Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center

On May 28th, 2024, Program Director Peggy McKee and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Director Jonathan Rubin kicked off the Center’s internship program in Augusta. 51 student interns have been placed in paid internships with state agencies and other organizations. To learn more about this program, visit our Maine Government Summer Internship Program page.

ORONO, Maine – Maine Policy Review, a leading peer-reviewed journal focusing on policy analysis and research in Maine, is excited to announce an afternoon with Robin Alden, James Wilson, Bill Zoellick, and Robert Shetterly, to celebrate MPR’s special issue Our Shared Ocean at Blue Hill Public Library on May 18, 2024, at 2 p.m.  Robin […]

Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Director Jonathan Rubin was a guest on The Maine Question podcast to discuss climate change economics on their episode “Losing Winter: What happens if Maine loses its winter?”

The Mount Desert Islander cited data from the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine on the rise of reported overdose deaths in Maine:

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 […]

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.”

AUGUSTA, Maine – Jonathan Rubin presents at the IFW Legislative Committee on January 17th, 1 p.m., on the “Gasoline Taxes from ATVs, Snowmobiles and Recreational Watercraft in Maine” report. The report was authored by Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s Jonathan Rubin, Kathryn Grond, and Connor Evans-Ralston. The report updates three earlier reports looking at gasoline […]

The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine has launched Season 5 of their podcast, Maine Policy Matters. Created to make public policy information more accessible to policymakers; government, business and nonprofit leaders; and the general public, Maine Policy Matters features interviews with experts on timely topics relevant to the state of Maine. Season 5 […]