AUGUSTA – Democratic leaders held an emergency meeting of the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) and Health and Human…
Year: 2013
Candidates for Congress in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District are not required to submit their first financial reports to the Federal…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage said in his weekly address that the federal government’s decision to withdraw funding…
Candidates for the 2nd Congressional District will report fundraising totals in less than a week, a moment that will show…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage announced on Tuesday that he has appointed Jim Rier as Acting Commissioner for…
Unenrolled candidate for governor Eliot Cutler unveiled his campaign’s first ad on Monday: State of Opportunity. The three-minute video shares testimonials…
Blaine Richardson of Belfast, 63, is a small business owner and veteran of the U.S. Navy. Richardson studied at Brandywine…
A crowd of parents, grandparents and taxpayers from the Saco-Biddeford area gathered at Saco City Hall on Wednesday evening to…
Bruce Poliquin, 59, of Oakland graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics. After college, Poliquin worked in the…
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage and representatives from the Maine State Employees Association are working together – yes, together -…
Republican Kevin L. Raye, believed by some to be the front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination in Maine’s…
AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats are calling the 126th Legislature’s Democrat-backed budget “responsible” — yet again — despite new calls for…
Does it make a difference if the United States “adopts” an international treaty without the advice and consent of the…
At nearly 74,000 pages, the U.S. Tax Code is a bloated, destructive and unwieldy mess. It demands fear and inspires…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the shutdown turmoil in the nation’s capital city, 33 House Democrats crossed party lines Tuesday night…
Eliot Cutler, a liberal who is running for governor without party affiliation, took to Facebook on Wednesday to blast partisan…
AUGUSTA – House Republicans rolled out two welfare reforms on Monday targeting Maine’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash…
On Friday, U.S. Sen. Angus King told a national magazine that people with whom he disagrees on health care policy…
According to the latest American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine lost an estimated 11,051 residents due to…
The Oct. 1 launch of the federal Affordable Care Act’s health care insurance exchange in Maine was far from smooth.…
Not to be outdone by Sen. Angus King, who has likened conservatives to murderers, Rep. Chellie Pingree on Monday said…
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent, according to numbers released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.…
One of the things that continues to irk me is how conservatives in general and Republicans in particular display a…
The Michaud for Governor campaign is touting the results of an Aug. 27 poll conducted by Public Policy Polling of…
KENNEBUNKPORT – After a recent outpouring of support for Patrick, a-2-year-old Kennebunkport child battling leukemia, the First Families Museum decided…
Following President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional approval for a potential military intervention in Syria, Maine’s congressional delegation weighed…
According to the Lewiston Sun Journal, unenrolled gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler of Cape Elizabeth has said he would have signed…
AUGUSTA – As Democratic lawmakers plan a second major push to expand Medicaid next legislative session, Republicans are touting the…
AUGUSTA – New numbers from the Maine Bureau of Insurance show that the Republican-led health care insurance reform law known…
SOUTH PORTLAND – The city of South Portland will soon vote on a controversial environmental ordinance so broadly written as…
AUGUSTA – Governor LePage dedicated his weekly address to highlighting his efforts to improve employment opportunities in Maine. LePage’s words…
Radical out-of-state activists are back in Maine using deceptive astroturf tactics to drum up support for their “animal rights” agenda.…
Vice President Joe Biden said in 2007 that President George W. Bush should be impeached if he bombed Iran without…
BREAKING: The Maine Wire has received word that Rep. Alex Willette (R-Mapelton), Assistant Minority Leader, will be dropping out of…
Last Wednesday, US News & World Report ran an opinion piece by Peter Roff describing the conflict of interest in the Portland Press…
After spending more than $20 per vote, Maine Democrats eked out a 3 percentage point victory in Tuesday’s special election…
BELFAST – As U.S. military intervention in the Syrian civil war seems imminent, Republican candidate for Maine’s second district congressional…
AUGUSTA – At a Tuesday press conference in the State House, Barclaycard, an international financial services corporation, announced its intention…
A new report published Aug. 19 by the Cato Institute has shed light on the extent of government dependence in…
On September 10th, the West Lawn of the Capitol building will witness a formidable assemblage of conservative activists. Christened the…
AUGUSTA — State Representative Stacey Guerin (R-Glenburn) is encouraging young women in Maine from the high school classes of 2013…
Two Democrats say Mike Michaud made an intelligent remark during a fund-raiser. This just in. A couple of Democratic legislators…
One of the current political buzzwords is “LoFo voter,” a short way to describe “low-information” members of the electorate who…
“RE: Changes to the 2014 Verso Health Benefits Program,” a memo sent to all employees of Verso Paper from Kenny…
A new short film by Honest Enterprise is a must-see for fans of economic liberty with 15 minutes to…
Two non-profit groups will receive federal grants totaling more than $500,000 under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare,…
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage on Friday released his weekly message, which stressed the need for Maine to implement pro-growth,…
AUGUSTA – Maine Department of Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen unexpectedly announced his resignation on Friday. Bowen, 44, is a Republican…
Anti-gun groups in the culture at large, along with significant voices in the major media, were awfully quick to join…
A policy expert with the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) has accused a MaineToday Media reporter of inaccurately portraying…
