LEWISTON — A reputation for online bickering and hurt feelings may convince members of a Facebook group devoted to local politics, Lewiston Rocks the Vote, to shut down and go their separate ways. “It’s not as contentious now as it was during the election,” Heidi Sawyer, the group’s founder, said. “But I want people to […]
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Maine conservative think tank details plans for 2016
AUBURN — The state’s most visible bastion of conservative thought is poised to significantly up its game for 2016, its executive director told a gathering of about 20 people at a luncheon Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Inn. “The first thing we can acknowledge and probably talk about very quickly is what a big year […]
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Working Families PAC fined for not reporting all expenditures
AUGUSTA — A Portland legislator’s political action committee was fined $2,000 on Wednesday by Maine ethics regulators for leaving some expenditures unreported for more than a year. The Working Families PAC, which is run by Rep. Diane Russell, a Democrat, omitted just more than $1,200 in expenditures from a report due in October 2014. They […]
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Paris selectman spars with residents over online negativity
Video by Norway Paris Community Television Selectman Sam Elliot tried twice to make his feelings about Bernard’s resignation apparent. First, he motioned that the board amend its acceptance of Bernard’s resignation to include the words “with regret.” His motion failed by a 3-2 vote. After the last item on the agenda, Elliot asked to speak, […]
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Maine Ethics Commission fines lobbyist Joel Allumbaugh
AUGUSTA — A Maine ethics board fined a conservative lobbyist $50 for violating a little-known law requiring lobbyists to identify the group they’re working for when testifying before a legislative committee. The case of Joel Allumbaugh is the first time that the Maine Ethics Commission has examined a 2006 statute requiring lobbyists to identify the […]
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Maine youth survey shows marijuana use remains steady
AUGUSTA — A recent survey of Maine youth suggests marijuana use by high school and middle school students remains steady while the use of other drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, is in decline, according to a group hoping to defeat a referendum aimed at legalizing marijuana. Scott Gagnon, director of Smart Approaches to Marijuana Maine, […]
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Analysis: Will Jeb Bush’s GOP debate performance matter?
Data curated by InsideGov LAS VEGAS — Jeb Bush finally delivered a powerful debate performance. But it may not matter. The former Florida governor repeatedly took the fight to front-runner Donald Trump in Las Vegas Tuesday night as the Republican Party’s 2016 class met on the debate stage for the last time this year. Bush […]
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Cruz, Rubio clash in fifth Republican debate
Data curated by InsideGov LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a presidential race reshaped by national security fears, Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed over U.S. military intervention, government spying on Americans’ communications and immigration Tuesday night, as front-runner Donald Trump defended his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States. Struggling former Florida […]
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Lottery tickets and payouts going to Maine residents on welfare
AUGUSTA — Maine residents on public assistance have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lottery tickets — enough to win more than $22 million in prizes between 2010 and 2014, including eight jackpots worth at least $500,000 each. The data on winnings come from a Maine Department of Health and Human Services memo obtained […]
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Governors ask Congress to expand opiate treatment options
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The six New England governors are urging leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives to expand the types of medical practitioners who can prescribe drugs to treat opiate addiction. In a Tuesday letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and minority leader Nancy Pelosi, the governors ask the House leaders to support the […]