7 hours ago

Spotlight remains on Collins amid new twists in Kavanaugh confirmation saga

Good morning from Augusta. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is in flux on Wednesday morning as Republicans look poised to move forward with the nomination if the woman who says he sexually assaulted her doesn’t testify.

2 days ago

Following the money on Maine’s home care ballot question

On Nov. 6, Maine voters will again be asked to take tax and social services policy into their own hands via the citizen initiative process.

2 days ago

Collins undecided on next steps after alleged Kavanaugh victim comes forward

Good morning from Augusta. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court seems to be in its first real danger after a woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while in high school has come forward publicly.

5 days ago

With nothing left to fight about, Maine legislators go home

The 128th Maine Legislature, which presided over a state shutdown last year and stretched nearly five months past its scheduled end in 2018, closed its work for the year on Thursday — but not without dealing with Gov. Paul LePage’s late threat to call it back.

5 days ago

A LePage last stand, cost estimates and parting words from the Legislature’s final day

Good morning from Augusta, where the merciful last day of the 2018 legislative session was made less quiet on Thursday by Gov. Paul LePage, who made a threat that moved lawmakers to pass a bill that many Republicans didn’t want.

5 days ago

Collins Says She’s Undecided On Kavanaugh Vote, Calls Threatening Voicemails ‘A New Low’

Maine Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is a key vote in the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. As she continues to weigh her position on whether to support him, Collins is under close scrutiny, and has been subject to a lot of outside pressure — some of which she says have gone too far.

6 days ago

Guns become an early issue in Maine’s tight 2nd District race

Good day from Augusta. In this age of endless campaigning, Maine’s 2nd Congressional District has been nationally targeted for about five years straight and this year’s seemingly tight race is just now starting to take its own shape as the candidates war on gun rights.

1 week ago

LePage takes a parting shot at legislators in what’s likely to be his last veto letter

Good morning from Augusta, where the Maine Legislature is set to return on Thursday with almost nothing left to fight about and seemingly ready to end a marathon 2018 session that has now stretched nearly five months past its scheduled adjournment.

1 week ago

Collins calls anti-Kavanaugh crowdfunding effort a ‘bribe’

Good morning from Augusta, which is just one place where Maine progressives are trying to pressure U.S. Sen. Susan Collins to oppose a Supreme Court nominee whom they view as a threat to abortion rights.

1 week ago

Blaine House hopefuls use first public forum to share their visions of life after LePage

It was Gov. Paul LePage — not any of the four candidates running to replace him — who drew the only sparing criticisms that came during the first public forum of the 2018 governor’s race before a business group on Monday.

1 week ago

Sen. Collins mum on Kavanaugh vote as pressure grows

The end of contentious confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has shifted the focus back to potential swing votes like Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.

1 week ago

LePage says he’ll deny applicants until Medicaid expansion is funded

Maine Gov. Paul LePage said he’ll deny applications for aid under a voter-approved Medicaid expansion until lawmakers provide funding under his terms.

1 week ago

Rand Paul faults Congress for ‘too much compromise’ while stumping for King’s GOP foe

Good morning from Augusta. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was in Maine on Friday for a rally and fundraiser to boost state Sen. Eric Brakey, calling the underdog GOP challenger to independent U.S. Sen. Angus King “a different kind of Republican.”

1 week ago

Governor says he’ll keep blocking payments to AG office

Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Friday he won’t release $4.9 million that lawmakers budgeted for Democratic Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Janet Mills’ office until she provides him legal bills that are as detailed as those of private law firms.

2 weeks ago

Maine Gubernatorial candidate launches campaign tour at America’s First Mile

Independent candidate for the 2018 Maine governor’s race Alan Caron of Freeport launched a statewide campaign tour at the America’s First Mile monument in Fort Kent on Thursday morning.

2 weeks ago

Older Mainers agree on a lot, but not on who to vote for

Good morning from Augusta. A poll released on Wednesday by the AARP shows something interesting, but probably not unsurprising:

2 weeks ago

At hearing, Collins And King ask how Twitter and Facebook plan to combat misinformation

Top company officials from two of the largest social media platforms in the world were grilled Wednesday by members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, including Maine’s Susan Collins and Angus King.

2 weeks ago

Maine’s fall foliage is popping up early this year

Some trees are displaying bright fall colors early in Maine this year, which may mean an extended fall foliage season.