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M.D. Harmon: Romney needs to go for the jugular—now

By M.D. HarmonSeptember 20, 20120 Commentary

The problem a lot of conservatives have with Mitt Romney’s campaign to date—as opposed to problems with Mitt Romney as…

King decries outside money "trying to buy" election, fundraises in D.C. the next day

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 20, 20120 News

By Alexis Levinson The Daily Caller On Wednesday, independent Senate candidate Angus King’s campaign sent out a fundraising email decrying how…

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Obama Doesn’t Just Gut Welfare Reform, He Turns It Upside Down

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 20, 20120 News

By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation The controversy over the Obama Administration’s gutting of welfare reform continues to grow. Two new…

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National poll: King's lead drops to 8 points

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 19, 20120 News

Public Policy Polling, a national polling firm based in Raleigh, N.C., is reporting that the lead by former Maine governor Angus…

Rasmussen: Romney ahead in N.H. and Swing States

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 19, 20120 News

Today’s Rasmussen Reports poll shows that in New Hampshire, Romney is at 48%,while Obama is at 45%. The latest Rasmussen…

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Government Dependency Rises as Number of Taxpayers Declines

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 19, 20120 News

By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation The leak of a video featuring former Governor Mitt Romney has sparked debate about government…

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Maine Wire Cartoon: QE3 to the Rescue

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 18, 20120 News

Cartoon courtesy of NetRightDaily.

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Brietbart: The Angus King Federal Bailout

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 18, 20124 News

By Michael Patrick Leahy Brietbart.com Add former Maine Governor and current Independent candidate for Senate Angus King to the long…

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Slavery, limited government and swearing: The Forgotten Constitution

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 18, 20122 News

By Julia Shaw The Heritage Foundation Yesterday, September 17, was Constitution Day. It’s not a federal holiday, and that’s fitting. After…

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State spending, MaineCare surged under King administration

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 17, 20120 News

Followers of AsMaineGoes.com, the state’s oldest and most popular online forum, saw three charts last week detailing the rise of…

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Mary Adams: Mainers must become tireless Freedom Fighters

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 16, 20120 News

“Obama’s Failing Agenda,” a nationwide bus tour by Americans for Prosperity to protest the health care takeover, out-of-control federal spending…

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Why Obama Is Failing the Middle East Meltdown and How to Fix It

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 15, 20120 News

By James Carafano The Heritage Foundation The breaking news keeps breaking when it comes to revelations surrounding the attacks and…

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Op/Ed: Working to unwind Maine’s Debt Clock

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 14, 20120 News

By Maine State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin This is the fourth year in a row that Washington career politicians have…

Military members overseas should request ballots

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 14, 20120 News

Governor Paul R. LePage and Secretary of state Charles E. summers, Jr. encourage Mainers and eligible dependents serving overseas to request…

China Trade Mission continues: Governor in Shanghai

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 14, 20120 News

On Wednesday the Maine Delegation, led by Governor Paul LePage, departed Hong Kong and flew north to Shanghai to continue…

VIDEO: Obamacare summed up in one sentence

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 14, 20120 News

Dr. Barbara Bellar, candidate for Illinois State Senate, District 18 sums up Obamacare in one sentence.

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EDITORIAL (updated): Liquor, taxes, shopping—when will Maine ever be competitive?

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20124 Commentary

The Portland Press Herald ran an editorial on September 8 stating that lowering Maine’s liquor prices is bad public policy.…

Op/Ed: Common Core State Standards hijacked by Obama administration

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20120 News

By Pat Murray In 2007 I began to research elementary math programs because my son, a second grader at the…

Governor urges Congress to fully fund LIHEAP

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20124 News

With winter approaching, Governor LePage joins in requesting full funding for the federal LIHEAP program AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage joined…

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Report: Throwing Money at Education Isn't Working

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20120 News

By Kristen De Pen State Budget Solutions Executive Summary of “Throwing Money at Education Isn’t Working:” Education funding remains a major…

