Secretary of State Summers submits signatures for U.S. Senate run
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers submitted the necessary signatures Tuesday to qualify for the November ballot in the U.S. Senate race. Summers is one of six Republicans eyeing...
View ArticleRepublican Courtney turns in signatures for 1st District U.S. House race
AUGUSTA, Maine — Jonathan Courtney, R-Springvale, the Maine Senate majority leader, has submitted the necessary signatures to get on the ballot for Maine’s 1st Congressional District race. Courtney,...
View ArticleDemocrat Matt Dunlap submits signatures for U.S. Senate run
AUGUSTA, Maine — Former legislator and secretary of state Matt Dunlap became the latest candidate to turn in signatures to get on the ballot for the U.S. Senate race. Dunlap, a Democrat, submitted more...
View ArticleState Sen. Plowman turns in signatures for U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA, Maine — Debra Plowman of Hampden, the assistant majority leader in the Maine Senate, submitted 2,200 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday to get on the ballot for what’s...
View ArticleGov. LePage headed to Jamaica
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is leaving on Wednesday for a vacation with his family in Jamaica, the governor’s staff confirmed on Tuesday. LePage embarked on the same vacation in March of...
View ArticleDemocratic state senator questions Secretary of State’s role in candidate...
AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican leaders in the Legislature on Thursday rejected an after-deadline bill request from Sen. John Patrick, D-Oxford, that sought to clarify the criteria for constitutional...
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Website encourages you to drunk dial Congress
OK, so, this isn’t exactly a Maine politics story, but I saw this thing and had to share. You’ll thank me later. Screen capture from drunkdialcongress.com. A website aptly named drunkdialcongress.org...
View ArticleNew SAT data shows more than half of high school juniors still testing below...
Maine students’ performance on the SAT improved slightly last year in areas that count in the Maine Department of Education’s ranking of high schools, namely math and reading, though students lost...
View ArticleWould-be virtual charter school operator invites families to informational...
Families interested in sending their children to a virtual public charter school in Maine are invited to informational sessions being held this week by one of the organizations vying to become Maine’s...
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Maine game warden Kris MacCabe stars in video opposing Question 1
Maine game warden Kris MacCabe, star in the Animal Planet TV show “North Woods Law,” discusses why the Maine Warden Service is opposed to Question 1, a referendum to ban bear baiting, in a video posted...
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