Augusta – On Wednesday, January 20th, Senator Paul Davis (R-Piscataquis) presented a bill to the Legislature’s Taxation Committee intended to…
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Investigators with The Department of Health and Human Services’ 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 you’re 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 LePage’s continued opposition. Two Republican senators – 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 administration’s 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 states’ 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 – the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol and Legalize Maine – agreed…
If you’ve never heard of the Maine Information and Analysis Center (MIAC), you’re not alone. Little information is publicly available…
According to an October Quarterly Report filed by Mainers for Accountable Elections, over 80% 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. 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 court’s 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 Legislature’s…
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. The vote was split along party lines 52-46, with…
According to Governor LePage’s administration, 9,000 fewer Mainers have been using SNAP benefits, commonly called food stamps, since last year…
Last month, the Tax Foundation released a study analyzing the relationship between cigarette taxes and smuggled cigarettes in each state.…
On Thursday, Congress passed a resolution aimed at limiting so-called “ambush elections” for union representation, but the legislation is expected…
On Tuesday, U.S. House Republican leadership unveiled their conservative budget proposal that seeks to eliminate the federal deficit over the…
On Thursday, hundreds of union supporters packed into the State House to stump for higher wages and voice their anger…
On Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton admitted it may have been a mistake to exclusively use a private email server during…
Today, the Maine Supreme Court issued its ruling on a case involving the ongoing public dispute between Governor Paul R.…
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the latest case challenging the Affordable Care…
On Thursday, the Portland Green Independent Committee announced that it will be pushing to double the minimum wage in Maine’s…
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released their report on civil rights violations in the Ferguson police department, finding…
On Thursday, investigators announced that they had discovered over 30,000 emails related to the targeting of conservative groups by the…
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torrensen ruled that federal law prohibits Maine residents from buying prescription drugs from…
On Friday, the Obama Administration admitted that approximately 800,000 Healthcare.gov customers have received incorrect tax forms. The administration is asking…
Representative Poliquin, whose vote this week against repealing Obamacare provoked backlash among grassroots conservatives, has worked to explain his controversial…
Patriots Win Super Bowl After a perfect fourth quarter drive and an end-zone interception in the final seconds of the…
Bruce Poliquin isn’t wasting any time getting his feet wet in Washington. Yesterday, at his first Financial Services Committee meeting,…
State of the City: Portland Edition Last night, Portland Mayor Michael Brennan delivered his state of the city address. Brennan…
2015 State of the Union Address In case you forgot, or chose not to watch because you have more productive…
Change in Maine Community Colleges Leadership Following statements by Governor LePage pressuring his resignation, John Fitzsimmons, the President of Maine…
Will LePage be Maine’s Next Senator? Despite remarks in an interview with radio talk show host Howie Carr, Governor LePage…
On Friday, Governor Paul R. LePage released his biennial budget. The highly anticipated budget includes significant changes to the state’s…
Okay, yesterday was a pretty busy day in Maine politics… let’s see if we can fit them all in here.…
Fairpoint Talks Resume On Sunday, Fairpoint Communications resumed negotiations with the union representing striking workers across New England. Neither side…
Fairpoint Wins Major Ruling In a tough ruling against the Fairpoint strikers, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that…
Governor Appoints Education Commissioner Due to health concerns, Governor LePage has replaced Education Commissioner James Rier with historian Tom Desjardin. …
Petroleum Prices Persistently Plummet For anyone who’s had to fill their gas tank over the last several days, this won’t…
The argument against expanding government run health care in America just got a lot stronger – thanks to the unlikeliest…
Portland Looks to Regulate Uber In a desperate attempt to seem relevant, Portland officials are looking to regulate Uber, the…
Money Has Too Much Influence Except when it doesn’t. The final finance reports of the 2014 gubernatorial race show that…
Sony Hackers Threaten Theaters The individuals behind the Sony hack, who up to this point have released tons of private…
Grover Norquist, long considered by the left to be the dark marionette of conservative policymaking in America, and heralded as a…
Can’t Get Enough Cod Stories If you haven’t heard enough about the state of cod in the Gulf of Maine…
No Minimum Wage Increase for Portland…. Yet. After discussing a minimum wage increase in Portland last night, Portland’s Financial Committee…
Three Cheers for Integrity Check out MHPC CEO Matt Gagnon’s thoughtful piece up on his Pine Tree Politics blog about…
MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber, the architect of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), was commissioned by the Maine Bureau of…
What Phantom Ballots? Yesterday, a special Senate committee investigating the Senate District 25 race between Republican Cathy Manchester and Democrat…
Protests in Portland Over the weekend, two protests were held in Portland over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.…
In a press release Monday, Maine Republican Party Chairman Richard Bennett responded to a chorus of liberal accusations of voter fraud…
Scallop Season is Open Maine’s scallop fishing season begins today. While the scallop stock has been recovering for years, officials with…
Unrest Continues Protests continued in Ferguson, Missouri last night over the results of a grand jury investigation into police officer…