There’s little room for hope in Trista Reynolds’ life when it comes to finding her missing daughter, Ayla. Read More
A Maine House of Representatives Democrat who quit the party earlier this year has announced that he has enrolled in the Maine Green Independent Party. Read More
Rep. Martin Grohman announced Friday that he will continue his term as an independent. Read More
Gov. Paul LePage is in Washington, D.C., today to meet with Vice President Mike Pence on health care and tax reform. Read More
The question of whether missing toddler Ayla Reynolds will be declared legally dead is in the hands of a probate court judge following a quick hearing on the matter Thursday in Portland. Read More
One of the political hot-button issues emerging in the Legislature’s off-season is what to do with the state’s Pine Tree Development Zone program, which will fizzle out of existence in 2018 unless it is renewed in Maine law. A recent report by the Office… Read More
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills joined a growing group of attorneys general Friday when she called on Equifax to offer only free credit checks following a security breach this week that involved 143 million people. Read More
“The closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station in the 2005 BRAC round left the military with no active-duty airfield in New England and failed to deliver the promised taxpayer savings. Numerous Navy officials have told me they regretted losing the base.” Read More
Saviello is known as one of the Senate’s more moderate Republicans, but he said he will made a decision about who to officially endorse at a later date. Read More
There’s still more than a year before the election to succeed Republican Gov. Paul LePage, but candidates for the Blaine House already are jump-starting the endorsements game. Read More
Question 4 on the Nov. 7 ballot requests a technical change in how the Maine Public Employees Retirement System stewards the money that thousands of government employees, teachers and retirees count on for their senior years. Read More
“Charitable scams aren’t new but they increase following natural disasters and other tragedies.” Read More
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has replaced the word “insurance” with “healthcare coverage” in the description of Medicaid expansion as it will appear in a November referendum question. Read More
The question of whether to expand the taxpayer-funded health care system here comes to the Nov. 7 ballot by citizen initiative after at least six legislative expansion attempts under Republican Gov. Paul LePage have failed. Read More
A veteran lawmaker who has been arguably one of Gov. Paul LePage’s staunchest allies in the Legislature has announced that he will run for governor as a Republican. Read More
Two of Maine’s largest public sector labor unions have agreed to eliminate the requirement that all employees pay union fees whether or not they are members. Read More
Gov. Paul LePage will call an emergency legislative session to amend a food sovereignty bill that the federal government has criticized as unlawful. Read More
Gov. Paul LePage’s administration is defending Pine Tree Development Zones after a nonpartisan study concluded that structural flaws make it impossible to gauge the program’s impact on Maine’s economy. Read More
“They’re trying to erase history,” said LePage. “How can future generations learn if they erase history?” Read More
The governor claims that broadening eligibility for the government-run program would drive the state into backbreaking debt. Read More
