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MCSPC Publishes 2022-23 Annual Report

Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center is pleased to share our annual report with the public. Click below to download the report.

2023 MGSIP interns in the state house to represent the Maine Policy Matters podcast episode topic of student government interns.

S4E1 Student Government Interns: Making a Difference in Maine

On this episode of Maine Policy Matters, we’ll be talking with Peggy McKee, director of the Maine Government Summer Internship Program, to hear about the history and impact on students and government agencies. We’ll also be hearing from a few interns and their supervisors throughout the episode to get an inside look at what it’s like […]

Maine Policy Matters Launches Season 4

Maine Policy Matters, the Center’s official podcast, is back for season four. This season will feature interviews with experts on timely topics relevant to the state of Maine. Episodes will include interviews with Ali Abedi, Peter Schilling, and Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh on AI in higher education and research; Rebecca Schaffner, Chris O. Yoder, Brian Kavanah, […]

Senator Margaret Chase Smith and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt talking to a CBS employee on the set of Face the Nation in November, 1956.

TIME Covers Margaret Chase Smith’s Presidential Debate

TIME’s writer Melissa August cites Margaret Chase Smith’s presidential debate against Eleanor Roosevelt as “the first televised presidential debate.”

Political Cartoon of Senator Margaret Chase Smith placing a bucket that says "smear material" over the head of Senator Joseph McCarthy. In the back ground is the U.S. Capitol and a surprised onlooker.

JSTOR Daily’s “Declaration of Conscience: Annotated”

JSTOR Daily, an online publication that contextualizes current events with scholarship, featured an annotated version of Margaret Chase Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience.”

The drug Naloxone displayed in an emergency kit.

Maine Monitor Interviews Soucier About Providing Naloxone in Schools

The Maine Monitor spoke to Daniel Soucier, a research associate at the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, about the benefit of having medication like naloxone that rapidly counteracts drug overdoses available in schools. ”In a lot of ways it’s like having a fire extinguisher on site or say a life preserver on a […]

The University of Maine Center on Aging and the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute in Collaboration with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center

The University of Maine Center on Aging and the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute have formed a new policy partnership in association with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center to focus exclusively on aging-related policy issues in Maine. The new Consortium for Aging Policy Research and Analysis (CAPRA) will provide a “go-to” entity […]

Margaret Chase Smith Library 34th Annual Maine Town Meeting

Jim Melcher is a professor of Political Science at the University of Maine at Farmington. Every September for Constitution Day at UMF, he reviews Supreme Court cases from the previous term. Because he spoke at the Library in May this year, he was able to cover four cases from the previous term and three from […]

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Maine Policy Matters Podcast Season 4

Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s official podcast, Maine Policy Matters, is set to launch Season 4 at the end of August 2023. Season 4 will feature panels with specialists and community members on topics like moose and ticks, the Clean Water Act, AI in higher education, and investing in teachers. Meanwhile, the collection of MPM episodes can […]