A new best seller, This Town, by Mark Leibovich presents some interesting points of comparison with Senator Olympia Snowe’s Fighting for Common…
The vast majority of Maine residents do not support the Maine Clean Election Act (MCEA), a law created via a…
“The bottom line is we’re not broke, there’s plenty of money, it’s just the government doesn’t have it. The government…
Danny Kanner, Lis Smith, Mark Giangreco, and Governor Peter Shumlin, my new best friends at the Democratic Governor’s Association, have…
The first students to graduate from one of Maine’s fledgling public charter schools heard from an unusual voice at their…
Soon the Humane Society of the United States, (HSUS) will initiate their anti-bear trapping, hounding and baiting signature gathering effort. …
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage on Wednesday hit back at Senate President Justin Alfond (D-Portland) for his incendiary…
Everybody can recall that one teacher who had a life-changing impression on them. For some it happened in grade school;…
“I think every president in the intense media environment we have now, certainly every two-term president, gets to a point…
By Prof. John Frary — I was amazed to hear recently about a wealthy New Yorker who converted all his…
“Detroit is the rotten fruit of uncontested progressive socialism.” — Editorial, Investor’s Business Daily, July 19 It didn’t take long…
Winning 2012’s ballot initiative to legalize same-sex marriage is not enough for pro-gay activists with EqualityMaine. The group is now…
Senate President Justin Alfond (D-Portland) and House Speaker Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick) held a meeting of minds and produced…
Courtesy of Breitbart News’ Matthew Boyle: Popular opposition to the “Lifeline” program, colloquially known since last year as the “Obamaphone”…
A long-time Maine State Housing Authority (MSHA) board member resigned in June following the federal government’s belated determination that he…
U.S. Sen. Angus S. King, Jr., an unenrolled Democrat, is the only freshman U.S. senator that has not formed a…
Courtesy of ZeroHedge.com, here are 25 remarkable facts about Detroit: 1) At this point, the city of Detroit owes money to more…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage is touting the latest unemployment figures, which show Maine’s number of jobless at…
Maine’s legislature passed its two-year budget earlier this month, and it includes two allegedly temporary tax increases—one in the state sales tax…
We have just concluded the first legislative session in Augusta since Democrats retook the majority from Republicans who held it…
As many Americans contemplate the depressing fact that we are only six months into President Obama’s second term, with its…
The town of Deer Trail, Colorado is considering providing hunting licenses — and even cash bounties — for residents who…
House Majority Leader Seth A. Berry (D-Bowdoinham) and Assistant Majority Leader Jeff M. McCabe (D-Skowhegan), both of whom ran taxpayer-funded…
BANGOR – The Bangor Daily News published a July 5 letter to the editor that criticized an environmentalist non-profit…
In what is becoming de rigueur for newspapers owned by S. Donald Sussman and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, the Portland Press…
With its bloated welfare roles and generous provision of jobless benefits, Maine is seen by many as the ultimate Nanny…
PORTLAND – Portland Public Schools officials are disputing Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s claims that the city’s high schools restrict uniformed…
Hello, this is Governor Paul LePage. (Click here for audio) Playing politics is easy; governing effectively is hard. As Chief…
How did the second-degree murder trial of so-called “white Hispanic” George Zimmerman for the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin…
ReasonTV’s Nick Gillespie explains the top three reasons Social Security is in need of immediate reform.
AUGUSTA – Republicans and Democrats across the state are squabbling over Gov. Paul LePage’s record number of vetoes in the…
AUGUSTA – The Maine Republican Party is calling on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michael Michaud to denounce Democratic lawmakers for their…
AUGUSTA – Democrats in the Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday defeated a proposal that would have ensured the nation’s…
BATH – A Democratic candidate running in a special election to replace Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall (D-Sagadahoc) in Senate…
From the Office of the House Republicans AUGUSTA – In a surprise turn of events Tuesday, several House Democrats flipped their votes on…
AUGUSTA – House Minority Leader Kenneth Fredette (R-Newport) said in a statement on Tuesday that Democrats were jeopardizing the $100…
In choosing not to accept the federal Medicaid expansion, Gov. Paul LePage and key legislators in Augusta have acted prudently.…
The Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA) has posted petitions to “Stop the LePage Agenda” in every political website I regularly read,…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage on Wednesday said President Barack Obama’s decision to delay the Affordable Care Act’s…
Being a conservative in Maine, at least in my experience, has involved enduring a fraught relationship with the state Republican…
AUGUSTA – Maine Gov. Paul LePage released a video on Thursday explaining why he could not support the Legislature’s two-year…
Can the Obama administration rewrite the laws of physics? Of course it can’t, but it can pass laws and regulations…
More than 60 organizations in 35 states, including 11 national groups, on Sunday began a week-long campaign to inform union…
AUGUSTA – The Maine State Legislature on Wednesday voted to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of the $6.3 billion legislative…
AUGUSTA – Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Monday officially vetoed the Legislature’s proposed budget for the next two years, citing…
BATH – A Republican contender to become the next state senator from Sagadahoc County has emerged following a top Democrat’s…
“I am not opposed to all wars. I am opposed to dumb wars.” — Barack Obama, in The New Yorker,…
AUGUSTA – Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage announced Thursday that he intends to veto the Legislature’s budget proposal and called…
The Bangor Daily News published an editorial on Monday that urged the Maine Legislature to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto…
AUGUSTA – The Maine House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to sustain Gov. Paul R. LePage’s veto of the controversial…