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Jonathan Williams of ALEC Joins Governor LePage in Touting Benefits of Income Tax Cut
On Wednesday, Governor Paul R. LePage was joined by Jonathan Williams, Vice President of...
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Sen. Brakey Proposes 6 Month Residency Requirement for Welfare
Freshman Senator Eric Brakey (R-Auburn) is continuing the effort to mandate that new...
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Emily Cain Announces Dismal Fundraising Numbers
Shortly after Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin released his fundraising numbers for the first...
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Congressman Bruce Poliquin Raises $700,000 in First Quarter
Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin has a strong start to a re-election bid come 2016,...
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Maine Ranks 42 in Latest ALEC Economic Index
On Wednesday, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the 8th edition of Rich States,...
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Lawmakers Consider Bill That Could Hinder NSA Operations in Maine
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Maine Fourth...
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Senate and House Republicans Look to Reconcile Budgets
Early Friday morning, Senate Republicans passed their first budget since 2006. The vote...
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9,000 Fewer Mainers on Food Stamps
According to Governor LePage’s administration, 9,000 fewer Mainers have been using SNAP benefits,...
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Cigarette Smuggling a Problem in Maine
Last month, the Tax Foundation released a study analyzing the relationship between cigarette...
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Obama Likely to Use Veto to Help Unions
On Thursday, Congress passed a resolution aimed at limiting so-called “ambush elections” for...
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House Republicans Release Budget Proposal
On Tuesday, U.S. House Republican leadership unveiled their conservative budget proposal that seeks...
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Maine Unions Pledge to Fight Right-to-Work Bills
On Thursday, hundreds of union supporters packed into the State House to stump...
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Clinton Defends Using Private Email
On Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton admitted it may have been a mistake to...
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Maine Supreme Court Issues Ruling in LePage-Mills Disagreement
Today, the Maine Supreme Court issued its ruling on a case involving the...
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in King v Burwell
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell,...
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Greens Seeking to Double the Minimum Wage in Portland
On Thursday, the Portland Green Independent Committee announced that it will be pushing...
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DOJ Report Accuses Ferguson Police Dept. of Acting Like “Collection Agency”
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released their report on civil rights...
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Investigators Looking into Missing IRS Emails
On Thursday, investigators announced that they had discovered over 30,000 emails related to...
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Court Ruling: Mainers Can’t Buy Drugs from Foreign Pharmacies
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torrensen ruled that federal law prohibits...
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Problems Continue to Plague Obamacare
On Friday, the Obama Administration admitted that approximately 800,000 Healthcare.gov customers have received...
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Poliquin Explains Controversial Obamacare Vote
Representative Poliquin, whose vote this week against repealing Obamacare provoked backlash among grassroots...
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Congressman Poliquin Grills FHFA Director Mel Watt
Bruce Poliquin isn’t wasting any time getting his feet wet in Washington. Yesterday,...
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LePage Budget Proposes Significant Tax Changes
On Friday, Governor Paul R. LePage released his biennial budget. The highly anticipated...
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Lessons for Maine in Vermont’s Failure
The argument against expanding government run health care in America just got a...
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Maine According to Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist, long considered by the left to be the dark marionette of conservative...
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Maine Paid Jonathan Gruber for Obamacare Advice
MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber, the architect of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA),...
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Maine GOP Slams Dems Over Accusations of Fraud
In a press release Monday, Maine Republican Party Chairman Richard Bennett responded to a...
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Is Maine the Safest State in America? Almost.
On Monday, the FBI released Crime in the United States, 2013, a report detailing...
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Maine Remains Near the Bottom in Forbes Business Report
In the newest iteration of Forbes’ Best States for Business report, Maine ranked...
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Increased Sales Tax Hurts Maine’s Rankings
Last month, the non-partisan Tax Foundation released its 11th annual State Business Tax Climate...
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Medical professionals condemning LePage quarantine policy are Michaud donors
A group of medical professionals submitted a letter to Maine’s newspapers warning against...
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Press Herald owner Sussman is top Maine political donor
The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting has produced an analysis of the...
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O’Keefe exposes election shenanigans in North Carolina
Conservative muckraker James O’Keefe has struck again, this time in North Carolina, where...
