“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us…
Month: May 2013
AUGUSTA – Democratic lawmakers announced on Wednesday an alternative to Gov. Paul LePage’s five month old budget proposal that includes…
UPDATE: The Maine Wire has learned that a member of the Messalonskee Middle School “Leadership Team” – a group of…
Maine could face a drastic surge in Medicaid spending for long-term medical care if nothing is done to address a…
WATERBORO, Maine – Training, Education, and Accountability in Christian Homes (T.E.A.C.H.), a Waterboro-based group of York County families who home…
The lone dissenting voice on the five-member Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine has warned state officials…
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on Thursday released the 6th edition of Rich States, Poor States – a comprehensive…
All the flapping, squawking and screeching that greeted the LePage administration’s “letter-grade” ranks for Maine public schools was intensified earlier…
AUGUSTA – Scripted chants filled the air Wednesday as activists from the Maine State Employees Association (MSEA) and the Maine…
AUGUSTA – In a late night session of the Maine House of Representatives, state lawmakers clung mostly to party lines…
“Stop Paul LePage’s Agenda! Governor Paul LePage’s extreme policies have hurt Mainers. During his term as Governor, Paul LePage increased…
AUGUSTA – Sen. Dawn Hill (D-York), chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs, refused to allow…
Tax economist and CEO of The Maine Heritage Policy Center J. Scott Moody testified Wednesday before the Rhode Island House…
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul R. LePage on Friday delivered a letter to to Democratic leaders challenging their decision to merge payment of…
AUGUSTA – Top lawmakers on the so-called Gang of Eleven said Friday during a work session of the Legislature’s Taxation…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may be the most powerful, and feared, federal agency in Washington. It is absolutely essential…
AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats, led by Senate President Justin L. Alfond (D-Portland) and House Speaker Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick)…
AUGUSTA – The Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee voted Wednesday against limiting Medicaid coverage of methadone and suboxone treatments,…
AUGUSTA – Democratic infighting continued at the State House on Wednesday as members of the Health and Human Services (HHS)…
“That the power to tax involves the power to destroy (is) not to be denied.” — Justice John Marshall, in…
Here, I’d like to discuss the so-called Gang of Eleven’s LD 1496, designated “An Act to Modernize and Simplify the…
The Mercatus Center, a project of George Mason University, has released a new video analyzing the expansion of states’ Medicaid…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said on Friday it had targeted conservative groups for more thorough scrutiny during the 2012…
Watch the viral video of the Maine Democrats staging a press conference to attack Gov. Paul LePage, but failing spectacularly:…
YORK – He totaled a company van and subsequently failed a drug test, but according to workers at the Maine…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage on Monday met with representatives from the Maine State Employees Association (MSEA) to…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Sunday called on President Barack Obama to apologize for the Internal Revenue Service’s politically-motivated…
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul R. LePage on Saturday used his weekly radio address to once again call for action on…
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul R. LePage on Friday continued to roll out his education reform initiatives, releasing a pair of…
AUGUSTA – In a surprise move, House Speaker Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick) ordered Democrats on the Legislature’s Health and…
AUGUSTA – The Gang of Eleven defended its controversial tax overhaul on Friday during a packed public hearing of the…
Maine is the 6th worst place to retire, according to a study produced by Bankrate.com that considered a host of…
AUGUSTA –The Environment and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday considered a resolve that would spend $500,000 over four years to…
AUGUSTA – The Gang of Eleven’s tax plan is only one week old, but supporters say the version that emerges…
AUGUSTA – Top Democrats refuse to say how long the Party has been working on their school evaluation system or…
U.S. Sen. Angus S. King Jr. (U-Maine) has obtained the services of NGP Van, Inc. — the same Washington, D.C.-based…
AUGUSTA – A top Democratic committee chair on Tuesday came out in opposition to the decision of Senate President Justin…
AUGUSTA – Maine taxpayers rallied at the State House on Tuesday in support of economic freedom. Despite multiple advanced notices,…
When a proposed law is drafted for consideration by the Maine Legislature, it has to carry a “fiscal note” citing…
AUGUSTA – Liberty-minded Mainers gathered at the State House Tuesday for an Economic Freedom Rally featuring speakers from The Maine…
Renowned tax reform crusader Grover Norquist, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Americans for Tax Reform, said Monday that the tax…
AUGUSTA – State Democratic leaders have suspended a rule providing for transparency in the proceedings of the Legislature. Senate President…
Somehow, it’s appropriate that a multibillion-dollar slam-bang government porkfest in which tens of thousands of undeserving claimants and their lawyers…
AUGUSTA – Republican and Democratic leaders held dueling press conferences on Tuesday over Gov. Paul R. LePage’s proposal to pay…
Reduce Maine’s income tax to four percent: Working Mainers would see their income taxes cut in half, from eight percent…
AUGUSTA – Giving hope to those who believe democracy flourishes through compromise, Republicans and Democrats in the so-called Gang of…