Democrats reject Republican amendments on Medicaid expansion, push bill through

AUGUSTA, Maine — Senate Democrats on Tuesday rejected Republican efforts to separate an expansion of Medicaid from a plan to pay $484 million in Medicaid ...

LePage veto: Ban tobacco in Maine entirely, or not at all

AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill to “simply outlaw tobacco altogether” would make more sense than piecemeal bans on smoking, Gov. Paul LePage said Monday as ...

LePage hopes to eliminate income tax by end of second term

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage said Monday he hopes Maine has no state income tax by the end of his second term if he’s ...

Silenced by legislators at budget talks, LePage says Mainers are being played for ‘patsies’

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Senate chairwoman of the budget-writing committee on Sunday declined to allow Gov. Paul LePage to address the panel about a fast-approaching ...

Early voting amendment clears first Senate hurdle

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Senate on Tuesday gave its approval to a measure that would trigger a statewide referendum on whether to allow towns ...

POLL QUESTION

Can Obama survive the scandals?

ATLANTA — President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger U.S. economic growth as he tried to recover ...

ANALYSIS

NRA tactics: Take no prisoners

As a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association with an “A+” rating for her voting record in the Tennessee House of Representatives, Debra Maggart never imagined that ...

Divided Portland council angers mayor by expressing ‘concern,’ instead of ‘opposition,’ to tar sands oil

PORTLAND, Maine — After nearly two hours of public testimony, after protests and petitions, and after a rejected attempt four months ago to ban the ...