Maine News Archive
Two counties take positions on Gov. Mills’ refugee consent letter, Portland asks for help with ‘crisis’
DOVER-FOXCROFT – While an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is winding through the federal
24/1/2020
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Rep. Bruce Bickford: Maine Property Tax Relief – The Real Story
Following is the Weekly Republican Radio Address. Hi, this is Bruce Bickford, State Representative from Auburn.
24/1/2020
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Pro-Life activists gather in Augusta for “Hands Around the Capitol”
AUGUSTA – More than 200 people gathered Saturday in Augusta for a solemn event marking and
19/1/2020
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Janet Mills admin says they’re “managing decline” of Maine’s roads and bridges
AUGUSTA – “Competently managing decline” is usually not how any executive wants to start their second
19/1/2020
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Governor Janet Mills not abandoning regional gas tax despite 86% public opposition in stakeholder feedback
AUGUSTA – In the month since the architects of the Transportation and Climate Initiative rolled out
18/1/2020
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Sen. Jeff Timberlake: Maine Legislature has another 150 spending bills but we should live within our means
Following is the Weekly Republican Radio Address. Now that we have returned for the second, so-called
17/1/2020
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Schiff wins vote from Jared Golden for Pelosi impeachment manager
WASHINGTON D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi once again received unanimous support from Maine’s two Representatives in
17/1/2020
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Senator Susan Collins announces big victory for Maine lobster industry in China Trade Deal, Phase One
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced success in winning a major victory for
15/1/2020
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Electric school buses at more than twice the cost? Maine lawmakers to consider, starting today
AUGUSTA – Is Maine facing an emergency requiring public school districts to purchase electric school buses
15/1/2020
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NH Gov Sununu celebrates Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of sports betting bill
CONCORD, NH – Reaction was mixed to negative when Maine Governor Janet Mills announced she had
13/1/2020
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On refugee resettlement, Maine’s county governments, not Gov. Mills, can have final say
AUGUSTA – Governor Janet Mills may have signed a letter asking for Maine to participate in
12/1/2020
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Janet Mills continues to take heat over new TCI gas tax as other states withdraw
AUGUSTA – The multi-state coalition that is proposing a gas tax of about 17 cents per
11/1/2020
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Rep. Kathleen Dillingham: Maine is overspending without meeting basic needs
Following is the Weekly Republican Radio Address. Hello, this is Representative Kathleen Dillingham of Oxford, the
11/1/2020
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Governor Janet Mills signs letter asking for more refugee resettlement to Maine
AUGUSTA – Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling may have been the Maine politician getting most of the
10/1/2020
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REPORT: Homelessness in Maine took a huge drop under Governor Paul LePage
AUGUSTA – A new report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department says homelessness in
9/1/2020
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Public help leads to arrest of four more illegal immigrants near northern Maine border
FORT FAIRFIELD, MAINE – A tip from the public led to the arrest of four individuals
7/1/2020
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After exposé on Maine driver data, Governor Janet Mills’ climate group stops recording meetings
AUGUSTA – State officials have reportedly been denying pieces of the recent Maine Examiner exposé showing
7/1/2020
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Four of six Maine daily newspapers to stop printing Monday editions in cost cutting effort
PORTLAND – Masthead Maine, the company that owns five of Maine’s six daily newspapers, will cease
4/1/2020
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As 2020 begins, U.S. Border Patrol in Maine makes seventh arrest in a week
FORT FAIRFIELD, MAINE – The cold and snow do not stop illegal border crossings, nor do
4/1/2020
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FACT CHECK: Maine Dem Budget Committee Chair rewrites history on revenue and wages
AUGUSTA – Rep. Drew Gattine (D – Westbrook) is the House Chair of the Maine Legislature’s
1/1/2020
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Maine Democrat who cheered white male suicides calls Trump a “racist” and “scum”
LEEDS, ME – The Lewiston Sun Journal is reporting that a former Democrat candidate for Maine
1/1/2020
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