They will meet this month to decide which measures will be taken up in the second half of the legislative session.
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Paul LePage to attend meeting with loggers hosted by Sen. Troy Jackson
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (Sun Journal file photo) AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor and a Democratic senator are set to discuss the challenges facing loggers and the state’s logging industry. Gov. Paul LePage will attend a logging discussion hosted by Democratic Sen. Troy Jackson in New Canada on Friday afternoon. Jackson, a logger himself, […]
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Maine Senate Democrats elect Troy Jackson as minority leader
AUGUSTA — Democratic Sen.-elect Troy Jackson of Allagash, who returns to the Legislature this year after a two-year hiatus, was elected Senate minority leader Monday evening by a vote of his fellow senators. In secret-ballot voting, Jackson bested Sen. Dawn Hill of Cape Neddick, who has been the assistant minority leader for the past two […]
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Column distorted Poliquin’s position
Democratic state Sen. John Patrick and former state Sen. Troy Jackson penned a politically charged column in the Sun Journal (May 8) aimed at distorting Maine 2nd District Congressman Bruce Poliquin’s position opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership international trade agreement. Those two political partisans wrongfully claimed that Poliquin failed to “present any meaningful opposition to the […]
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Maine’s representatives must stand up for Maine’s workers
As the former co-chairs of Maine’s Citizens Trade Policy Commission, we have heard heartbreaking hours of testimony from Maine people whose lives were torn apart by trade deals negotiated in Washington. Now, yet another trade deal is on the verge of approval and, once again, its language was written — in secret — by multinational […]
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Jeff McCabe, Troy Jackson to run for Maine Senate seats
AUGUSTA — House Majority Leader Jeff McCabe and former Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson announced Maine Senate campaigns on Monday, kicking off the Democratic campaign to take back the chamber in 2016. Their entries aren’t a surprise: For months, both have been publicly mulling bids to run in districts held by Republicans, who hold a […]
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T. Jackson: Making Maine a better place
Voters in Senate District 18 have an opportunity to elect a regular person instead of a politician to serve them. John Patrick is a lifelong resident of western Maine, a mill worker and a friend to Maine’s working families. I have watched him fight for middle class ideals in Augusta. When special interest groups and […]
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North to Augusta: Primary spin cycles accelerate Maine’s campaign season
With the June primaries behind them, Maine’s major political parties — Democrats and Republicans — are now working to heal any lingering hard feelings from what’s been some very heated races — especially in the state’s giant 2nd U.S. Congressional District. Every State House seat and the governor’s office is also up for grabs this […]
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It’s Cain vs. Poliquin in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race
LEWISTON — Democratic voters picked Emily Cain to be their candidate in the race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat Tuesday while Republican voters decided Bruce Poliquin would be their party’s selection. Both Poliquin, a former state treasurer and Cain, a state senator from Orono, won their primary races by decisive margins, setting the stage […]
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Primary candidates in congressional race span political spectrum
LEWISTON — The outcome of Tuesday’s primary to pick the contenders to replace U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in Congress will be a bellwether for both political parties in the summer and fall political campaigns. Democratic and Republican primary voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes the vast majority of the state from Androscoggin County […]