Author: Chris Wade | The Center Square contributor

(The Center Square) — Backers of a plan to require photo identification to vote in Maine elections collected more than 170,000 signatures to put the question on the ballot this year.  The group Voter ID for Maine submitted the signed petitions on Monday to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ office for review and certification, the…

(The Center Square) — Maine has agreed to temporarily suspend a new voter-approved law limiting contributions to super PACs in response to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new requirements. Question 1, one of four referendums approved by Maine voters in the Nov. 5 elections, sets a new limit of $5,000 for contributions to…

(The Center Square) — New Hampshire is the freest state in the North American region, according to a new report, which cites the Granite State’s relationship between freedom and economic growth. The latest edition of the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America index ranked New Hampshire as the freest state, followed by South Dakota…

(The Center Square) — A New York Republican congressman has filed a bill that seeks to punish foreign governments that take Americans hostage or wrongly detain them. The proposal filed by Rep. Mike Lawyer, R-N.Y., would create a new designation of “state sponsor of wrongful or unlawful detention” that would authorize the State Department to…