Governor LePage applauds the Romney/Ryan energy plan for its focus on North American renewable sources Governor Paul LePage on Monday…
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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…
Maine state and local business taxes grew less than the national average, at 2.4% between 2010 and 2011 but actual…
“Morning Bell” email July 24, 2012 Solar-cell manufacturer Solyndra became a household name when it collapsed, taking $627 million in…
Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew informed the Legislature on Friday that the projected $12.5 million…
Reform begins with the ABC’s – accountability, best practices, and choice AUGUSTA – Following a report released by Harvard University’s…
U.N. report emphasizes “the importance of land redistribution for the realization of the right to food.” By Diana George Chapin The land conservation community…
Baldacci task force, Hannah Pingree and “Kid Safe Act” laid groundwork for DEP to list “chemicals of high concern” Following…
By Joel Allumbaugh Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that Obamacare, the so-called “Affordable Care Act,” can stand, we…
by Free Enterprise Small business owners’ concerns about the future—particularly on health care and taxes-—are impacting their hiring, according to…
I guess, if I had to stand in a crowd listening to President Obama brag about what he’s done so…
By J. Scott Moody, CEO The Maine Heritage Policy Center The Lewiston Sun Journal ran an inaccurate editorial on Sunday,…
In a letter from President Dan Danner, the National Federation of Independent Business accused President Obama of “ignoring small business…
By Diana George Chapin Controlling land, as well as the full suite of rights for it and the full financial…
The Heritage Foundation, a national, conservative think-tank says that what they call “taxmaggedon” will cost Mainers filing a tax return…
Gov. Paul LePage has said he was sorry for his comment likening the Internal Revenue Service to the “Gestapo” (in…
Eleven “key outcome” sub-categories rank Maine as high as 15th, as low as 45th A new report from the Florida…
Now that the battle over the nationalization of U.S. health care is fully engaged, with the outcome to be determined…
Harvard report says 70% of New England forestland should be free from development By Diana George Chapin While land trusts…
Summer in Maine is a favorite time of year, and the Fourth of July is always a joy. With parades, picnics,…
Attorney General William J. Schneider announced that Robert W. Baylor, 35, of Lewiston, pled guilty to one count of Class C…
This fascinating video was shot this morning on the Falmouth Spur. It shows a young moose making his way up the highway…
by J. Scott Moody The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new data showing state and county population by major age groups as…
Economist Named CEO of Portland-based Think Tank The Maine Heritage Policy Center announced today that J. Scott Moody has been…
By Diana George Chapin Maureen Hoffman has served as executive director for Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association for 15 years and…
The Supreme Court ruled today that Obamacare will stand. Some statements from the court, provided by ScotusBlog.com: The money quote…
By Diana George Chapin When Robert and Erma Elwell moved into the little brick cape at the end of a…
The U.S. Supreme Court, as the apex of one of the three branches of government laid out in the Constitution,…
Everyone believes that mainstream media outlets have a liberal bias, right? Well, a UCLA professor says he has actually proven…
By answering the following 10 questions, you can get a rough approximation of your PQ. When you answer the questions,…
We now know that the Supreme Court will rule on Thursday whether or not Obamacare will stand. There are several…
By John Frary Party platforms, particularly state party platforms, do not typically represent the views of a party’s elected officials…
Efficiency Maine, the quasi-governmental agency that pushes to increase the use of “alternative energy,” has used taxpayer funds to buy…
Climate-change enthusiasts (aka “warmists”) are gathering this week in Brazil for the U.N.’s big “Rio+20” conference involving a reported 193…
By Maine standards, last Tuesday’s election drew anemic participation. The few people who did turn out to vote, around just…
*Editors Note – This is the third in a series of pieces about Maine’s Land Trusts. Read all Land Trust…
*Editors Note – This is the second in a series of pieces about Maine’s Land Trusts. Read all Land Trust…
*Editors Note – This is the first in a series of stories about the growing impact of land trusts and…
A column in the Bangor Daily News by Luisa Deprez, a sociology professor at the University of Southern Maine, would have readers…
Tune in to this week’s Maine Wire ‘Week in Review’ podcast. Click below to listen. Hosted this week by: Sam…
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” — Inigo Montoya, “The…
Angus King, the liberal former governor of Maine and candidate to replace Senator Olympia Snowe, challenged his opponents today to…
Secretary of State Charlie Summers and State Senator Cynthia Dill won their respective primaries last night, filling out the final…
New data released on MaineOpenGov.org shows MaineHousing payrolls jumped nearly $1 million between 2010 and 2011 In the final year…
Donald Sussman donated seven times more than any other individual to leadership and caucus political action committees in last ten…
Matt Sheffield at Newsbusters.org has a great piece breaking down the media’s absurd reliance on exit polls: The actual vote…
*Update* The story in question has been updated this afternoon to include reference to the report’s detailing of Sussman’s hundreds…
The online world has spent the last two days chortling over the silly reaction MSNBC’s election night commenters had to…
Mitt Romney told Wisconsin’s once-and-future governor, Scott Walker, that his seven-point win in the recall election that state employee unions…
by Pem Schaeffer I’ve been watching Brunswick school budget theatrics for a dozen years or more. After thinking about it,…
Absentee Ballots must be requested by the close of business June 7, 2012 for the June 12, 2012 Primary Election…
by Sandy George In response to the recent Bangor Daily News editorial Conservation Priorities, I would like to offer a…
Former director McCormick, IT employee received cash and airline miles from extensive use of personal cards for MaineHousing purchases Former…
Tune in to this week’s Maine Wire ‘Week in Review’ podcast. Click below to listen. Hosted this week by: Sam…
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a division of the Interior Department, is considering loosening regulations on the killing of…
Sometimes, reading the Maine newspapers is like being transported into an alternate universe. This weekend was a great example. After…
by Peter Steele | The Maine Wire How are these two apparently random, innocent-sounding events connected? First, The Portland Press Herald ran…
In the first national study of licensing for low- and middle-income occupations, Maine ranks 30th in most burdensome licensing laws…
Small sample of spending shows expenses “not typical for a state agency” A report released by the Office of Program…