I sat down with Carla Lobley, a Maine teacher who has homeschooled her own kids, taught in a Christian school, worked in public-school gifted education, and now helps lead Avodah, a Christ-centered K-12 school in Auburn. Carla has seen education from almost every angle. Public school, she says, was a boot camp: policy, process, paperwork,…

How States Compete (And Why Maine Is Losing) Eight states now have ZERO income tax. Thirteen more are on automatic paths to zero. That’s 21 out of 50 states moving aggressively to lower taxes and attract business, talent, and families. Meanwhile, Maine has the 5th highest tax burden in the nation. If you earn under…

Proof the Lewiston Victims Fund Broke Its Promise Amy Sussman is back. Her nephew Max Hathaway was killed in the October 2023 Lewiston shooting, on the day he graduated high school. Two years ago she learned what donors were never told: of the $6.6 million raised for victims and survivors, $1.9 million went to 29…