
Read MoreWorkforce Development in Maine: Held Back by the Lack of Higher Education
Almost two-thirds of income in Maine is from labor earnings. Thus, workforce development is crucial for economic prosperity in the state. This study examines what we believe to be the crucial issue for workforce development in Maine, namely, higher education. The intent of this report is to provide some factual context that will be useful for policy analysis for the …
Read MoreTax Policy and Economic Development in Maine: A Survey of the Issues
This report focuses on tax policy and economic development in Maine. Separate reports have been prepared as part of a broader project that includes examination of economic development trends and workforce development issues. The purpose of this report is to provide a foundation for discussion and debate of tax policy options generally and, in particular, those relating to economic development …
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