M.D. Harmon: Derail federal spending by ending Amtrak subsidies

By M.D. HarmonSeptember 12, 20120 Commentary

By M.D. Harmon Maine Wire columnist Among the continual questions being asked of us squeeze-the-federal-government-until-its-beady-little-eyes-bug-out-fiscal-responsibility types is the big-spenders’…

“Obama’s Failing Agenda” Tour Comes to Maine


By Steve RobinsonSeptember 12, 20120 News

On Monday, September 17, the “Obama’s Failing Agenda” bus tour, a nationwide project of Americans for Prosperity, will host rallies…

Snowe Honored with “Guardian of Small Business” Award

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 12, 20120 News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), former Chair and current Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on…

Maine Wire Cartoon: Democratic Party Platform

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 12, 20120 News

Cartoon provided by NetRightDaily.

Pem on Partisanship: Right, wrong or more necessary than ever?

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 11, 201210 News

By Pem Schaeffer Several years ago, I heard Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia being interviewed about so-called “moderate” judges. “What…

China Trade Mission: Governor LePage and Delegation in Hong Kong

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 11, 20120 News

HONG KONG – The first three days in China have proven to be productive and successful for the LePage Administration.…

Reasons to move back home after college

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 11, 20120 News

 Created by: CollegeAtHome.com

9/11: We Remember

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 11, 20122 News

In accordance with a Presidential proclamation, the United States flag and the State of Maine flag shall be flown…

Wind projects bulldoze environmental concerns

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 11, 20126 News

This video from Energize Vermont reveals the destruction to the natural environment caused by the “Gold Rush” of wind-turbine projects.…

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Breitbart: King Wind Project "Worse than Solyndra"

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 10, 20120 News

by Ben Shapiro – Breitbart.com The Obama administration is famous for its crony capitalism. It’s famous for wasting money on disastrous investments…

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"The Machine: The Truth Behind Teachers Unions"

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 10, 20120 News

“The Machine” explains why our K-12 education system isn’t producing better schools — and how it’s rigged to make money…

MPBP reveals conflict of interest at Press Herald

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 10, 20120 News

Maine People Before Politics today revealed a shocking conflict of interest at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Today Media, owner of…

Maine Wire cartoon: Democratic Convention

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 9, 20120 News

Obama is the job-creating President. Really?

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 9, 20120 News

By Amy Payne The Foundry The unemployment rate is now 8.1 percent, marking 43 months straight that it has stayed at…

Op/Ed: Dispelling myths about public charter schools

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 7, 201213 News

By John Jaques As executive director of the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science, I would like to set…

Maine pays 24% more for electricity compared to national average

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 7, 20120 News

LePage Administration looks to lower prices for Mainers  The Maine Energy Office announced Friday that electricity rates in Maine as…

Sunshine Award presented to Senator Rosen for sponsoring right-to-know law

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 6, 20120 News

MHPC, ACLU joined forces to spearhead effort for more open government The Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, a broad group…

Pro-Obamacare group blames PL90 for decades of bad insurance regulations

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 6, 20123 News

By Joel Allumbaugh Consumers for Affordable Health Care, a Maine advocacy group that promotes government-run health care coverage, is trying…

M.D. Harmon: Seniors are strained by shrinking assets, rising inflation

By M.D. HarmonSeptember 5, 20120 Commentary

The polls continue to find that voters’ attention remains focused on the economy—not so much in the sense of Bill…

National debt passes $16,000,000,000,000

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 5, 20120 News

By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Yesterday, the U.S. national debt passed $16 trillion. On President Barack Obama’s watch, the…

MaineHousing spent $7 million on computer systems

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 4, 20120 News

By Peter A. Steele The Maine Wire While the furor over inappropriate spending at the Maine State Housing Authority has…

Destination China: Governor LePage leads trade delegation overseas

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 4, 20120 News

This Saturday Governor Paul LePage will lead a diverse group of Maine business professionals, academic recruiters and government representatives including…

Op/Ed: Maine Republicans enacted Regulatory Reform

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 4, 20120 News

By David Sorensen Regulatory reform was the first priority of Maine’s GOP-controlled Legislature 0f 2011-2012, hence the number of the…

