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Smart Growth, State Policy and Public Process in Maine: The Dunstan Crossing Experience
Sprawling development in Maine’s growth areas continues in spite of the state’s emphasis on comprehensive planning over the past 20 years. In this article, the authors present some lessons to be learned from Scarborough’s Dunstan Crossing project, a planned development which would have incorporated many of the goals of the national “smart growth” movement. The project was approved by the …
Read MoreThe Margaret Chase Smith Essay: Rejuvenating American Politics
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Read MoreObesity in Maine: A Policy Approach
Compared to earlier generations, Americans are eating more, making poorer nutritional choices, and are less physically active. The result is an "obesity epidemic" facing Maine and the nation. Dora Anne Mills, director of Maine’s Bureau of Health, summarizes the extent, impact, and causes of obesity, and presents policy solutions suggested in public health and medical literature. Because the factors behind …
Read MoreGenetically Modified Food: What Are Mainers Thinking
Whether to allow genetically modified (GM) foods in Maine, and if so, under what circumstances, has been hotly debated in recent years. In this article, the authors explore one aspect of the issue—Mainers’ attitudes about the labeling of GM foods. They point out that labeling GM foods is more complex than simply whether to label. Policy decisions need to be …
Read MoreFive Hundred Sixty Nations Among Us: Understanding the Basics of Native American Sovereignty
Stephen Brimley presents a general background on the historical context of Native American tribal sovereignty on the national level, and the current political and legal environment in which tribal rights are defined. He describes how tribes have retained varying degrees of the rights they had prior to European contact, and the ways in which state power over tribes has been …
Read MoreCommentary: Bates and Olmstead: Court-Initiated Strategies to Implement Community Inclusion of Persons with Psychiatric
As Maine reorganizes its health, human services and mental health services into one organization, policymakers need to consider how this new department should implement its programs on behalf of not only persons with severe and persistent mental illness but also those with long-term disabilities of any type. Historically, and for the most part independently, the two departments have developed community-based …
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