AUGUSTA â The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced yesterday its ongoing plan to use more than $89…
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Augusta â A bill which would provide businesses in Maine with energy cost relief today received initial passage in the…
Due to pressure from some socialist legislators and progressive lobbyists, Senator Nathan Libby (D-Androscoggin) intends to introduce an amendment to…
AUGUSTA â Today the Department of Health and Human Services released the fiscal note attached to Senator Tom Saviello’s bill…
Two organizations with interesting names are making a play on your Second Amendment rights in Maine: Maine Moms Demand Action…
The millennial generation is full of lazy, self-entitled, and politically-inept faux citizens. They wake up at 10 a.m., eat cold…
Regardless of your party affiliation, what happened in the Maine House of Representatives this week should infuriate us all. Maine…
Members of the House of Representatives may have Bloomberg’s gun control ballot initiative before them for consideration as early as…
On Monday, Madison Paper Industries announced its decision to close, laying off 214 workers by May 2016. âDemand for supercalendered…
The National Monument Tango and the Presidential Primaries have combined to create a surreal mix of reality show, drama and…
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 11, 2016 Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary, 207-287-2531 Majority report supports governorâs proposal to eliminate…
Amidst the chaos under the dome yesterday surrounding the Democratâs new âwelfare reform that worksâ proposal, the Health and Human…
Itâs an election year, so Democrats in the State Legislature are again feigning support for welfare reform. Theyâve rolled a…
I have good news from the Coliseum on the Kennebec! The State House hostage crisis that began on February 9th…
For a number of years, Maine law has been more lenient than federal law in regard to work readiness requirements…
It appears that State legislative leaders and Governor Paul LePage may finally reach an agreement on the critical tax conformity…
Proponents of a higher minimum wage, led by the Maine Peopleâs Alliance, have gathered enough signatures to put their $12…
As all of Maine and most of the country is already aware, Donald Trump held a rally in Portland this…
âConfiscatory and ill-spent taxes, including its estate tax, have forced a flight of wealth from the State. While other states…
This past week, President Obama demonstrated, yet again, that he puts his partyâs politics before protecting the American People. On Tuesday,…
If there were ever any doubt that Democrats in the Maine House of Representatives are willing to kill tax conformity…
The push for Medicaid expansion in Maine perfectly fits the common saying âif at first you donât succeed, try, try,…
Augusta â Yesterday, Republicans on the Legislatureâs Insurance and Financial Services Committee endorsed a proposal from Senator Rodney Whittemore (R-Somerset)…
Legislative Democrats have decided to brazenly support policy that hurts our stateâs businesses and taxpayers. For the first time in…
The state of Maine, specifically its metro areas of Portland, Lewiston and Bangor, has achieved full employment. Well, at least…
Today, Governor Paul LePage announced he will introduce common-sense legislation that will help grow Maineâs rainy day fund and promote…
Thanks to continued efforts by Governor Paul LePage, the amount of Maine welfare funds spent outside of Maine have decreased to…
Imagine waking up in the night and hearing someone in your home. How would you feel, and what would you…
Today, Governor Paul LePage announced that he was withdrawing, albeit temporarily, the nomination of Dr. Bill Beardsley as commissioner of…
Recently, as President Obama approached his final year in office, his administration announced thousands of new regulations likely to cost…
Today, Gallup released the Analysis of Political Party Affiliation at the state level for 2015 â and the results are…
My number one focus as Maineâs Second District Congressman is job creation. Congress must continue to act to foster a…
A non-partisan ethics watchdog group, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), has recently released a âliability alertâ memo…
How many times have we heard it? âTax breaks donât create jobs, because corporations donât pay their fair share.â Well,…
It’s been almost six years since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, and it’s become clear that…
Roughly two weeks ago, just before the start of the spring semester at UMaine, I was contacted by a man…
In the latest disagreement between the executive branch and the Attorney General’s Office, Janet Mills threatened to take action against…
In an effort to increase transparency and accessibility, Governor Paul LePage will hold his next Town Hall style meeting live…
A few days ago Maine Moms Demand Action, a group funded by anti-gun billionaire and former mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced…
Augusta â On Wednesday, January 20th, Senator Paul Davis (R-Piscataquis) presented a bill to the Legislatureâs Taxation Committee intended to…
Investigators with The Department of Health and Human Servicesâ Fraud Investigation and Recovery Unit has reported a record 105 welfare…
Members of the Maine House of Representatives defeated the effort to impeach Governor Paul LePage by a landslide, bi-partisan vote…
When youâre a conceited, self-centered elitist like Hillary Clinton, you often believe you can sidestep the rules of law. Take…
State lawmakers are renewing their efforts to expand Medicaid, despite Governor LePageâs continued opposition. Â Two Republican senators â Roger Katz…
Bill Brown, the Chair of the Board of Directors at The Maine Academy of Natural Sciences (MeANS), has resigned his position. Brown…
Today, January 5, 2016, Governor Paul LePage (R) filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought against him by Speaker…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services may face substantial financial penalties for failing to process food stamp applications…
Community Health Options, a Lewiston based health insurance co-op has announced that it will suspend new individual enrollment on December 15, a…
Yesterday, Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald won a decisive third term in a runoff election against challenger Ben Chin. The final…
For several years Maine has ranked among the worst states to conduct business, and 2016 will be no different, according…
