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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…
A crowd of parents, grandparents and taxpayers from the Saco-Biddeford area gathered at Saco City Hall on Wednesday evening to…
Bruce Poliquin, 59, of Oakland graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics. After college, Poliquin worked in the…
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage and representatives from the Maine State Employees Association are working together – yes, together -…
Republican Kevin L. Raye, believed by some to be the front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination in Maine’s…
AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats are calling the 126th Legislature’s Democrat-backed budget “responsible” — yet again — despite new calls for…
Does it make a difference if the United States “adopts” an international treaty without the advice and consent of the…
At nearly 74,000 pages, the U.S. Tax Code is a bloated, destructive and unwieldy mess. It demands fear and inspires…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the shutdown turmoil in the nation’s capital city, 33 House Democrats crossed party lines Tuesday night…
Eliot Cutler, a liberal who is running for governor without party affiliation, took to Facebook on Wednesday to blast partisan…
AUGUSTA – House Republicans rolled out two welfare reforms on Monday targeting Maine’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash…
On Friday, U.S. Sen. Angus King told a national magazine that people with whom he disagrees on health care policy…
According to the latest American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine lost an estimated 11,051 residents due to…
The Oct. 1 launch of the federal Affordable Care Act’s health care insurance exchange in Maine was far from smooth.…
Not to be outdone by Sen. Angus King, who has likened conservatives to murderers, Rep. Chellie Pingree on Monday said…
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent, according to numbers released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.…
One of the things that continues to irk me is how conservatives in general and Republicans in particular display a…
The Michaud for Governor campaign is touting the results of an Aug. 27 poll conducted by Public Policy Polling of…
KENNEBUNKPORT – After a recent outpouring of support for Patrick, a-2-year-old Kennebunkport child battling leukemia, the First Families Museum decided…
Following President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional approval for a potential military intervention in Syria, Maine’s congressional delegation weighed…
According to the Lewiston Sun Journal, unenrolled gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler of Cape Elizabeth has said he would have signed…
AUGUSTA – As Democratic lawmakers plan a second major push to expand Medicaid next legislative session, Republicans are touting the…
AUGUSTA – New numbers from the Maine Bureau of Insurance show that the Republican-led health care insurance reform law known…
SOUTH PORTLAND – The city of South Portland will soon vote on a controversial environmental ordinance so broadly written as…
AUGUSTA – Governor LePage dedicated his weekly address to highlighting his efforts to improve employment opportunities in Maine. LePage’s words…
Radical out-of-state activists are back in Maine using deceptive astroturf tactics to drum up support for their “animal rights” agenda.…
Vice President Joe Biden said in 2007 that President George W. Bush should be impeached if he bombed Iran without…
BREAKING: The Maine Wire has received word that Rep. Alex Willette (R-Mapelton), Assistant Minority Leader, will be dropping out of…
Last Wednesday, US News & World Report ran an opinion piece by Peter Roff describing the conflict of interest in the Portland Press…
After spending more than $20 per vote, Maine Democrats eked out a 3 percentage point victory in Tuesday’s special election…
BELFAST – As U.S. military intervention in the Syrian civil war seems imminent, Republican candidate for Maine’s second district congressional…
AUGUSTA – At a Tuesday press conference in the State House, Barclaycard, an international financial services corporation, announced its intention…
A new report published Aug. 19 by the Cato Institute has shed light on the extent of government dependence in…
On September 10th, the West Lawn of the Capitol building will witness a formidable assemblage of conservative activists. Christened the…
AUGUSTA — State Representative Stacey Guerin (R-Glenburn) is encouraging young women in Maine from the high school classes of 2013…
Two Democrats say Mike Michaud made an intelligent remark during a fund-raiser. This just in. A couple of Democratic legislators…
One of the current political buzzwords is “LoFo voter,” a short way to describe “low-information” members of the electorate who…
“RE: Changes to the 2014 Verso Health Benefits Program,” a memo sent to all employees of Verso Paper from Kenny…
A new short film by Honest Enterprise is a must-see for fans of economic liberty with 15 minutes to…
Two non-profit groups will receive federal grants totaling more than $500,000 under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare,…
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage on Friday released his weekly message, which stressed the need for Maine to implement pro-growth,…
AUGUSTA – Maine Department of Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen unexpectedly announced his resignation on Friday. Bowen, 44, is a Republican…
Anti-gun groups in the culture at large, along with significant voices in the major media, were awfully quick to join…
A policy expert with the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) has accused a MaineToday Media reporter of inaccurately portraying…
A new best seller, This Town, by Mark Leibovich presents some interesting points of comparison with Senator Olympia Snowe’s Fighting for Common…
The vast majority of Maine residents do not support the Maine Clean Election Act (MCEA), a law created via a…
“The bottom line is we’re not broke, there’s plenty of money, it’s just the government doesn’t have it. The government…
Danny Kanner, Lis Smith, Mark Giangreco, and Governor Peter Shumlin, my new best friends at the Democratic Governor’s Association, have…