With the referendum to ban bear baiting, trapping and hounding planned for the Nov. 4 ballot, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is trying to educate the public about the state’s current bear management program and bear hunting practices. In a press release on Wednesday, the department said that the bear harvest will […]
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Analysis: One candidate’s unfair campaign finance law is another’s protection
AUGUSTA — Supporters of independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Monday, alleging that Maine’s current election laws unfairly prevent them from giving as much money to Cutler as backers of party candidates can donate to their preferred nominee. If the court rules in their favor, it could create complications […]
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LePage clarifies position on Social Security and Medicare
AUGUSTA — In a new campaign video, Republican Gov. Paul LePage attacks his Democratic rival, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, while clarifying and defending his position on Social Security and Medicare. Democrats recently challenged LePage for lumping the federal programs, that largely serve elderly Mainers, in with other public benefit programs that LePage considers “welfare.” In […]
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PAC plans $2 million TV campaign for Michaud
AUGUSTA — A new political action committee that is supporting Democrat Mike Michaud in Maine’s hotly contested governor’s race said Monday that it will launch a television advertising campaign worth at least $2 million in the run-up to the November election. Consultants with experience in political media buys said that is an eyebrow-raising level of […]
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Cutler supporters’ lawsuit challenges constitutionality of Maine donation limits
AUGUSTA — Four supporters of independent Eliot Cutler’s bid for governor filed a suit Monday in U.S. District Court over what they argue are inequities in Maine campaign finance laws. The injunction asks that individual contribution limits for donations to Cutler’s campaign be the same as they are for major-party candidates — and in time […]
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Cutler hits the road to pitch property tax plan
BRIDGTON — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler started a statewide tour on Monday highlighting his proposal to reduce property taxes for homeowners. Cutler — who’s challenging Republican Gov. Paul LePage, along with Democrat Mike Michaud — wants to lower property taxes for most homeowners by 20 to 40 percent and push some of the […]
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Bellows challenges Collins to 10 debates in U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — Democratic candidate Shenna Bellows is going to debate Republican Sen. Susan Collins 10 times in the race for the U.S. Senate seat. The former head of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine said in a letter to Collins on Thursday that voters would benefit from 10 debates — the same number Collins […]
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LePage phone campaign blames liberals for Social Security flap
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s re-election team has launched a phone campaign seeking to clarify the Republican governor’s position on Social Security. LePage’s political foes criticized a news release from his office last week that they said categorized Social Security, Medicare payments, Medicaid and unemployment insurance benefits as forms of “welfare, pure and […]
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Hayes leaves commission race to work for Cutler campaign
PARIS — Oxford County Commission candidate Terry Hayes of Buckfield has withdrawn from the race to work for gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler. Hayes, 55, a Democratic state representative for Sumner, Buckfield, Paris and Hartford, said Tuesday that she voluntarily withdrew from the race because she had accepted a position with the Cutler campaign and wouldn’t […]
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Collins, Bellows battle over endorsements in U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — The early support that Republican Sen. Susan Collins has received from national groups that typically back liberal candidates signals the uphill battle Democrat Shenna Bellows faces in unseating the popular incumbent, political observers say. Collins’ endorsement from the powerful environmental group, the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, on Monday came on the […]