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Maine Democrats scuttle GOP-backed welfare reform
AUGUSTA – Republican efforts to reform Maine’s welfare system have likely failed this...
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Maine man reflects on Navy service off coast of Western Africa
A Maine native and resident of Lyman will soon return from testing the...
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Maine’s powerful congresswoman faces unlikely challenge
A true David and Goliath story is unfolding in Maine’s First Congressional District....
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Senate Democrats give cold shoulder to bill that would provide heating options
From Senate Republican Communications Director Jim Cyr: AUGUSTA – Maine Senate Democrats voted...
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House GOP Leader offers Democrats compromise on welfare reform
From House Communications Director David Sorensen AUGUSTA – House Republican Leader Ken Fredette...
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Collins’ campaign war chest grows by $877,000 in first quarter
BANGOR – U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ reelection campaign announced Thursday that the Republican...
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All Eyes Should be on the First Wind – PUC Affair
By Chris O’Neil – A few years ago First Wind had a brilliant scheme:...
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Cushing: Sighinolfi inquisition part of “orchestrated campaign” against LePage
AUGUSTA – The top Republican senator on the Legislature’s Labor, Commerce, Research and...
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Ethics commission meets over complaint against state lawmaker
AUGUSTA – The Maine Ethics Commission met Tuesday to discuss a complaint filed...
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Study: Minimum wage laws increased unemployment, slowed job creation in 2013
In 2013, minimum-wage increases were associated with increases in unemployment and decreases in...
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Daily Catch: Covered California Enrolling GOP to Vote Democrat, Koch Wars, Speechless Sebelius, and more
It Begins: Is Obamacare going to be used to recruit voters into the...
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Bill to Nullify Alexander Group Contract Draws Bipartisan Opposition
From House Communications Director David Sorensen: AUGUSTA – The Maine House of Representatives...
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Ice Anglers Can Continue To Ice Fish After March 31
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife wants Maine fisherman to know about...
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Michaud caught making bogus job claims (again)
Maine Democrats, including U.S. Rep. and gubernatorial candidate Michael Michaud, have mischaracterized a...
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Maine GOP, #GEN207 to take 2016 presidential straw poll
AUGUSTA – The Maine Republican Party will conduct a 2016 presidential election straw poll during...
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Pro-abortion group endorses Michaud
Abortion advocates with NARAL Pro-Choice America on Wednesday announced its endorsement of U.S....
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Robinson talks welfare reform with Howie Carr
Maine Wire Editor Steve Robinson joined Howie Carr on Wednesday to talk about...
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Bucklin: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Last November, South Portland voters defeated the “Waterfront Protection Ordinance,” which aimed to...
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Frary: Jesus Christ in the Maine State House
Jesus wants Maine’s House of Representatives to expand Mainecare coverage. We know this...
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Lockman: Let’s Not Poison the Well of Civil Discourse in Augusta
The following op-ed originally appeared in the the Downeast Coastal Press, a weekly...
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Maine Democrats gut welfare reform
AUGUSTA – Democrats on the Health and Human Services Committee gutted two of...
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Poll: Mainers’ support for Medicaid expansion soft
A poll released Wednesday by opponents of Medicaid expansion found support for the...
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Maine Entrepreneur on Dem Bill: ‘This Will Kill the Maine Call Center Industry’
From House GOP Communications Director David Sorensen: AUGUSTA – Maine House Republicans spoke...
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Opponents of welfare reform rely on anecdotes, not data
On Tuesday the usual cast of welfare industry characters came out to attack...
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Welfare reform bills get quiet public hearing
AUGUSTA – The talk was all about welfare Tuesday as the Legislature’s Health...
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Cain takes stand against religious freedom
The U.S. Supreme Court heard cases regarding the Affordable Care Act’s infringement on...
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LCRED Republicans Support LePage’s Open for Business Zone Proposal
From House GOP Communications Director David Sorensen: AUGUSTA – The Maine Legislature’s Labor,...
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Top 10 Biggest Overtime Pay Recipients on State Payroll
State payroll data for 2013 is now available to the public at www.MaineOpenGov.org....
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Maine to put photo ID on EBT cards
AUGUSTA – After heavy resistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last...
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GOP presses for welfare fix
AUGUSTA – Republican leaders gathered at the State House on Monday to call...
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Baldacci condemns Maine Democrats’ “murder” message on Medicaid expansion
Former Maine Gov. John Baldacci, a Democrat, condemned the Maine Democrats’ Medicaid expansion...
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Maine Legislature sets hearings for welfare reform
AUGUSTA – Public hearings have been scheduled for a full slate of welfare...
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Top 10 Highest Paid Maine State Employees in 2013
The Maine State Controller’s office has released state payroll data for 2013. Here’s...
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Statutory Parenting: Liberals Deny Job Opportunities for Teens
From David Sorensen, House GOP Communications Director: Popular bill to let teens work...
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Dems Agree to Pull Spending Amendment from Gov’s Rainy Day Fund Bill
From David Sorensen, House Republican Communications Director AUGUSTA – The Maine Legislature’s Appropriations...
