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Seacoast Online: Senator Hill receives perfect score

Posted: November 20, 2013

Read more here Education group praises lawmaker for supporting public schools AUGUSTA — Senator Dawn Hill of York has received a 100 percent...

Bangor Daily News: Maine Legislature’s energy docket set for full slate in 2014

Posted: November 18, 2013

By Scott Thistle Read more here AUGUSTA, Maine — The cost of energy in Maine, its production and transmission, as well as whether the mix of...

Portland Press Herald: Maine Voices: Investment in early childhood education is key to Maine children’s future

Posted: November 15, 2013

By Rebecca Millett and Bruce MacDonald Read more here Democrats plan a push to expand access to voluntary pre-K statewide to give kids a strong...

MPBN: Maine Gov: Democrats Badgering Administration Officials

Posted: November 13, 2013

By AJ Higgins Read more here The butting of heads continues between the Gov. Paul LePage's office and Democrats in Augusta. LePage today accused...

Bangor Daily News: LePage’s blockade: Prohibiting legislative testimony is inexcusable

Posted: November 12, 2013

By Linda Valentino and Seth Berry Read more here Mainers from all over our state sent lawmakers to Augusta to do the work of the people. The...

Bangor Daily News: Bonds headed for passage, but Maine Maritime Academy borrowing has slim support

Posted: November 06, 2013

By Christopher Cousins Read more here BANGOR, Maine — The five bond questions on Tuesday’s statewide ballot were headed toward passage in...

Seacoast Online: Maine voters to decide on bond funds

Posted: November 04, 2013

By Deborah McDermott Read more here Transportation, college upgrades on Tuesday ballot Funding for a project that will affect York County...

Another View: Harmon column did not reflect the reality of state assistance

Posted: November 01, 2013

Making people look for jobs that may not exist doesn’t make the state’s safety net programs more efficient. By State Sen. Anne Haskell,...

Sun Chronicle: Student Shadows Valentino

Posted: October 31, 2013

By Kate Irish Collins Read more here Caitlyn Comeau, a junior at Thornton Academy in Saco and enrolled in the school’s Jobs for Maine’s...

Down East: The Politics of Logging

Posted: October 31, 2013

By Edgar Allen Beem Read more here Canadian loggers have been working in Maine’s North Woods since the nineteenth century, and Maine woodsmen...