Maine Wire Cartoon: Charter Schools

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 3, 20120 News

Heritage Foundation provides prescriptions for preserving American Dream

By Steve RobinsonAugust 31, 20120 News

The Heritage Foundation has prescribed a set of policies intended to fix the biggest issues facing America. See We Can Change…

Conserved land raises local property values—and property taxes

By Steve RobinsonAugust 30, 20120 News

By Diana George Chapin The land conservation community has long heralded conserving lands as a way of adding jobs, increasing…

Maine gets $2.7 million in pharmaceutical company settlement

By Steve RobinsonAugust 30, 20120 News

Largest Multistate Consumer Protection Drug Settlement Attorney General William J. Schneider announced today that Maine, along with 36 other State…

Maine’s new natural-resource department starts today

By Steve RobinsonAugust 30, 20120 News

Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to play important role in natural-based resource economy The State of Maine has a…

M.D. Harmon: Support for Voter ID is wide and deep

By M.D. HarmonAugust 29, 20120 Commentary

Imagine that, as you are contemplating the purchase of a new house, you are visited by your insurance agent. He…

New driving laws take effect Thursday

By Steve RobinsonAugust 29, 20120 News

Secretary of State Charlie Summers would like to remind Maine motorists that new driving regulations, passed into law by the…

Op/Ed: Maine Republicans enacted Welfare Reform

By Steve RobinsonAugust 29, 20120 Commentary

By David Sorensen Maine Republican Party Welfare reform is one of the most important initiatives that Maine and America can…

Op/Ed: Republican tax cuts benefit all Mainers

By Steve RobinsonAugust 28, 20120 Commentary

By David Sorensen Maine Republican Party The 125th Legislature of 2011-12 passed the largest tax-cut package in Maine’s history as…

How Obamacare Robs Medicare and Hurts Seniors

By Steve RobinsonAugust 28, 20120 News

See “How Obamacare Robs Medicare and Hurts Seniors” online at The Heritage Foundation. The rhetorical Medicare wars have heated up…

Senator Snowe: How the GOP can mend its image among women

By Steve RobinsonAugust 27, 20120 News

This op-ed by U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe ran August 24 in the Washington Post. See it here. By Olympia…

Maine Wire Cartoon

By Steve RobinsonAugust 27, 20120 Commentary

Lewiston man sentenced for EBT trafficking scheme

By Steve RobinsonAugust 27, 20120 News

Attorney General William J. Schneider announced Monday that Christopher S. Frazer, 44, of Lewiston, pled guilty to one count of…

LePage: Energy Independence Could Revitalize the American Economy

By Steve RobinsonAugust 27, 20120 News

Governor LePage applauds the Romney/Ryan energy plan for its focus on North American renewable sources Governor Paul LePage on Monday…

Ending Work for Welfare: Bogus Measures of Success

By Steve RobinsonAugust 26, 20120 News

By Robert Rector The Heritage Foundation Last month, President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) illegally overturned the work…

Should taxpayer debt fund Land for Maine’s Future?

By Steve RobinsonAugust 24, 20120 News

Maine is second only to California in conserved land By Diana George Chapin According to the 2010 National Land Trust…

Maine Energy Office offers Home Heating Cost Calculator

By Steve RobinsonAugust 24, 20122 News

Governor Paul LePage announced today a new Energy Office website (www.Maine.gov/energy). The website provides a home heating calculator as well…

CBO: Another Recession Is Imminent

By Steve RobinsonAugust 23, 20120 News

By Amy Paine The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported Wednesday that without a doubt, America will have a fresh recession…

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M.D. Harmon: Ryan’s hard truth beats Obama’s fakery

By M.D. HarmonAugust 22, 20122 Commentary

“Paul Ryan represents Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: Math!” — David Burge, blogging as “Iowahawk” By M.D. Harmon Conservative activists are…

Governor nominates John Gallagher to head MaineHousing

By Steve RobinsonAugust 22, 20120 News

Governor LePage has nominated John Gallagher of Bath, executive director of the Westbrook Housing Authority, to take over as the…

