Cutler takes aim at welfare reform
Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler released his welfare reform plan Wednesday, seeking to weigh in on a campaign issue that is resonating with voters but has largely been dominated by...
View ArticleFact checking LePage on R&D, MTI and innovation
Gov. Paul LePage appeared out of his comfort zone a few times during a presentation he made Tuesday night at the Casco Bay Tech Hub in Portland.
View ArticleMore tickets made available for Clinton rally in Portland
A rally featuring former Pres. Bill Clinton on behalf of Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s gubernatorial campaign has been moved to a bigger venue, Michaud’s campaign announced Friday morning. The...
View ArticleMaine candidates for governor to speak at energy forum
Maine Gov. Paul LePage and the two candidates vying to replace him, Democrat Mike Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler, will lay out their positions on energy and the environment at an event this...
View ArticleBill Clinton tells Maine crowd Michaud is a uniting force
Former President Bill Clinton delivered a blistering critique of Republican Gov. Paul LePage while championing the candidacy of Democratic challenger U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud during a sweltering rally at...
View ArticleCandidate who said he wasn’t really running drops out of Maine’s race for...
AUGUSTA — A Freeport man who was running for Maine governor — but “not really” — has dropped out of the race. The relatively unknown fourth candidate in the Maine governor’s race, Lee Schultheis, said...
View ArticleThe working life of Mike Michaud
This is the first of three articles about the work experiences of Maine’s gubernatorial candidates. As he delivered a speech at the Democratic State Convention in Bangor last spring, U.S. Rep. Mike...
View ArticleMaine’s economy a focus of governor’s race
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage says Maine’s economy is back on track with 20,000 more private sector jobs. His opponents are equally adamant that the state’s economic recovery is lagging under...
View ArticleRepublicans, Michaud staff spar over accuracy of two campaign ads
The Maine Republican Party and the campaign of U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, the Democratic candidate for governor, are battling over advertisements that both say contain false claims. On Monday, Republican...
View ArticleMaine Republicans release recording of Democrat favoring Cutler
The Maine Republican Party on Tuesday released a secret recording of a Democratic state senator saying U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, the party’s nominee for governor, is “not a brain guy,” adding that he...
View ArticleRival groups trade charges over secret recording of political call in Maine...
Conservative and liberal activists clashed Wednesday over a secret recording of a Sept. 4 conference call among several nonprofit groups that were formulating a response to a political ad attacking...
View ArticleBill Nemitz: Maine Republican hijinks turn political arena into a playpen
I don’t know about you, but I’m not talking to any of my Maine Republican friends between now and Nov. 4 without first frisking them for a hidden tape recorder. Twice in the last week, the guys to the...
View ArticleGov. Paul LePage refuses to appear at energy forum
Gov. Paul LePage pulled out of a long-planned energy forum at the last minute Friday, surprising organizers in a move he attributed to miscommunication but that others called a calculated political...
View ArticleCutler, Michaud outline long-term energy goals
The two challengers for governor presented their views Friday on how Maine could reduce its above-average heating and power costs at an energy industry forum that Gov. Paul LePage withdrew from at the...
View ArticleThe working life of Eliot Cutler
This is the second of three articles about the work experiences of Maine’s gubernatorial candidates In the mid-1970s, when he was fresh out of law school, Eliot Cutler took a job that would force him...
View ArticleMichaud unveils 10-point plan for improving Maine health care
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud released a 10-point plan Monday for improving health care in Maine, and in the process took several swipes at his Republican opponent in the gubernatorial election,...
View ArticleLePage critics, citing new report, say his economic policies aren’t working
Political opponents of Republican Gov. Paul LePage seized on new federal economic data to claim that the incumbent governor’s economic policies are not working. LePage’s campaign countered that...
View ArticleCandidates on the issues
Cutler, LePage and Michaud weigh in on health care, education, energy, welfare and jobs in our five-part series.
View ArticlePolitical foes slam new LePage vacation policy
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s political foes in his re-election bid are criticizing a new policy that’s giving more vacation time to political appointees and staff. But LePage’s...
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