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American Comeback: Paul LePage
Gov. Paul LePage was featured in the Republican Governors Association’s “American Comeback” video...
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Democratic think tank spreading falsehoods about Medicaid expansion
The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), a Democratic think tank, is spreading...
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Medicaid expansion passes House without veto proof margin
AUGUSTA – A proposal to expand Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act...
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LePage outlines energy policy aimed at home heating
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Energy Office Director Patrick Woodcock outlined...
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Maine GOP fields full slate of House and Senate candidates
AUGUSTA – For the first time since 2006, the Maine Republican Party will...
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Maine Made: Trade show offers local entrepreneurs the opportunity for success
PORTLAND, Maine – Entrepreneurs from northern New England gathered at at the Portland...
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Maine jobless rate at 6.2 percent for January
AUGUSTA – Maine’s unemployment rate stood at 6.2 percent for the first month...
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Democrats’ Medicaid mortality claims thoroughly debunked
Writing for Forbes.com, Chris Conover thoroughly debunks the studies Maine Democrats have used...
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L’Affaire Sanderson: Maine State Rep Gets National Attention
By. Prof. John Frary – Last week Rep. Deborah Sanderson (R-Chelsea) surprised herself and...
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Daily Catch: Fossel on Open for Business Zones, Obamacare’s blow to Maine hospital, economists against min wage hikes, and more
Kerry Gives Putin Monday Deadline: Secretary of State John Kerry has given Russian...
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Ciampi: A vote for Medicaid expansion is a vote against your neighborhood doctor
By Michael Ciampi, M.D. — As the Maine Legislature and the public debate Medicaid...
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DOJ: More than 1/3 of new Medicaid eligibles have criminal history
More than one-third of individuals covered under the Affordable Care Act’s proposed expansion...
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Democrats murder charge debunked by Obama appointee
A report from an Obama appointee puts the lie to Maine Democrats’ charge...
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Katz-Saviello Medicaid expansion passes senate, 22-13
AUGUSTA – The Maine Senate approved a Medicaid expansion proposal Wednesday, but the...
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Maine Obamacare enrollment goal beat with help from Republicans
Maine has exceeded the Obama administration’s enrollment goal for the HealthCare.gov insurance exchanges...
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Maine Democrats: LePage is a murderer
The Democratic activist group Maine People’s Alliance is calling Gov. Paul LePage and...
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Did FOX’s Eric Bolling school Jon Stewart with The Maine Wire’s welfare data?
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart blasted Fox News for reporting on welfare abuse. For...
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9 mysterious facts about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 mysteriously vanished over the Indian Ocean, investigators have...
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Daily Catch: Alfond’s odd thoughts on jobs, Dems’ fuzzy math, tax breaks for the rich, and more…
Solidarity: It’s common knowledge that Maine Democrats march in lockstep with labor unions....
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Top Maine Democrat would rather have no jobs than workplace freedom
The top Democrat in the Maine Senate espoused a controversial idea regarding employment...
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NFIB Survey: Small Business Owners Opposed to Medicaid Expansion
AUGUSTA – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on Monday released a...
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Dem Rep Admits: “I’d rather be Santa than Scrooge…”
A Portland Democrat said on Monday she would “rather be Santa than Scrooge,”...
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Maine Chamber will not support Medicaid expansion
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) will remain neutral with regard to Medicaid...
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Daily Catch: Union Slams O’Care Costs, Chicago Gets a Downgrade, and Liberals Protest Hospital Donation
Medicaid Expansion Back Again: Lawmakers in Augusta will likely consider a bill to...
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Interview with a Climate Expert
The Maine Questioner, “A Voice in the Wilderness”, is pleased to share with...
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Editorial: Harsh Words No Excuse for Quashing Dissent
The following editorial was published in the March 4-10 edition of the Downeast Coastal...
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Lockman Responds to Liberal Blogger Mike Tipping
The following op-ed originally appeared in the March 3 edition of the Downeast...
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Maine Senator Takes on Internal Revenue Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Maine Sen. Susan Collins introduced a bill Wednesday to crackdown...
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Daily Catch: Big Macs and Medicaid, Putin the Peaceful, and the Continuing IRS Scandal
$800 Million or a Big Mac?: Critics of a plan to expand Maine’s...
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Daily Catch: The Media Mutt on Tipping, School Choice, O’Care Delays and Ukraine…
Warning the Granite State: House Minority Leader Ken Fredette (R-Newport) has been a...
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Progressives score hollow victory with Medicaid expansion committee vote
AUGUSTA – In a 5-7 party line vote, the Legislature’s Health and Human...
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Republicans call for investigation of partisan activity of Legislature’s nonpartisan staff
AUGUSTA – A Sangerville Republican has asked the Democratic chairs of the Legislature’s...
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Lewiston Mayor, City Council ask Charter School Commission to reject application over alleged misrepresentations
LEWISTON – The Mayor and City Council of Lewiston have asked the Maine...
