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Maine's Looming Budget Crisis: Do TABOR 2 and the Excise Tax Cut Really Matter?
Featuring Dr. Tracy Gordon, Univerisity of Maryland; Steve Bowen, Maine Heritage Policy Center; and Christopher St. John, Maine Center for Economic Policy
October 14, 2009
Same Sex Marriage: Is It Right for Maine?
Featuring Maine State Senator Dennis Damon (D), Maine State Representative Les Fossel (R), Shenna Bellows (Maine Civil Liberties Union), Marc Mutty (Catholic Diocese), and Ron Gobeil (Maine Marriage Initiative)
April 15, 2009
Keeping Pace: An Agenda for Maine in a Changing World
Eliot Cutler
January 27, 2009
Maine 1st Congressional District Debate
Chellie Pingree (D) and Charles Summers (R)
October 10, 2008
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USM: Why it is Important to our Economic Future
Featuring Dr. Selma Botman, USM President; Mike Dubyak, Vice-Chair of USM's Board of Visitors and President & CEO of Wright Express Corp; and Ed Suslovic, Mayor, City of Portland
April 16th, 2008
Maine's Energy Future: What Will It Cost You?
Featuring Kurt Adams, Maine PUC Commissioner; John Hurt, Finance Director, National Semiconductor; and Rep. Philip Bartlett, Chair of the Utilities and Energy Committee of the Maine Legislature
January 29, 2008
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Tax Reform in Maine
Featuring Rep. Glenn Cummings, Rep. Josh Tardy, Counselor Jim Cohen, and Kevin Hancock
October 31, 2007
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