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Digital Democracy Is Coming To The Maine Legislature, Joseph Carleton
Digital Democracy Is Coming To The Maine Legislature, Joseph Carleton
Maine Policy Review
Although Maine's information infrastructure is several years ahead of the nation in development, Maine ranks only 41st out of 50 states in its "Digital Democracy," that is, its use of new telecommunications and information technologies to permit greater citizen access to laws, legislators and the state's legislative processes. State Rep. Joseph Carleton outlines changes underway in the Maine Legislature that will result in greater digital democracy throughout the state. Through advances such as e-mail, the Internet, and other digital forms of communication, Carleton envisions new ways of doing business both for legislators and citizens. In discussing the effects of such …
Interview With Senator George Mitchell
Interview With Senator George Mitchell
Maine Policy Review
Senator George Mitchell's leadership in Northern Ireland has earned him worldwide praise. Yet such praise is not surprising to citizens of Maine who have lauded the Senator for many years throughout his remarkable tenure in the United States Senate. In 1980, Senator Mitchell was appointed to the United States Senate to complete the unexpired term of Senator Edmund S. Muskie who had resigned to become Secretary of State. In 1982, after trailing in public opinion polls by thirty-six points, he rallied to win his first election, receiving 61 percent of the votes cast. Mitchell went on to an illustrious career …
Reforming Maine's Education Funding Process, Patrick M. Dow, Ralph Townsend
Reforming Maine's Education Funding Process, Patrick M. Dow, Ralph Townsend
Maine Policy Review
In recent years funding for Maine K-12 education has been a source of almost constant dissension. As authors Patrick Dow and Ralph Townsend note, much of this dissension began in the early 1990s with the legislature's decision to reduce funding for local education. Shrinking community budgets for local education have led to political battles over who gets what and have led to changes in the school funding formula established in the 1970s. The authors argue that these changes have eroded the principles of equity on which the 1970s formula was built. They trace the history of education funding in Maine, …