The office of U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin sent a letter last month to hundreds of constituents in Maine’s 2nd District stating that the shuttered Madison Paper Industries mill is still open and was helped by a 2015 trade decision the Republican congressman supported. The taxpayer-funded letter, dated Sept. 20, 2018, cited an International Trade Commission ruling […]
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Jared Golden, Bruce Poliquin decline Maine Public debate invite
LEWISTON — Democratic congressional hopeful Jared Golden on Thursday accused the Republican incumbent he hopes to unseat of hiding from Maine voters by skipping a Maine Public debate and declining other opportunities to defend his record openly. Then he said he won’t participate in the Maine Public debate either. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a two-term Republican […]
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Social Security checks to increase 2.8 percent in 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 percent increase in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. For the average retired worker, it amounts to $39 a month. After a period of low inflation, the increase for 2019 is the highest in 7 years. The […]
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Maine gubernatorial candidates spar over issues in heated debate
The four candidates hoping to replace Republican Gov. Paul LePage squared off on several key issues including abortion, climate change, immigration, sexual harassment and health care during a debate at the University of New England’s Portland campus Wednesday. Sitting side by side, Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills sparred over climate change. Mills implied […]
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Comedian says he was joking about boycotting Maine
A comedian and actor says he was only joking about a boycott when he tweeted on Friday that he would never visit Maine while Sen. Susan Collins was in office because of her vote on Brett Kavanaugh. “This would be a good time to say I never called for a boycott of Maine,” John Fugelsang […]
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Watch the candidates for governor take debate
Squaring off in a full-on debate the four candidates hoping to replace Republican Gov. Paul LePage in Maine have taken to the stage at the University of New England’s Portland campus. The debate, co-sponsored by the Portland Press Herald and UNE, started at about 7:04 and is scheduled to run for about 90 minutes at UNE’s […]
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Gubernatorial race rather low key
Less than a month before the election, the race to choose who will lead Maine after eight tumultuous years under Gov. Paul LePage is unusually quiet. There have been no rallies with big-name national political figures, few polls, no headline-grabbing mudslinging and only a few of relatively tame debates or forums to date. And while […]
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Prankster alters Susan Collins' Wikipedia page in Kavanaugh vote protest
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine continues to see fallout from her vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, with someone changing her Wikipedia page Tuesday to say that she had voted to “put an attempted rapist on the Supreme Court.” The altered page was up for a very short period before it was […]
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‘Wicked interesting’ 2nd District debate for Bates rhetoric professor
LEWISTON — Watching the televised debate among candidates in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District on Monday, Bates College rhetoric professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano said she was most struck by U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s effort to scare voters away from his chief opponent. “Obviously, Poliquin was using incredibly incendiary language almost in order to invoke fear from viewers,” […]
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Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador
WASHINGTON — U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley is resigning at the end of the year, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday as Haley sat by his side in the Oval Office. Trump praised the work of the former governor of South Carolina, who was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations shortly after Trump’s inauguration last […]