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The problem a lot of conservatives have with Mitt Romney’s campaign to date—as opposed to problems with Mitt Romney as…
By Alexis Levinson The Daily Caller On Wednesday, independent Senate candidate Angus King’s campaign sent out a fundraising email decrying how…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation The controversy over the Obama Administration’s gutting of welfare reform continues to grow. Two new…
Public Policy Polling, a national polling firm based in Raleigh, N.C., is reporting that the lead by former Maine governor Angus…
Today’s Rasmussen Reports poll shows that in New Hampshire, Romney is at 48%,while Obama is at 45%. The latest Rasmussen…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation The leak of a video featuring former Governor Mitt Romney has sparked debate about government…
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By Michael Patrick Leahy Brietbart.com Add former Maine Governor and current Independent candidate for Senate Angus King to the long…
By Julia Shaw The Heritage Foundation Yesterday, September 17, was Constitution Day. It’s not a federal holiday, and that’s fitting. After…
Followers of AsMaineGoes.com, the state’s oldest and most popular online forum, saw three charts last week detailing the rise of…
“Obama’s Failing Agenda,” a nationwide bus tour by Americans for Prosperity to protest the health care takeover, out-of-control federal spending…
By James Carafano The Heritage Foundation The breaking news keeps breaking when it comes to revelations surrounding the attacks and…
By Maine State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin This is the fourth year in a row that Washington career politicians have…
Governor Paul R. LePage and Secretary of state Charles E. summers, Jr. encourage Mainers and eligible dependents serving overseas to request…
On Wednesday the Maine Delegation, led by Governor Paul LePage, departed Hong Kong and flew north to Shanghai to continue…
Dr. Barbara Bellar, candidate for Illinois State Senate, District 18 sums up Obamacare in one sentence.
The Portland Press Herald ran an editorial on September 8 stating that lowering Maine’s liquor prices is bad public policy.…
By Pat Murray In 2007 I began to research elementary math programs because my son, a second grader at the…
With winter approaching, Governor LePage joins in requesting full funding for the federal LIHEAP program AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage joined…
By Kristen De Pen State Budget Solutions Executive Summary of “Throwing Money at Education Isn’t Working:” Education funding remains a major…
By M.D. Harmon Maine Wire columnist Among the continual questions being asked of us squeeze-the-federal-government-until-its-beady-little-eyes-bug-out-fiscal-responsibility types is the big-spenders’…
On Monday, September 17, the “Obama’s Failing Agenda” bus tour, a nationwide project of Americans for Prosperity, will host rallies…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), former Chair and current Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on…
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By Pem Schaeffer Several years ago, I heard Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia being interviewed about so-called “moderate” judges. “What…
HONG KONG – The first three days in China have proven to be productive and successful for the LePage Administration.…
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In accordance with a Presidential proclamation, the United States flag and the State of Maine flag shall be flown…
This video from Energize Vermont reveals the destruction to the natural environment caused by the “Gold Rush” of wind-turbine projects.…
by Ben Shapiro – Breitbart.com The Obama administration is famous for its crony capitalism. It’s famous for wasting money on disastrous investments…
“The Machine” explains why our K-12 education system isn’t producing better schools — and how it’s rigged to make money…
Maine People Before Politics today revealed a shocking conflict of interest at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Today Media, owner of…
By Amy Payne The Foundry The unemployment rate is now 8.1 percent, marking 43 months straight that it has stayed at…
By John Jaques As executive director of the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science, I would like to set…
LePage Administration looks to lower prices for Mainers The Maine Energy Office announced Friday that electricity rates in Maine as…
MHPC, ACLU joined forces to spearhead effort for more open government The Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, a broad group…
By Joel Allumbaugh Consumers for Affordable Health Care, a Maine advocacy group that promotes government-run health care coverage, is trying…
The polls continue to find that voters’ attention remains focused on the economy—not so much in the sense of Bill…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Yesterday, the U.S. national debt passed $16 trillion. On President Barack Obama’s watch, the…
By Peter A. Steele The Maine Wire While the furor over inappropriate spending at the Maine State Housing Authority has…
This Saturday Governor Paul LePage will lead a diverse group of Maine business professionals, academic recruiters and government representatives including…
By David Sorensen Regulatory reform was the first priority of Maine’s GOP-controlled Legislature 0f 2011-2012, hence the number of the…
The Heritage Foundation has prescribed a set of policies intended to fix the biggest issues facing America. See We Can Change…
By Diana George Chapin The land conservation community has long heralded conserving lands as a way of adding jobs, increasing…
Largest Multistate Consumer Protection Drug Settlement Attorney General William J. Schneider announced today that Maine, along with 36 other State…
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to play important role in natural-based resource economy The State of Maine has a…
Imagine that, as you are contemplating the purchase of a new house, you are visited by your insurance agent. He…
