Mar 05 Before there was Trump, there was brash business tycoon Paul LePage By David Sharp, Jill Colvin, Associated Press With no public polling in Saturday's GOP caucuses in Maine, there are few indicators of how well Trump might fare. But brash business tycoon Paul LePage is campaigning for him in the state. Continue reading
Jan 08 Maine governor sorry for remark about 'young white' girls By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine -- Republican Gov. Paul LePage apologized Friday for his remark about out-of-state drug dealers impregnating "young white" girls, calling it a slip of the tongue and saying he didn't mean to inject race into discussion of Maine's heroin… Continue reading
Feb 11 Photo essay: Below freezing in Bangor, Maine By Anna Sillers While residents in New York and New England scramble to shovel themselves out of the latest snowstorm before the next one hits, a photo essay in the Bangor Daily News, curated by visual editor Brian Feulner, brings out the… Continue reading
Jan 05 Maine governor spent $53K in fight to remove low-income young adults from Medicaid By Alanna Durkin, Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine -- Gov. Paul LePage's administration spent nearly $53,000 on private lawyers in its failed attempt to remove thousands of low-income young adults from the state's Medicaid program after being told by Maine's attorney general that he couldn't win… Continue reading
Oct 15 WATCH LIVE: Maine gubernatorial debate By Anya van Wagtendonk Incumbent Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) will debate challengers Rep. Michael Michaud (D) and Eliot Cutler (I) in a gubernatorial debate at 7 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 15 in Augusta, Me. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Tuesday, December 31, 2013 we look back at a record-breaking year on Wall Street the rest of the economy. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Maine's prescription for drug savings: Go foreign Maine employers and consumers say that importing prescriptions from foreign mail-order pharmacies saves them a lot of money, so legislators passed a law legalizing imports. The drug industry and the state's pharmacists say imports can be dangerous, while supporters say… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch Sen. Susan Collins hopes moderates will return to the GOP's 'shrinking middle' Sen. Susan Collins hopes moderates will return to the GOP's 'shrinking middle'… Continue watching
Sep 15 FDR's Green Dream: The Quoddy Dam Project By Kristin Miller In 1935 construction started on a massive New Deal project proposed by FDR in Passamaquoddy Bay. The Quoddy Dam Project would have stored the rising tide behind multiple dams and then slowly released the water through turbines, producing electricity. But… Continue reading