A small, new Maine State Police motorcycle unit that began with an “out of nowhere” request from former Gov. Paul LePage nearly a year ago will be rolled out formally in April.
Good morning from Augusta. The first wide-ranging public poll in Maine since the 2018 election has plenty of good news for Democrats after they swept the Blaine House and the Legislature, but U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is an early favorite for re-election in 2020.
A conservative blogger has announced that he’ll run a Republican primary against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins as she approaches a 2020 re-election race promising to be one of the more competitive ones in a year with a difficult map for Democrats.
Good morning from Augusta, where this morning lawmakers will hear public testimony on what’s perhaps the most likely ranked-choice voting proposal to gain any real traction this legislative session: a bill to use the process when voting in presidential primaries and general elections.
The Maine House of Representatives initially approved a bill on Tuesday that would make the state join several others and a handful of municipalities including Bangor by recognizing the October holiday of Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day.
Good morning from Augusta. Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed budget includes a $126 million spike in K-12 education, and designates $10 million to unilaterally raise minimum teacher salaries statewide from $30,000 to $40,000.
Good morning from Augusta. Gov. Janet Mills is now more than two months into her tenure and has made many breaks from former Gov. Paul LePage, but she and her administration have barely begun to fill hundreds of vacant seats on state boards and commissions.
Good morning from Augusta. The three taxes making up the bulk of Maine’s revenue stream got slightly more regressive between 2012 and 2017, with state residents paying approximately $322 million in income, sales and property taxes during that five-year period.
A Connecticut prosecutor warned Gov. Janet Mills when she served as attorney general in 2016 that Maine’s chief medical examiner, serving as an outside witness, had given testimony that a judge in that state deemed not credible in a child manslaughter trial.
Legislative hearings begin today on Gov. Janet Mills’ $8 billion two-year budget, a process that is set to take about a month before a key panel begins doing the long and difficult work of reshaping the document.