Washington Post: "King is more vulnerable than imagined"

By Steve RobinsonAugust 21, 20120 News

Marc A. Thiessen, a Washinton Post opinion writer, penned a piece on Monday stating that a victory by Angus King…

By Steve RobinsonAugust 21, 20121 News

Editorial: Wind-power agenda fuels CMP increases

By Steve RobinsonAugust 21, 20120 Commentary

On July 1, most of Central Maine Power’s customers unknowingly suffered a 19.6% increase in electrical transmission rates. If they…

Maine Wire Cartoon

By Steve RobinsonAugust 20, 20120 News

 

ObamaCare: tyranny by perfidy is as insidious as tyranny by force

By Steve RobinsonAugust 20, 201232 News

By Michael Ozga Throughout the centuries, the elite amongst us have tried to sell their version of utopia. From Plato’s…

M.D. Harmon: Are government subsidies to business a net benefit to the economy—or a net loss?

By M.D. HarmonAugust 17, 20120 Commentary

Are government subsidies to business a net benefit to the economy—or a net loss? A new study from a libertarian…

LePage would pay off hospitals, eliminate Certificate of Need

By Steve RobinsonAugust 17, 20120 News

WABI TV-5 in Bangor posted this story: Sources: LePage Hopes To Pay Down Hospital Debt With Liquor Money In Special…

Wind Energy Subsidies are as Useful as VHS Tape Subsidies

By Steve RobinsonAugust 17, 20120 News

This is a post from The Foundry, a blog by the Heritage Foundation. See it here. The wind production tax…

Pingree invests in China, lives in the Virgin Islands, "represents" Maine

By Steve RobinsonAugust 17, 20120 News

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s financial disclosure is now available online, and what a story it tells. Pingree was the only member…

MHPC report: “Demographic Winter” has severe economic consequences for Maine

By Steve RobinsonAugust 16, 20120 News

Policymakers must work to reverse out-migration Maine is staring into a population abyss that could result in the loss of…

Collins: Congress must act to prevent a “cyber 9/11”

By Senator Susan CollinsAugust 15, 20120 Commentary

By Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) The Internet was born in October 1969, and for the first half of its life…

Maine Dept. of Education seeks feedback on school accountability

By Steve RobinsonAugust 15, 20120 News

The Maine Department of Education is inviting the public to weigh in one last time on its plan for creating…

Governor agrees to slow down East West Highway study

By Steve RobinsonAugust 14, 20125 News

In light of recent concerns of State Senator Doug Thomas (R-Ripley) and others, Governor Paul LePage announced today that Maine…

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UPDATED: Guides, lodge owners honor LePage for stance against wind power

By Steve RobinsonAugust 14, 201214 News

(This story has been updated with information added by Dan Remian, who helped organize the Governor’s visit.) A group of…

Local GOP leaders hail selection of Ryan as Romney’s VP pick

By Steve RobinsonAugust 14, 20120 News

The leader of the Maine GOP praised the selection of Wisconsin Congressman and conservative budget hawk Paul Ryan as candidate…

GOP chairman calls out King for blaming $1B shortfall on 9/11

By Steve RobinsonAugust 14, 20120 News

The chairman of the Maine Republican Party has called out Angus King’s former budget officer for blaming a billion-dollar deficit…

Romney-Ryan ticket takes fight to Obama

By Steve RobinsonAugust 13, 20120 News

Wisconsin numbers cruncher unifies, revitalizes GOP By Brett M. Decker The Washington Times Mitt Romney has proved everyone wrong.…

LePage calls for lower energy costs, more lobster-processing plants

By Steve RobinsonAugust 13, 20120 News

This the weekly message from Governor Paul LePage. To listen to the audio, visit www.Maine.Gov/Governor/LePage. Hello. This is Governor Paul…

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Author warns that regionalization is part of a globalist plan

By Steve RobinsonAugust 11, 20120 News

By Diana George Chapin Many people across the nation are making the connection between the regionalization of land conservation efforts and the…

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M.D. Harmon: How corrupt is our federal government under Barack Obama?

