Maine Policy Minute: Volume 28, Number 1 - Maine Policy Review - University of Maine

In this issue of Maine Policy Review, authors provided insights into pressing concerns for Maine's policymakers, business leaders, educators, and citizens. They highlight research regarding critical challenges faced by Maine--and the nation--in industry, workforce, health, education, and politics. This "Maine Policy Minute" provides a synopsis of the authors and arguments contained in Volume 28, Number 1 of Maine Policy Review. In, "Local Politics from Away," transplanted Mainer and college student Matthew Bourque reflects on the strength and character of Maine's political traditions including independent thinking and politicians who put ideas over political party. Joseph W. McDonnell, a professor of public policy in management at the Muskie School at the University of Southern Maine, argues in "Maine's Workforce Challenges in an Age of Artificial Intelligence" that to accommodate changes wrought by increased automation and the move towards artificial intelligence, Maine needs to upgrade the skills of its workforce in what is becoming a rapidly changing economy.