AUGUSTA – Campaign finance reports for the three major candidates for governor became public Thursday. Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael…
Year: 2014
AUGUSTA – Campaign finance reports for the three major candidates for governor became public Thursday. Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael…
AUGUSTA – The Maine State Police issued 11,000 concealed weapon permits in 2013, Gov. Paul R. LePage announced Friday. “Through…
AUGUSTA – Supporters of religious freedom flooded the State House on Thursday to voice support for a Washington County Republican’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An official from the federal Centers on Medicare and Medicaid admitted at a House hearing on Thursday…
On January 15 the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) produced its “Review of Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Facilities in…
ELLSWORTH, Maine – A paid activist working on behalf of the liberal Maine People’s Alliance has been charged after she…
To the Editor: As I listened to some of the testimony on Medicaid expansion (LD 1578) today, a few…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released its bipartisan report on the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist…
AUGUSTA – For the second time in the 126th Legislature, the Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing…
AUGUSTA – Gary Alexander, founder and president of The Alexander Group, on Tuesday presented his report on a proposal to…
Maine Wire readers should be well aware that the most controversial policy issue at the State level this year is…
Mark Giangreco, my new friend at the Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), just sent an e-mail urging me “to join Mike…
Mark Giangreco, my new friend at the Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), just sent an e-mail urging me “to join Mike…
Are Maine’s cash welfare recipients gambling with taxpayer money? According to The Maine Wire’s investigation into the Temporary Assistance for…
Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage joined talk radio host Laura Ingraham to talk about welfare abuse in the Pine Tree…
AUGUSTA – Expanding eligibility for Maine’s medical welfare program, known as Medicaid or MaineCare, under the federal Affordable Care Act…
Maine welfare cash has been used at two amusement parks in Saco, according to Department of Health and Human Services…
On Thursday, The Maine Heritage Policy Center, which owns and operates The Maine Wire, made public three years’ worth of…
Maine Wire Editor Steve Robinson joined talk radio host Howie Carr on Tuesday to talk about his investigation into abuse…
AUBURN – Republican state senate candidate Eric Brakey announced Tuesday that his campaign has raised more than $21,000 in his…
AUGUSTA – Top Republicans reacted to The Maine Wire’s exclusive report on the scope of welfare abuse in Maine with…
“The reality is that we lack any systematic evidence that such “misuse” is widespread.” – Robert W. Glover, University of…
The battle lines have been drawn for the coming session of the Maine Legislature. In one corner stands the reigning…
Marie Doucette of Saco Who are these progressives? They are mostly Democrats with too many Republicans and Independents thrown in.…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree signed a letter last week urging her colleagues in the House of Representatives to give Bath…
Detroit police chief James Craig said Thursday his time serving on the force in Portland, Maine, in 2009 leads him…
Would expanding medical welfare reduce visits to the emergency room? A new study from Oregon says, No. The study, released…