Welcome to Line Items, MECEP’s public policy blog. Whether you’re a news junkie, an average citizen, a policy wonk,  an expert on all things legislative, a journalist or an avid blogger, we hope you will find this blog informative and useful.  We’ll try and keep things simple and easy to understand with links to more in-depth research and articles for those who want to go deeper on the issues.  If we’re not explaining things clearly, let us know!  Maine is our state and we can all help shape its future.