In a letter to President Obama, representatives Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud have recommended Steven Minkowsky to be the New…
Month: April 2012
Tune in to this week’s Maine Wire ‘Week in Review’ podcast. Click below to listen. Hosted this week by: David…
More than 100 people packed DiMillo’s restaurant in Portland Thursday for The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s “Getting to Zero” discussion…
Every time I write about polling data, I feel the need to point out that opinion polls are not prophecies,…
By Neal Freeman – this item originally appeared in the American Spectator in the run-up to 2010’s overwhelming taxpayer rejection of…
Last Sunday, the Donald Sussman/Chellie Pingree owned Press Herald ran an editorial titled “Republicans fail to honor their word.” The…
Imagine if the State of Maine wrote you a check for $4,000. Every year. That’s essentially what would happen if…
With less than two months to go until the June 12th primary election for Senate candidates, the fundraising efforts of…
By now you’ve heard the story of Democrat Rep. Chuck Kruger and his tweet saying he would like to see…
Tune in to this week’s Maine Wire ‘Week in Review’ podcast. Click below to listen. Hosted this week by: David…
The Bangor Daily News hired the ultra left-wing Stephen Betts to cover the midcoast area after the implosion of the…
The current ginned-up controversy over “stand your ground” laws in Florida and elsewhere is actually a testament to the growing…
What do rock legend Ted Nugent and State Representative Chuck Kruger have in common? Kruger would probably hope the answer…
The Legislature will not reconvene immediately to try and overturn Governor LePage’s line-item veto of two items in the recently…
The sad, wry joke that goes, “How can you tell a politician is lying? His lips are moving,” is a…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center Friday received a series of threats by phone, as a result of our reporting on…
Kudos to the Lewiston Sun Journal for reaching out to GOP Majority Leader Phil Curtis after we published the news…
Governor Paul LePage is doing exactly what he’s promised Mainers he’d do from the first day he set foot on…
By Rep. Rich Cebra Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has some explaining to do. On March 14, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)…
Tune in to this week’s Maine Wire ‘Week in Review’ podcast. Click below to listen. Hosted this week by: Sam…
The Maine Wire reported yesterday on Maine Democrat state representative Chuck Kruger’s Twitter comments, saying he would like to see…
Republican candidate for Senate Bruce Poliquin launched a TV ad today, becoming the first one in the race to be…
UPDATE 4/13 7:00am: Click here to listen to Kruger in a radio interview. At about 2 minutes in, he actually…
But hey, what are friends for? By J Dwight Distrust of—and anger toward—the politically connected elite is one of the…
By Rep. Phil Curtis Maine House Majority Leader Phil Curtis originally submitted this piece to the Maine Today Media for…
by Scott Moody Just last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released the latest change in population data for Maine by…
U.S. Senate candidate Angus King has posted an odd campaign video today, as a preview to his official campaign launch…
Poll results released yesterday give Senate candidate Angus King a clear lead in the race to replace Olympia Snowe. It also…
Tune in to this week’s Maine Wire ‘Week in Review’ podcast. Click below to listen. Hosted this week by: Sam…
The worldview that says it’s a good idea to force others to contribute to private causes that they oppose appears…
We’ve heard this story before haven’t we? The similarities are striking – catering, Vegas hotels, gift cards and even clowns.…
by Scott Moody Maine’s private-sector share of personal income for 2011 has begun to recover from the all-time lows set…
Public forum boot camp is a smart move Republicans in Maine may be getting a reprieve from the internecine miasma…
Steve Thurston, co-chair of Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power, waved a red flag at the Dept. of Energy before…
By Lucky Cambridge. When I was a kid, late-winter Saturdays included watching old movies on a clunky black-and-white television. Neatly frocked…
The Maine Wire broke the story last week that U.S. Senate candidate Angus King’s wind company was included in a…
By Pem Schaeffer. Let’s start by saying “God bless Yogi Berra” for his short and snappy insights, his humanity and…