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Portland Construction Included in Senator Coburn’s Wastebook 2014
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn has released this year’s edition of his annual...
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Maine candidate, People’s Alliance member falsely claims she’s a licensed physician
LEWISTON – A Lewiston Democrat and former Maine People’s Alliance co-chair has been...
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Michaud on Ebola: Give West African immigrants Medicaid
At Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate, U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, the Democratic candidate, suggested U.S. policymakers...
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3,289 Mainers lose health insurance plans due to Obamacare
More than 3,000 Mainers are set to lose their current health insurance plans...
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Uber comes to Portland
Uber – the international ride-sharing company headquartered in California- has arrived in Maine....
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Poliquin, Cain draw national attention
The race for Maine’s Second Congressional District between state Sen. Emily Cain (D-Orono)...
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Déjà vu? Maine’s top pollster shows shifting race for Maine governor
Maine’s top-rated pollster on Thursday released a new poll showing Republican Gov. Paul...
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Cutler, LePage and Michaud Debate
PORTLAND – The three candidates in Maine’s hotly contested race for governor gathered...
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Steyer’s NextGen flops in Maine
Mainers are familiar with S. Donald Sussman — the billionaire hedge fund manager...
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Michelle O comes to Maine
ORONO – First Lady Michelle Obama touted the health of the U.S. economy as...
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92,584,000 Americans not in work force; Unemployment Rate at 5.9 percent
The national unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent in September as the percentage of Americans...
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National Rifle Association backs Poliquin
Republican congressional candidate Bruce Poliquin on Thursday received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association,...
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Cato Institute ranks LePage among top four U.S. governors on fiscal policy
The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., released its...
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Bellows ties Collins to Ted Cruz
PORTLAND – Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Shenna Bellows sought to tie incumbent...
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Opinion: Home Education Comes Full Circle
Mark Twain said, “Don’t let school get in the way of my education.”...
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Nate Silver gives Maine People’s Alliance pollster C-
Nate Silver, polling aficionado for ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight.com, published a comprehensive ranking of American...
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VIDEO: Ex-Prisoners Take Priority Under ObamaCare Medicaid Expansion
The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Naples, Florida-based think tank focused on developing...
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Millionaire Dem a recipient of taxpayer-funded election cash
Senate President Justin Alfond (D-Portland) has taken more than $23,000 from taxpayers under...
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LePage blasts Mass. liberals on natural gas policy, calls for federal intervention
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul R. LePage on Monday called upon the Federal Energy Regulatory...
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Daily Catch 9/29/14: Obama’s ’60 Minutes’ Interview, Debate Debates, Minimum Wage, and James O’Keefe’s Latest
Contradiction: In a CBS “60 Minutes” interview, President Barack Obama admitted that...
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Poll: Poliquin leads Cain by double digits
A new public opinion poll shows Republican Bruce Polquin leading Democrat state Sen....
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Senate candidate Cary Weston too ethical, say Maine Democrats
BANGOR – Maine Democrats on Friday drew attention to Republican state Senate candidate...
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Maine Dems: Republicans support cancer, poisoning children
AUGUSTA – Maine Republicans expressed outrage Friday over campaign literature sponsored by the Maine...
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Bellows: I’ll convince libertarians to support minimum wage hike
AUGUSTA – The Democratic candidate running against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins told...
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Maine pyschiatric hospital gets full accreditation following Democratic accusations
AUGUSTA – On the same day opponents of Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage...
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Eric Holder to resign Attorney General post
In a surprising move, Eric Holder Jr. will step down as Attorney General, the...
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Schaeffer: The Amtrak Downeaster: Obama on wheels
For a few years now, I’ve been closely following and commenting on state...
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14,000 EBT cards now have photo ID, says LePage
AUGUSTA – The administration of Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday released information regarding...
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WATCH: Great debates in Maine politics [video]
With all the talk of debates this year, we thought readers might be...
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LePage wins NRA endorsement
The National Rifle Association has endorsed Republican Gov. Paul LePage in his reelection...
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Senator can’t explain Dem job creation plans for 127th Legislature
Sen. Ann Haskell (D-Portland), assistant majority leader in the state senate, went on...
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Democrat state worker debunks liberals’ latest attack on LePage
When the Bangor Daily News published a story about Gov. Paul LePage’s vacation...
