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The editors of the Portland Press Herald refused to publish the following response to an article which appeared in MaineToday…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King last week joined forces behind a bill that would exempt…
Transparency and accountability are core functions of government. Democracy does not equal self-government when elected officials can thwart routine journalistic…
By Pem Schaeffer and Stanley Ralph The introduction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as revealed by the roll-out of…
An Auburn Democrat is taking fire after the Maine Republican Party obtained an email rant he sent to various public…
The number of Mainers choosing Obamacare plans at the dysfunctional HealthCare.gov website is still well below expectations, according to a…
The top advocate for expanding medical welfare in Maine confirmed Tuesday that he has returned to his position with a…
U.S. Sen. Angus King has joined a Democratic “strike force” designed to help sell Obamacare to a public wary after…
A counselor working for the non-profit Sweetser has told House Speaker Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick) that she has witnessed…
The chief Democratic advocate for Medicaid expansion may have misrepresented his professional relationship with a private school that stands to…
Senate Minority Leader Michael Thibodeau (R-Waldo) will soon join the field of Republicans running for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, a…
The following letter to the editor appeared in the Nov. 30 edition of MaineToday’s Media Kennebec Journal. The headline is…
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on Tuesday published its monthly State Coincident Index – a ranking of states’ economic…
PORTLAND – Two Portland lawmakers are looking to capitalize on voters’ short memories, claiming in taxpayer-funded mail pieces that it…
AUGUSTA – Having fun in Maine could become more expensive if the Legislature OKs a Democrat-controlled task force’s recommendation to…
The present conversation over Medicaid expansion, as witnessed daily in editorial pages and at the State House, is misleading because…
PORTLAND – A recently elected Portland City Councilor said Friday that if John F. Kennedy were alive today the former…
AUGUSTA – The Maine GOP announced Thursday a new youth outreach effort designed to showcase and promote “young rising stars”…
The U.S. Senate has a unique and longstanding tradition of open, unlimited debate. The Senate rules, when not circumvented, are…
AUGUSTA – Maine’s jobless rate hit 6.7 percent in the month of October—the rosiest unemployment picture the Pine Tree State…
Democratic candidate for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District Sen. Emily Cain (D-Penobscot) launched her campaign’s first attack on two of her…
AUGUSTA – A proposal to turn abandoned state buildings into housing for homeless veterans of the U.S. armed services won…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) announced Thursday that 36 congressional candidates have made their “On the…
Maine Sen. Angus King joined Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Democrats Thursday to cast historic votes limiting…
AUGUSTA – Fixing Maine’s sprawling Department of Health and Human Services programs will fall on Gov. Paul LePage’s shoulders once…
Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud’s Nashville smear machine is working overtime. On Monday, the Democrat candidate for governor blasted Republican Gov.…
AUGUSTA – An Amherst Republican says he will make an appeal to the Legislative Council on Thursday regarding his bill…
The LePage administration announced Tuesday that it has contracted with an outside consulting firm to audit Maine’s welfare programs, including…
Ken Altschuler and Mike Violette, hosts of WGAN Morning News with Ken and Mike, grilled Senate President Justin Alfond Wednesday…
Democratic candidate for governor Rep. Michael Michaud attacked his Republican opponent on Monday over problems with Maine’s taxpayer-funded ride program…
The U.S. Census Bureau may have produced fraudulent job statistics in order to bolster President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election odds,…
President Obama’s rendition of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address does not include “under God.” As first reported by WMAL’s Chris…
President Barack Obama on Monday told a conference call of progressive community organizers that “more than 100 million Americans” have…
Blaine Richardson, a Republican candidate for Congress in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, announced Tuesday that he has been endorsed by…
Betsy Smith, former executive director of the gay advocacy group EqualityMaine, has endorsed unenrolled liberal Eliot Cutler in the governor’s…
Fresh off an overwhelming victory, Lewiston Mayor Robert MacDonald has endorsed former State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin in the Second District…
Maine’s highest-ranking Democrat lawmakers made a decision on Halloween Eve that distills and crystallizes everything Mainers loathe about the partisan politics…
Democratic Reps. Michael Michaud and Chellie Pingree voted Friday against legislation designed to ensure Americans can keep their old insurance…
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration would not enforce key provisions of the Affordable Care Act that have…
The Obama administration has finally revealed how many people have picked health insurance plans through Obamacare’s dysfunctional HealthCare.gov exchanges –…
AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats have launched a campaign against Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage’s two-month old policy regarding communications between…
A Democratic polling firm’s survey of the 2014 gubernatorial race is garnering a moderate amount of attention in Maine. The…
AUGUSTA – Top Republicans said Tuesday that problems with President Obama’s signature health care law show the federal government’s promise…
Former President Bill Clinton said President Obama should let millions of Americans keep their health insurance — even if it…
A public university in Illinois bears a plaque stating that Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat. According to TheCollegeFix.com, the plaque,…