By M.D. HarmonAugust 10, 20129 Commentary

How corrupt is our federal government under Barack Obama? You can get a measure of that from the things politicians…

Front Street Shipyard to Add More Jobs

By Steve RobinsonAugust 9, 20121 News

AUGUSTA – On Friday, August 10, Governor Paul LePage will travel to Belfast to visit employees and tour the facilities…

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MHPC: Don’t Expand Maine’s Medicaid Under Obamacare

By Steve RobinsonAugust 8, 20120 News

Expanded Medicaid enrollment increases private insurance rates, burdens taxpayers without reducing number of uninsured PORTLAND – The Maine Heritage Policy…

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Land-trust missions conform to United Nations “Agenda 21”

By Steve RobinsonAugust 7, 201212 News

By Diana George Chapin Maine’s vast northern and downeast forestland is viewed by some as the last wilderness frontier in…

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Op-Ed: Maine should examine Friedman’s idea of school choice

By Steve RobinsonAugust 6, 20120 Commentary

By Prof. John Frary Governor LePage’s proclamation of July 31 as “Milton Friedman Day” probably needs some explanation. Although more…

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1979

By Steve RobinsonAugust 5, 20120 News

The recently uttered words of President Barack Obama that told business owners they “didn’t build that” shows that his true…

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M.D. Harmon: Next U.S. President must be prepared to act in Middle East conflict

By M.D. HarmonAugust 3, 20120 Commentary

“You may not be interested in war. But war is interested in you.” –Attributed to Leon Trotsky Sometimes falsely attributed…

Statement of the Governor on State Plan Amendment Request

By Steve RobinsonAugust 1, 20120 News

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage released the following statement today regarding the filing of the State Plan Amendment to implement…

Maine Files State Plan Amendment To Implement Medicaid Reductions Enacted by Maine Legislature

By Steve RobinsonAugust 1, 20120 News

Feds Pressed for a Rapid Decision AUGUSTA – Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Commissioner Mary Mayhew and…

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Educators, legislators hear about school choice at MHPC’s Friedman luncheon

By Steve RobinsonAugust 1, 20120 News

MHPC CEO Scott Moody (l. to r.) with Lindsey Burke, Will Skillman Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation,…

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Conservation in the North Woods: How much is enough?

By Steve RobinsonAugust 1, 20122 News

Satellite, GPS, aerial photography used to supervise millions of acres By Diana George Chapin Maine’s history, economy and culture are…

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Heritage Backgrounder: Policies to Promote Family K–12 Education Investment

By Steve RobinsonJuly 31, 20120 News

*Editors Note – Lindsey Burke, the Fellow in Education at the Heritage Foundation is the author of this report, and will be the…

Heritage Foundation: Justice Department Blocks Voter ID at Every Turn

By Steve RobinsonJuly 30, 20120 News

People seemingly voting after they’ve been dead for years. Drug kingpins buying votes from poor people to sway elections. Non-citizens…

New Report Notes Fiscal Challenges Many States Face

By Steve RobinsonJuly 26, 20120 News

Report says states must make structural changes – more flexibility from Feds is needed for states’ stability  AUGUSTA – A new…

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M.D. Harmon: "Gun-free zones," some of the most dangerous places in America

By M.D. HarmonJuly 26, 201218 Commentary

Now that a week has passed since the murder of 12 people with firearms in the hands of a lunatic…

Governor LePage and Commissioner Bowen Expand on Harvard PEPG Study and Unveil New ABC plan

By Steve RobinsonJuly 25, 20120 News

July 25, 2012 Governor’s Office AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage and Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen held a joint media conference…

Governor LePage to Host Final Jobs Creation Workshop in Western Maine

By Steve RobinsonJuly 25, 20120 News

Jobs Creation Workshop will focus on Maine’s forestry sector AUGUSTA – Governor LePage announced today the details regarding the fourth…

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Study shows Maine state and local "effective business tax rate" among highest in nation

By Steve RobinsonJuly 25, 20120 News

Maine state and local business taxes grew less than the national average, at 2.4% between 2010 and 2011 but actual…

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