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VIDEO: Michaud dodges question on VA corruption scandal (again)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following new developments in the Veterans Affairs health care corruption...
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VIDEO: People’s Climate March Protests Capitalism as Marchers Trash NYC
In case you missed it, thousands of climate change activists gathered in New...
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LePage asks NFL commissioner Goodell to form coalition against domestic violence
In a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage...
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Maine Dems: Welfare reform got “green light” from Democratic senators
The Maine Democratic Party is issuing mailers on behalf of a Democratic state...
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Clinton, Alinsky letters revealed
The Washington Free Beacon has unearthed never-before-seen correspondence between the late left-wing radical...
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Video touting Michaud cracks lewd sex joke about Maine Senator
The campaign for U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud,a Democrat, is in hot water after...
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Chicago abandons plan to name high school after Obama
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former chief of staff, has abandoned plans...
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HHS docs detail “high risk” security problems with HealthCare.gov
The Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group Judicial Watch has uncovered documents showing that senior...
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VIDEO: Dem Vitelli supports welfare to illegal immigrants
The Maine GOP has released video of Sen. Eloise Vitelli (D-Bath) saying she...
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Convention of States: Madison Rising
By Ken Quinn — On September 17th our nation celebrates Constitution Day which is...
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Liberal activists desperately trying to save Michaud
Advertisements from the Republican Governors Association are significantly affecting the race for Maine...
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Dems don’t like Mike: “He’s not a brain guy”
In a secret recording released by the Maine GOP Tuesday morning, a Democratic...
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Bellows takes heat for election year flip-flop on Citizens United
An ad released by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Saturday criticized Democratic Senate...
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FiveThirtyEight’s Silver sees GOP advantage in Senate election
The biggest question this year on the national political landscape is whether Republicans...
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Radio host pens book on LePage
Ray Richardson, conservative radio show host for the LOB statewide Lobster Radio Network,...
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Maine’s internet speed likened to developing countries
Michael McKee reported in a Bloomberg TV segment that Maine internet speeds are...
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Majority of Americans believe U.S. on wrong track: poll
An “overwhelming” majority of Americans believe the U.S. is on the wrong track,...
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Lerner played favorites with unions
The Daily Caller News Foundation obtained a 2007 email revealing that Lois Lerner,...
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RGA ad slams Michaud on welfare for illegals
The Republican Governors Association has released a new ad criticizing Democratic candidate for governor U.S. Rep. Michael...
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LePage calls out Deval Patrick on energy politics
In his weekly address, Governor Paul R. LePage criticized Governor Deval Patrick on...
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Maine Senator blasts Obama admin for obstructing public watchdogs
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins blasted President Barack Obama’s administration on Wednesday for...
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Lois Lerner’s emails DO exist
Emails from the federal bureaucrat at the heart of the IRS corruption scandal do...
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LePage, Poliquin post top grades from Maine sportsmen group
The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine (SAM) announced Thursday its unanimous decision not to...
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Small business owners balk at minimum wage hike
Advocates for a big increase in the minimum wage say Maine’s poor will...
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RGA ad contrasts “blunt” LePage with “blow-dried” politicians
A new advertisement from the Republican Governors Association (RGA) contrasts Gov. Paul LePage...
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Volk: Connecting Maine Students to Virtual Education
“Youth comes but once in a lifetime,” said Maine’s own poet and educator...
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Maine cops got $12 million in military gear, weapons and armored vehicles: DoD
Following the controversial policing tactics employed in Ferguson, Mo., and heightened concern over...
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Portland Wage Hike Potentially Devastating to Small Businesses
This week, a Portland task force will hear final discussions on Mayor Michael...
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Maine’s unemployment rate at 5.5 percent
AUGUSTA – Maine’s unemployment rate remained at 5.5 percent for the month of...
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Frary: The Michaud Enigma
Given the traditional tripartite choice—animal, vegetable or mineral–there’s a solid consensus about Mike...
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Blended Learning with Nexus Academy
In the Midwestern United States, one charter school’s approach to blended learning was...
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No Common Core Maine Responds to Peter Geiger
By No Common Core Maine — The chair of Maine’s State Board of...
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Blended Learning at Carpe Diem
In an Arizona desert town near the Mexico and California borders, an innovative...
