Maine Policy Review cited in Portland editorial

A July 15 Portland Press Herald editorial, “Maine shirks obligation to K–12 schools, students,” focused on the state’s inability to meet a school funding mandate, and cited a 2013 Maine Policy Review article on the impact of state revenue reductions on Maine municipalities. The Maine Policy Review article by Emily Shaw explored municipal responses to reduced Maine revenue and found that they are “largely making up for the lack of state spending through increasing the tax and fee burden on their local populations.”