Secretary of State Charlie Summers would like to remind Maine motorists that new driving regulations, passed into law by the…
By David Sorensen Maine Republican Party Welfare reform is one of the most important initiatives that Maine and America can…
By David Sorensen Maine Republican Party The 125th Legislature of 2011-12 passed the largest tax-cut package in Maine’s history as…
See “How Obamacare Robs Medicare and Hurts Seniors” online at The Heritage Foundation. The rhetorical Medicare wars have heated up…
This op-ed by U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe ran August 24 in the Washington Post. See it here. By Olympia…
Attorney General William J. Schneider announced Monday that Christopher S. Frazer, 44, of Lewiston, pled guilty to one count of…
Governor LePage applauds the Romney/Ryan energy plan for its focus on North American renewable sources Governor Paul LePage on Monday…
By Robert Rector The Heritage Foundation Last month, President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) illegally overturned the work…
Maine is second only to California in conserved land By Diana George Chapin According to the 2010 National Land Trust…
Governor Paul LePage announced today a new Energy Office website (www.Maine.gov/energy). The website provides a home heating calculator as well…
By Amy Paine The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported Wednesday that without a doubt, America will have a fresh recession…
“Paul Ryan represents Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: Math!” — David Burge, blogging as “Iowahawk” By M.D. Harmon Conservative activists are…
Governor LePage has nominated John Gallagher of Bath, executive director of the Westbrook Housing Authority, to take over as the…
Marc A. Thiessen, a Washinton Post opinion writer, penned a piece on Monday stating that a victory by Angus King…
On July 1, most of Central Maine Power’s customers unknowingly suffered a 19.6% increase in electrical transmission rates. If they…
By Michael Ozga Throughout the centuries, the elite amongst us have tried to sell their version of utopia. From Plato’s…
Are government subsidies to business a net benefit to the economy—or a net loss? A new study from a libertarian…
WABI TV-5 in Bangor posted this story: Sources: LePage Hopes To Pay Down Hospital Debt With Liquor Money In Special…
This is a post from The Foundry, a blog by the Heritage Foundation. See it here. The wind production tax…
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s financial disclosure is now available online, and what a story it tells. Pingree was the only member…
Policymakers must work to reverse out-migration Maine is staring into a population abyss that could result in the loss of…
By Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) The Internet was born in October 1969, and for the first half of its life…
The Maine Department of Education is inviting the public to weigh in one last time on its plan for creating…
In light of recent concerns of State Senator Doug Thomas (R-Ripley) and others, Governor Paul LePage announced today that Maine…
(This story has been updated with information added by Dan Remian, who helped organize the Governor’s visit.) A group of…
The leader of the Maine GOP praised the selection of Wisconsin Congressman and conservative budget hawk Paul Ryan as candidate…
The chairman of the Maine Republican Party has called out Angus King’s former budget officer for blaming a billion-dollar deficit…
Wisconsin numbers cruncher unifies, revitalizes GOP By Brett M. Decker The Washington Times Mitt Romney has proved everyone wrong.…
This the weekly message from Governor Paul LePage. To listen to the audio, visit www.Maine.Gov/Governor/LePage. Hello. This is Governor Paul…
By Diana George Chapin Many people across the nation are making the connection between the regionalization of land conservation efforts and the…
How corrupt is our federal government under Barack Obama? You can get a measure of that from the things politicians…
AUGUSTA – On Friday, August 10, Governor Paul LePage will travel to Belfast to visit employees and tour the facilities…
Expanded Medicaid enrollment increases private insurance rates, burdens taxpayers without reducing number of uninsured PORTLAND – The Maine Heritage Policy…
By Diana George Chapin Maine’s vast northern and downeast forestland is viewed by some as the last wilderness frontier in…
By Prof. John Frary Governor LePage’s proclamation of July 31 as “Milton Friedman Day” probably needs some explanation. Although more…
The recently uttered words of President Barack Obama that told business owners they “didn’t build that” shows that his true…
“You may not be interested in war. But war is interested in you.” –Attributed to Leon Trotsky Sometimes falsely attributed…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage released the following statement today regarding the filing of the State Plan Amendment to implement…
Feds Pressed for a Rapid Decision AUGUSTA – Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Commissioner Mary Mayhew and…
MHPC CEO Scott Moody (l. to r.) with Lindsey Burke, Will Skillman Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation,…
Satellite, GPS, aerial photography used to supervise millions of acres By Diana George Chapin Maine’s history, economy and culture are…
*Editors Note – Lindsey Burke, the Fellow in Education at the Heritage Foundation is the author of this report, and will be the…
People seemingly voting after they’ve been dead for years. Drug kingpins buying votes from poor people to sway elections. Non-citizens…
Report says states must make structural changes – more flexibility from Feds is needed for states’ stability AUGUSTA – A new…
Now that a week has passed since the murder of 12 people with firearms in the hands of a lunatic…
July 25, 2012 Governor’s Office AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage and Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen held a joint media conference…
Jobs Creation Workshop will focus on Maine’s forestry sector AUGUSTA – Governor LePage announced today the details regarding the fourth…