PORTLAND, Maine — In a targeted shot against Mayor Michael Brennan’s re-election bid, half the City Council and more than half of Portland’s school board have announced their support for challenger Ethan Strimling. The bloc, led by Councilor Nick Mavodones, revealed itself formally during a news… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — Ending months of speculation, former Democratic state senator Ethan Strimling announced Tuesday that he’ll once again run to be mayor of Portland. Strimling becomes the ninth candidate to enter the race to lead Maine’s largest city, and is perceived by… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage’s end-of-session gambit backfired Thursday, when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court said the governor has missed his chance to veto 65 bills. The unanimous advisory opinion was a blow to LePage and Republican lawmakers in the House, who… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Rural voters check the box for Republicans on Election Day. Urban ones vote for Democrats. So goes the conventional political wisdom. But a report released Wednesday by a pair of researchers at the University of New Hampshire indicates that particular demographic chestnut misses… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Monday’s news that the Mountain View Youth Development Center, a state-run juvenile detention facility, would stop housing the state’s youngest inmates surely came as a surprise to many people. But not to Stan Gerzofsky. The longtime Democratic lawmaker from… Read More
With Bangor City Councilor Joe Baldacci joining the race last week, the Democratic primary for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District has become competitive. Baldacci joins Emily Cain, a former legislator from Orono who ran against Republican Bruce Poliquin when the seat opened last year. Poliquin… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — Four teams of attorneys representing various branches and agencies of government had their day in court Friday, when the justices of Maine’s highest court heard oral arguments in the case of 65 disputed vetoes. The courtroom was packed with lawmakers, reporters… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, filed a civil lawsuit against Gov. Paul LePage in U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday afternoon. The lawsuit alleges LePage “blackmailed’ Good Will-Hinckley — a Fairfield nonprofit that had recently hired Eves to be its president… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — In a second round of written arguments in the ongoing veto dispute, Gov. Paul LePage and the presiding officers of the Maine House and Senate clashed on two fundamental questions. First, by leaving the State House from June 30 until July 16, did… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Supporters of broad campaign finance reform officially kicked off their referendum campaign Tuesday during a rally outside the State House. Question 1 on November’s ballot will ask Mainers whether to adopt myriad changes to Maine’s campaign finance and election laws. The “yes”… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Two Democratic lawmakers are requesting that the Legislature’s watchdog group investigate an allegation that Gov. Paul LePage pressured the former president of the World Acadian Congress to resign. The request, submitted Tuesday to the Government Oversight Committee by Reps. Roland “Danny” Martin of… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — It will be late August before the slate of mayoral candidates in Maine’s largest city is set, and perhaps it will be even later before the average Portlander really begins paying attention to the race. But the key issues that will face the… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage, legislative leaders, the attorney general and several advocacy groups made their cases to the state’s highest court Friday, submitting detailed legal briefs in a dispute over whether 65 bills are in law or vetoed. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s two congressional representatives don’t always see eye to eye but they joined forces this week against a proposed law that would ban states from requiring food manufacturers to label products that contain genetically modified organisms. U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, and… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — National headlines, torrents of criticism from parents and threats of protest meant little to the line of hungry customers spilling out of Marcy’s Diner Thursday morning. Controversy erupted last weekend after Marcy’s owner Darla Neugebauer screamed at a family whose young… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Rep. Larry Dunphy, a third-term lawmaker from Embden, has announced he will leave the Republican Party. Dunphy made the decision public in a column published Wednesday by the Bangor Daily News. The column was written jointly by Dunphy and Brian Jones, a former… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — The top Democrat and Republican in the Maine Legislature will present a united front to the state’s high court in a legal conflict over 65 disputed vetoes by Gov. Paul LePage. Senate President Michael Thibodeau, R-Winterport, and House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick,… Read More
The first regular session of the 127th Maine Legislature is over. Like spring becoming summer, the end of the legislative session ushers in the next phase of the political calendar, commemorated by the media and other watchers under the dome: The season of post-session analysis. Read More
The first regular session of the 127th Maine Legislature is over. Like spring becoming summer, the end of the legislative session ushers in the next phase of the political calendar, commemorated by the media and other watchers under the dome: The season of post-session analysis. Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s highest court said Monday it would move quickly to address Gov. Paul LePage’s request for an opinion on whether he could veto bills the Legislature says have already become law. “The governor has indicated that time is of the essence. Accordingly, the… Read More
