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Maine Senate OKs Keystone Pipeline Resolution Ahead of Obama Visit

Posted: March 30, 2012

03/29/2012 Reported By: Patty B. Wight Today the Maine senate approved a resolution that urges President Obama and Congress to support the...

TREE HARVEST PLANS REMAIN CLOSED TO PUBLIC

Posted: March 29, 2012

Republican lawmakers reject public disclosure of forest plan for tax   AUGUSTA—Republican lawmakers rejected an attempt to make public the...

Mainers to Speak in Favor of Affordable Care Act

Posted: March 28, 2012

Several Mainers are going to be in Washington when lawyers argue for and against the federal Affordable Care Act championed by President Barack...

Democrats turn up the heat on DHHS | BDN

Posted: March 28, 2012

By David Farmer, Bangor Daily News, March 28, 2012 For the casual observer, government can get the feel of an ever-lasting partisan slap fight....

BDN | Businesses see improvements in state’s attitude

Posted: March 28, 2012

By Matt Wickenheiser, BDN Staff Posted March 28, 2012, at 2:38 p.m. AUGUSTA, Maine — At Texas Instruments in South Portland, officials...

Mainers follow Supreme Court health care debate

Posted: March 28, 2012

Augusta, Maine (NEWS CENTER)  - Some Mainers are in Washington Tonight watching the Supreme Court proceedings very closely. Attorney General William...

Governor LePage Proposal to Abolish State Planning Office Sparks Fight

Posted: March 28, 2012

03/27/2012 Reported By: Mal Leary Learn More.... About Mal Leary Send Email Gov. Paul LePage is proposing that the State Planning Office be...

Thornton Academy Student Visits the Maine Senate

Thornton Academy Student Visits the Maine Senate

Posted: March 28, 2012

AUGUSTA – Thornton Academy student Sabryna Collins-Hall of Saco recently served as an Honorary Page in the Maine Senate for the day as a guest of...

REPUBLICANS REJECT REVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS “STATE TIME” VERSUS “CAMPAIGN TIME”

Posted: March 28, 2012

AUGUSTA—Republicans in the Maine Senate killed a measure that sought to clarify the roles and responsibilities for Constitutional Officers who...

Democrats insist on OPEGA review of DHHS cover-up

Posted: March 28, 2012

AUGUSTA -- Democratic lawmakers in the state Legislature today strengthened calls for a nonpartisan investigation into an alleged cover-up of a...