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Maine Policy Review publishes timely, independent, peer-reviewed analysis of public policy issues relevant to the state of Maine. The journal is published two times per year by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. It is intended for a diverse audience, including state policymakers; government, business, and nonprofit leaders; students; and general readers with a broad interest in public policy.

ISSN 1064-2587 (print) E-ISSN 2643-959X (online)

Current Issue: Volume 30, Issue 2 (2021) Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic

Front Matter

Introduction
Dora Anne Mills, Amanda Rector, Linda Silka, and Barbara Harrity

Essay

(Un)precedented: Reflecting on the Early Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Amanda Rector

Articles

Looking forward while being pushed back: How accurate were economic forecasts for Maine during the pandemic?
Andrew Crawley and Angela Hallowell

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maine’s Labor Market and Workforce
Mark McInerney and Erin Fenton

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Labor Market in 2020
Philip Trostel

The Response of the Maine Food System to the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic
JG Malacarne, Jason Lilley, and Nancy McBrady

Impacts of COVID-19 on Tourism in Bar Harbor, Maine
Todd Gabe

Exploring COVID-19 Impacts on Maine Tourism Using an Online Photo-Sharing Site
Tracy Michaud, Colleen Metcalf, and Matthew Bampton

Municipal Capacity to Respond to COVID-19: Implications for Improving Community Resilience in Maine
Vanessa R. Levesque, Eileen Sylvan Johnson, and Kathleen Bell

Building Youth Resiliency and Aspirations During a Crisis: Lessons Learned from Maine’s Aspirations Incubator During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sarah Krichels Goan, Elora Way, Erin Cinelli, and Don Carpenter

Community Support for Low-Income Elementary School Students with a Winter Gear Drive under COVID 19 Constraints
Paige Wentworth and Lois-Ann Kuntz

Inequality and Workforce Development in Maine in the Post-COVID-19 Environment
Thomas Remington

Commentaries

Missteps in Managing the COVID-19 Crisis
Joseph W. McDonnell

Science in Maine: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Niles Parker and Kate Dickerson

Forced Hand: Educational Entrepreneurship and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Katie Rybakova and Jeremy Pare

The Great London Plague of 1665 and the US COVID-19 Pandemic Experience Compared
Frank O'Hara

Prospects for a Rim County Renaissance: Pandemic as Economic Opportunity
David Vail

How to Save Jobs and Build Back Better: Employee Ownership Transitions as a Key to an Equitable Economic Recovery
Rob Brown

Opportunity to Build Maine’s Workforce amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Laura Fairman

Imagining Maine’s Economy in a Postpandemic World
Stefano Tijerina

Moving Upstream: Health and Prosperity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Lisa Miller and Deborah Deatrick

Back Matter

Thanks to Reviewers