According to a new study put out by the Mercatus Center, the Affordable Care Act has failed to meet widespread…
In a radio address on Monday, Governor LePage criticized the Obama administrationâs decision to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the…
On Thursday, the Government Oversight Committee continued its investigation into what influence Governor LePage exerted on Good Will-Hinckley’s decision to…
Testifying before the Government Oversight Committee, Governor Paul LePage’s senior policy adviser, Aaron Chadbourne, reminded the committee that Speaker Mark Eves,…
Maine earned an F in a recent review of statesâ transparency and accountability practices conducted by the Center for Public…
The Lewiston mayoral race that some have called a proxy war between the Maine Republican and Democratic parties will continue…
On Monday, two pro-marijuana groups in Maine â the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol and Legalize Maine â agreed…
If youâve never heard of the Maine Information and Analysis Center (MIAC), youâre not alone. Little information is publicly available…
According to an October Quarterly Report filed by Mainers for Accountable Elections, over 80%Â of the money they’ve raised for their…
On Tuesday, Governor LePage requested that State Senator Roger Katz (R-Augusta) step down as co-chair of the Government Oversight Committee…
An estimated 8,600 food stamp recipients in Maine whose assets exceed $5,000 may soon be ineligible to receive benefits, according…
According to a recent report from the non-partisan Tax Foundation, manufacturers in Maine suffer under substantially higher taxes than the…
On Tuesday, the nonpartisan Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability (OPEGA) released its highly anticipated report on the Good…
On Thursday, The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine unanimously ruled against Governor Paul R. LePage in his veto dispute with…
According to recently released data from the U.S.D.A, Maine is leading the nation with its reduction in the number of…
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), speaking at the Generation Progress Summit last week, voiced her support for lowering the voting age to…
On Monday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court announced that it will expedite the request by Governor LePage to determine whether…
Not backing down, Governor LePage continues to insist that he has vetoed 65 of 71 bills which many state officials…
According to a release from the Maine Department of Labor, unemployment claims in Maine have now fallen to their lowest…
Maine ranks 42 in the nation on fiscal health according to a new study from the Mercatus Center at George…
On Monday, at a campaign rally in Portland that drew an estimated 8,000 people, Sen. Bernie Sanders argued that he…
Last week, the Obama Administration announced a proposal that would make nearly 5 million more workers eligible for overtime benefits, but…
On Wednesday morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released estimates of real personal income for 2013 which showed that…
On Tuesday, the Maine House and Senate voted in favor of the $6.7 billion budget over Governor Paul R. LePage’s veto.…
Last week, news broke that Good Will-Hinckley had rescinded its job offer to Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves. Â Immediately, Eves…
On Tuesday Morning, activists, concerned citizens, and advocates will be gathering at the State House to encourage lawmakers to sustain…
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Obama administration in King v. Burwell, a…
Good Will-Hinckley has rescinded its offer to House Speaker Democrat Mark Eves to be their president. “The basis for this decision…
Details on the latest state budget deal emerged on Tuesday morning, after Republican and Democratic legislative leaders reached a deal…
For the last week and a half, the left has been seeking to preemptively blame an impending government shutdown on Ken…
On Tuesday, Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren ruled that the State of Maine does not have to reimburse Portland and…
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court rejected a request by the LePage administration to review a lower courtâs ruling…
State tax revenues in North Carolina have increased roughly 6% this year, despite the state having recently instituted several major…
According to 2012 reports, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which is made up of high-ranking Federal Reserve officials, held a…
The push to rid Maine of the controversial Common Core State Standards suffered a setback on Monday, as the Legislatureâs…
On behalf of our children, Maine has made a major positive step forward by initiating the removal of the Smarter…
According to a recent website post, Maine unions appear to have been given crucial information on several right-to-work bills that has…
On Wednesday, the Committee on Taxation voted along party lines to reject a bill that would allow a referendum on…
A new study conducted by two Cornell University economists suggests that higher cigarette taxes increase the likelihood that smokers will enroll…
The fight over welfare reform took a new twist last week, as Democrats in the Health and Human Services Committee…
In the discussion surrounding right-to-work legislation, there is a tendency for both opponents and proponents to use misleading myths to advance…
On Wednesday, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a report highlighting the explosion in enrollment in states that have…
On Wednesday, Governor Paul R. LePage was joined by Jonathan Williams, Vice President of ALEC’s Center for State Fiscal Reform, at…
Freshman Senator Eric Brakey (R-Auburn) is continuing the effort to mandate that new Maine citizens live in the state for…
Shortly after Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin released his fundraising numbers for the first quarter, his presumptive opponent in the 2016…
Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin has a strong start to a re-election bid come 2016, as the 2nd District representative raised an…
On Wednesday, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the 8th edition of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index.…
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Maine Fourth Amendment Protection Act, a bill introduced by…
Early Friday morning, Senate Republicans passed their first budget since 2006. Â The vote was split along party lines 52-46, with…
According to Governor LePageâs administration, 9,000 fewer Mainers have been using SNAP benefits, commonly called food stamps, since last year…