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For parents of disabled children, MaineCare waitlists are a nightmarish prospect
When doctors discovered that Jeff and Kirsten Martin’s child would have serious medical...
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Donald Sussman’s newspaper censors a conservative voice (again)
The Portland-based Press Herald newspaper, a publication majority-owned by Democratic Party mega-donor S....
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Medicaid Expansion In Any Form Bad for Maine
(Editor’s Note: The Portland-based Press Herald newspaper refused to publish this opinion editorial,...
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Daily Catch: Cain Fakes Sick, ‘Shared Responsibility Payments’, and Sebelius in Denial…
Faking Sick: Sen. Dawn Hill (D-York), at last night’s meeting of the Appropriations...
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Maine commissioners say Medicaid spending threatens natural resource agencies
AUGUSTA – Members of Gov. Paul LePage’s cabinet gathered at the State House...
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Mayhew: Most vulnerable pay price of Medicaid expansion
AUGUSTA – Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew delivered the...
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Maine nonprofits expect lower donations after charitable contribution cap
AUGUSTA – Maine’s nonprofits are expecting to see a decrease in donations after...
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House Republican Leaders, Senate Republicans Reject Katz-Saviello Medicaid Expansion Bill
AUGUSTA – Top Republicans in the House of Representatives have rejected a bill...
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Daily Catch: Medicaid expansion, IRS crackdown, Collins on FCC, Rubio’s best speech yet…
Medicaid: After early indications that Democratic leaders were attempting to move a Medicaid...
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“A Republican Vision of Mainecare Expansion” – Bill Text and Talking Points
AUGUSTA – Republican Sens. Roger Katz (R-Kennebec) and Thomas Saviello (R-Franklin) on Tuesday...
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Maine Senator blasts Obama admin over “offensive” newsroom research program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After intense backlash from mostly conservative circles, the federal government...
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CMS: Two-thirds of small business employees to see health insurance rate increases under Obamacare
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released a report Friday which...
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Medicaid expansion said to move this week (updated)
UPDATE: Following the publication of this story, sources say Sen. Katz objected to...
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Daily Catch: Howie Carr, Dividing California, Welfare for Pot and more…
Cumberland County GOP: Talk radio legend Howie Carr headlined the Cumberland County Republican...
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Report: Medicaid expansion is a job killer
PORTLAND – The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) on Thursday released a study...
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Daily Catch: O to End Austerity, Dems Questioned on ACA Savings, Bellows’ Fuzzy Math, and more
Big Brother in the Newsroom (update): After learning yesterday that the Federal Communications...
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Daily Catch: Big Brother in Newsroom, Kerry the Warmist, Tough Love for the Maine Municipal Association
Big Brother FCC Enters Newsrooms: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing to...
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“Non-partisan” State House staff wrote Medicaid expansion talking points for Democrats
AUGUSTA – A non-partisan analyst on the Legislature’s Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Revival of statewide property tax considered
AUGUSTA – Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee heard testimony Wednesday on a proposal...
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Daily Catch: Minimum Wage Hike Threatens Jobs, GOP Eyes Lewiston, Democrats Oppose Religious Liberty (Bill)
Minimum Hike Wage Kills Jobs: The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office is quickly becoming...
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Daily Catch: Defending the Sweetser Speaker, Medicaid Keynesianism, Big Labor’s Big Loss
Liberals rush to protect the Sweetser Speaker: After 26 House Republicans signed a...
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Schaeffer: Human Capital and Maine’s Future
“There is no precedent in human history for economic growth on declining human...
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Maine’s budget blow-out would be worse if not for LePage pension reform
Once again, like a recurring nightmare, another gaping hole has been ripped in...
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Bowdoin College to Christians: Get Lost!
BRUNSWICK, Maine – Bowdoin College officials have banned a local lawyer and his...
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Exclusive: The “Frary Juggernaut” will not challenge Saviello
THE ZEUS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY That would be me. It turns out that...
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Maine House GOP Reps to Sweetser Speaker: Recuse yourself from Medicaid expansion
AUGUSTA – Twenty-six Republican state representatives delivered an open letter to House Speaker...
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Sorensen: Republicans Propose Alternatives to Rainy Day Fund Raid
AUGUSTA – The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday took up LD 1762, the bill...
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Advocate or Analyst: Emails raise questions about non-partisan staffer’s role on HHS Committee
AUGUSTA – A top Republican lawmaker on the Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Daily Catch: Obamacare chaos, RGA fundraising records, and the poverty industry
Obamacare Chaos: President Obama has once again unilaterally changed his signature health care...
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WATCH: Pachios on the news with The Maine Wire’s Steve Robinson
Maine Wire Editor Steve Robinson joined Harold Pachios for an hour-long interview to...
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Daily Catch: Conservative health care policy, The Hillary Papers, and voter ID hypocrisy…
The Daily Catch is a new daily post The Maine Wire. It will...
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Sorensen: Dems’ Call Center Bill Sends Clear Message: ‘Don’t Come to Maine’
AUGUSTA – Maine House Republicans on Friday panned an anti-jobs bill that targets call centers...
