Senator can’t explain Dem job creation plans for 127th Legislature
Sen. Ann Haskell (D-Portland), assistant majority leader in the state senate, went on the George Hale and Ric Tyler radio program Tuesday morning to talk about a press conference Democratic lawmakers...
View ArticleWATCH: Great debates in Maine politics [video]
With all the talk of debates this year, we thought readers might be interested in watching a collection of previous debates in Maine politics. Check out the “greatest hits” of Maine’s gubernatorial and...
View ArticleBellows: I’ll convince libertarians to support minimum wage hike
AUGUSTA – The Democratic candidate running against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins told reporters at a Thursday press conference she will bring libertarians on board with President Obama’s plans to...
View ArticleMaine Dems: Republicans support cancer, poisoning children
AUGUSTA – Maine Republicans expressed outrage Friday over campaign literature sponsored by the Maine Democratic Party that attacks Sen. Brian Langley (R-Ellsworth) and Republican candidate Eric Brakey....
View ArticleBig Labor drops money bomb for Michaud
A top union boss spoke out in favor of Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud’s gubernatorial campaign on Wednesday as media reports indicated the United Steelworkers will dump another $230,000 into the...
View ArticleBellows ties Collins to Ted Cruz
PORTLAND – Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Shenna Bellows sought to tie incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins to Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at a...
View ArticleMichelle O comes to Maine
ORONO – First Lady Michelle Obama touted the health of the U.S. economy as she visited Maine on Friday to campaign on behalf of Democratic candidates at the University of Maine in Orono. “I remember...
View ArticleMaine candidate, People’s Alliance member falsely claims she’s a licensed...
LEWISTON – A Lewiston Democrat and former Maine People’s Alliance co-chair has been caught falsely claiming that she is a physician. Although Heidi Brooks, who is running for the Maine State House of...
View ArticleSomething’s Gotta Give: O’Sullivan’s First Law and Political Gravitational Pull
I’ve often generalized about Republican’s and Democrats by saying that the former almost always play defense, and the latter always play offense. The brilliant Mark Steyn recently said “when Democrats...
View ArticleMaine liberals oblivious of actual education funding requirements
Leave it to the editorial team at the Bangor Daily News to constantly promote the liberal agenda by misrepresenting facts and pushing false narratives to their readers. They did so a handful of times...
View ArticleGideon and Jackson’s failure to define scope of work puts special session in...
Senate President Troy Jackson and Speaker of the House Sara Gideon began polling Maine lawmakers on Tuesday to gauge their interest in reconvening next month. Legislative Republicans denied their...
View ArticleWhat issues will Maine Democrats resurrect in 2021?
With Maine’s 2020 statewide general election behind us, it’s time to look ahead to the first regular session of the 130th Maine Legislature. While Democrats will continue to control both chambers of...
View ArticleNew letter defends Chief Gauvin’s free speech rights
After Maine Democrats sent a letter to the state’s top public safety official Monday calling for an investigation into the conduct of Capitol Police Chief Russ Gauvin on his social media accounts,...
View ArticleLawmakers convening Wednesday to debate supplemental budget, state of emergency
Maine lawmakers will convene in-person in Augusta this week for the first time since December 2, when legislators met at the Augusta Civic Center to be sworn in as members of the 130th Maine...
View ArticleDemocrats confirm plan to approve majority budget by April 1
The Maine Legislature will convene in person on Tuesday to approve the state’s next biennial budget, likely along party lines. The legislature has not passed a majority budget since 2005. Democrats...
View ArticleMajority budget showdown set for Tuesday in Augusta
Maine’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee met on Thursday to hold a work session on LD 715, a concept draft that morphed into Democrats’ “Back-to-Basics” budget announced earlier this...
View ArticleDemocrats approve Maine’s next biennial budget on majority vote
Maine lawmakers convened at the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday to tackle the state’s next two-year spending plan. The budget bill – LD 715, which never received a public hearing – was approved along...
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