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| 12/21/07 Generation Debt: Opportunity Maine named among ‘Ten Best Policies’ in the nation in 2007 | 11:30 PM, Feb 12 2008 |
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Last May I went up to Augusta to testify in favor of a citizen proposal to provide a state income tax credit to all Maine college graduates who stay in the state, to offset the cost of their student loans. Now the Drum Major Institute has named Opportunity Maine, conceived by a team of student and citizen activists including the League of Young Voters and former USM president Andrew Bossie, one of the ten best progressive policies of 2007... Read More |
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| 11/30/07 Bowdoin Orient: A chat with Governor Baldacci | 11:30 PM, Feb 12 2008 |
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AUGUSTA—Two-term Maine Gov. John Baldacci is no stranger to the Bowdoin campus. In October,
Baldacci spoke at the re-opening of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, and on
Monday the governor stopped by a government class to talk Maine politics with
students. The Orient caught up with Baldacci this week in his State House office
to discuss issues of concern to the College and its students... Read More |
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| 11/7/07 Colby Echo: Opportunity Maine benefits students, state economy | 11:30 PM, Feb 12 2008 |
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Two years ago, Andrew Bossie, student-body president of the University of Southern Maine, came up with what seemed like an illusory goal, a holy grail of student initiatives: a referendum to offer debt relief for college students upon graduation. Fueled by the growing problem of college tuition expenses and the dismay of the students he represented on campus, Bossie sat down with some peers to brainstorm a way of alleviating post-graduation debt relief-especially
to Maine students... Read More |
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| 10/22/07 AlterNet: One Student Does the Incredible, Gets Law Passed for State to Pay Off College Debts | 11:31 PM, Feb 12 2008 |
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When nonvoters are asked why they don't participate in politics, the most common
answer they give is that they don't think they can have any impact. The
system's gamed, they say, broken, and lawmakers are only concerned about the
interests of their cronies... Read More |
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| 10/22/07: Free Press: Opportunity Maine celebrates its win, three governors speak at event, commemorate success | 11:31 PM, Feb 12 2008 |
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Opportunity Maine campaigners returned to USM on Oct. 1 to unveil the Opportunity Maine tax
credit card, a form of identification for recent college graduates enrolled in
the newly established program and a physical reminder to sign up for the tax
credit in January, when it becomes effective by law. The organization brought
three Maine governors to the Abromson Community Education Center in Portland to
help get the word out. Read More |
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