James O’Keefe, investigative reporter with Project Veritas, is back with a must-watch report on Obamacare “navigators” in Texas. Watch as…
A growing group of state lawmakers from across the country are exploring ways to limit the power of the federal…
President Obama’s signature health care law is causing big shakeups in Maine’s individual and small group insurance markets. In the…
The Honorable William S. Cohen and Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) had a conversation at the Collins Center for the Arts…
Former Republican Senate President Kevin Raye released a poll Thursday night that shows the two-time contender for Maine’s 2nd Congressional…
From the Office of Governor LePage: AUGUSTA – On Monday, November 11, Maine and the entire Nation will celebrate and honor…
The towns of Cumberland, North Yarmouth and Yarmouth will join together to honor the 60th anniversary of the end of Korean…
AUGUSTA – Maine Democratic Party Chairman Ben Grant apologized on Thursday for remarks he made about Rep. Amy Volk (R-Scarborough)…
AUGUSTA – Amid the more than 300 bills the Democrat-controlled Legislative Council killed last month was a proposal from Rep.…
AUGUSTA – More than 400 supporters joined Republican Gov. Paul LePage at the Buker Community Center for his campaign kick-off…
Six Democrats on the Legislative Council voted on Oct. 30 to block a bill that would help victims of human…
AUGUSTA – Republican Party Chairman Rick Bennett on Tuesday called on his Democratic counterpart to apologize for sexist remarks the…
“Health care is a right, not a privilege.” How often have people heard that simplistic slogan fall from the lips…
The California company SolarCity estimates that it will install 1 million new rooftop projects in the next five years and…
Speaker of the House Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick) offered an explanation on Friday as to why he and other…
Chinese state-controlled media revealed this week its plans to counteract U.S. nuclear deterrence in the Pacific, including suggestions that an…
Top liberal lawmakers, including Senate President Justin L. Alfond (D-Portland), House Speaker Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick) and Senate Majority…
Opponents of industrial wind power began a petition drive on Thursday as part of their effort to persuade Gov. Paul…
AUGUSTA – The Democrat-controlled Legislative Council voted Wednesday to allow a military recruiter bill to move the Legislature in January,…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul LePage offered congratulations to the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox on Thursday following the…
Concerned Women for America’s Maine chapter is announcing their schedule of events for November and December, including Christmas Tea at…
Despite initially reporting on a bill to help victims of human trafficking, Maine’s main stream newspapers are now ignoring top…
In a recent letter to members of the Maine Education Association, MEA Benefits Trust Executive Director Christine Burke said many…
AUGUSTA – In a shocking display of partisanship, the Democrat-controlled Legislative Council on Wednesday killed two Republican-backed bills – one…
The Office of Gov. Paul R. LePage sent the following update Wednesday regarding his trade mission to Mexico and Colombia:…
AUGUSTA – Top Democrats may nix a Republican-backed welfare reform before the next legislative session even begins by invoking the…
Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) has hired his 23-year-old son to work on his campaign to become Maine’s next…
Dale McCormick, former executive director of the Maine State Housing Authority, is running for Augusta City Council. “Fresh ideas… with a Proven…
Tea party activist Gordon Colby received The Maine Heritage Policy Centers 2013 Freedom and Opportunity Award on Friday at an…
Speaker of the House Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick) took to the pages of MaineToday Media’s Kennebec Journal Friday in…
Rep. Lawrence E. Lockman (R-Amherst) and Assistant House Majority Leader Jeff M. McCabe (D-Skowhegan) took to the pages of the…
What does a conservative writer read? While the half-dozen names (plus one) on this admittedly partial list may not be…
Mike Tipping, spy master and blogger for the progressive Maine People’s Alliance, has been touting the contents of a “secretly”…
Gov. Paul LePage traveled to Washington County on Tuesday for a scheduled tour of Downeast Maine. Maine Wire reporter Steve…
Campaign finance reports became available for Maine’s congressional candidates on Tuesday. Here are the highlights. Blaine Richardson, running for the…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage announced Tuesday that he will travel to Edmund Township in Washington County where…
Unenrolled candidate for governor Eliot Cutler on Tuesday touted a supportive op-ed from Sherry Huber, co-founder of the Family Planning…
The Maine People’s Alliance revealed Tuesday that one of its “spies” secretly recorded Gov. Paul LePage as he spoke to…
Barrycades — and the tyranny of central government they represent — have come to rural Maine. Federal agents have threatened…
AUGUSTA – A Democrat-led task force in Augusta is preparing to eliminate $40 million in so-called tax expenditures. If the…
Technical problems with the federal health care insurance exchange are depriving Mainers of their affordable health care. Healthcare.gov, the federal…
Watch Dr. Sandra Stotsky break down the Common Core State Standards at Saco City Hall on Oct. 2. Stotsky served…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center announced this week that the key note speaker for its annual Freedom and Opportunity Luncheon…
“This is most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered.” — David E. Sanger, New York Times staff reporter, who has…
The federally-commanded closure of Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge and Cobscook State Park is causing trouble for people in Washington County.…
The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation on Wednesday released its annual ranking of business tax climates in all 50 states. Maine…
AUGUSTA – Democratic leaders held an emergency meeting of the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) and Health and Human…
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…
