New Report Charts a Day One Agenda for Maine’s Next Governor to Rein In Energy Costs and Hold Utilities Accountable
October 14, 2026 — Maine families and businesses face some of the steepest electricity price increases in the country. Against this backdrop, the American Economic Liberties Project in partnership with Acadia Center, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), and Our Power, today released a policy primer laying out a menu of concrete actions Maine's next Governor can take to lower energy costs and strengthen oversight of the state's investor-owned utilities, including Central Maine Power (CMP) and Versant Power.
The Senate’s Protect College Sports Act is a NCAA Bailout that Will Harm Athletes for Decades, the House Has A Responsibility to Kill It
September 29, 2026 — Following the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Protect College Sports Act (S. 4668), a legislative loophole that backtracks on the U.S. Supreme Court’s pivotal 2021 Alston ruling, which holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to federal antitrust laws, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement:
Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition Urges Court to Reject DOJ’s Live Nation Settlement as Corrupted, Impotent, and Unlawfully Disclosed
September 8, 2026 — The Break Up Ticketmaster Coalition filed a public comment last week urging the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to reject the Department of Justice's proposed settlement with Live Nation.
Economic Liberties’ Statement on Adam Candeub’s Nomination Hearing to Lead DOJ Antitrust Division
August 5, 2026 — Following today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Adam Candeub's nomination to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement from Phillip Berenbroick, Senior Strategist for Policy and Advocacy:
Economic Liberties Applauds States’ Lawsuit to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Mega-Merger, Encourages More States to Join
July 13, 2026 — Today, 12 state attorneys general sued to block Paramount-Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers-Discovery. In response, American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement applauding their decision and encouraging them to ensure this anticompetitive and illegal merger never sees the light of day: