Smith said the protest was part of a national six-week “Poor People’s Campaign." Read More
Mills' job gives her a higher level of exposure than any of the other Democratic candidates. But is she blurring the lines between her roles as attorney general and as a candidate? Read More
During a media briefing Tuesday, a White House spokesman mentioned both King and Collins in an apparent attempt to pressure them to support Haspel. Read More
The four Republicans vying to replace LePage agree on virtually every policy. But one thing they don’t agree on is the type of leader who can advance or defend those agendas. Read More
The crowd of hundreds in the convention hall were adoring of the governor, standing and cheering several times as he touted pension and welfare reform, paying off hospital debt, lowering taxes, cutting state government employment numbers and lowering the unemployment rate. Read More
Delegates at the Republican State Convention voted Friday morning that the party wants to nominate candidates by plurality instead of ranked-choice voting, which preceded the filing of a federal lawsuit today in federal court. Read More
The Legislature adjourned just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday amid a political stalemate caused by House Republicans who refused to add days to the session. Read More
An historic electric trolley car that once toted President Theodore Roosevelt on campaign stops through Maine is on its way to full restoration following a windfall donation from the West Coast. Read More
Fulford was one of four Democrats vying for the party’s nomination in the June 12 primary for a chance to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin. Read More
In addition to election a new governor and 186 legislators in November, Mainers will again vote on whether to raise the income tax rate on higher earners. Read More
All told, about 42 percent of LePage’s bills are in law. That’s arguably not a terrible percentage given that Democrats have held majorities in one or both chambers of the Legislature for six of LePage’s 7.5 years in office. Read More
With Linn disqualified from the ballot, it clears Republican Eric Brakey’s path to a general election contest involving U.S. Sen. Angus King. Read More
What makes this year unique is that a bulk of what legislative leaders and Gov. Paul LePage hoped to accomplish in 2018 has not been accomplished. Read More
The proposal was aimed at ensuring people seeking to put questions on the state ballot balance signature-gathering more equitably between Maine’s two congressional districts. Read More
House debate on a bill to ban “conversion therapy” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transexual Mainers reached a level of intensity Thursday that hasn’t been seen at the State House in recent memory. Read More
Congressional leaders are expected to include Poliquin’s proposals in a massive farm bill being released Thursday. Read More
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will convene at 2 p.m. Thursday in Portland to hear arguments in a rush to decide whether ranked-choice voting will be used for the June 12 primary election. Read More
The urgent question of whether ranked-choice voting can be used in Maine’s June 12 primary is headed for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court amid legal maneuvering that the plaintiffs’ attorney called a “one-of-a-kind case.” Read More
The Senate voted 24-10 in favor of a bill that would move Maine toward a regulation and oversight system for the sale of marijuana for recreational use. Read More
Nick Isgro, a Republican who briefly considered a gubernatorial run, has been under fire since he posted a critical tweet aimed at a survivor of the Parkland shooting. Read More
