The Republican sweep at the polls in Maine last month has attracted the attention of news media from outside the state. The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine based in Washington, D.C., dispatched freelance writer Conrad Kiechel to write about the resurgence of the Republican Party here. Kiechel said his editors are curious about how “one […]

A nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia will ‘enhance global stability’ and ‘national security,’ said Sen. Snowe.

U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins said Friday they support the strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty negotiated between the United States and Russia, known as New START.

Reps. Pingree and Michaud oppose a compromise being pushed by the White House; Sens. Collins and Snowe favor it.

AUGUSTA – Gov.-elect Paul LePage announced his first two official cabinet nominees on Wednesday, tapping top campaign aide and former Waterville Police Chief John Morris as Maine Department of Public Safety commissioner and re-nominating Maj. Gen. John Libby who currently serves as commissioner of the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management.   Libby […]

AUGUSTA – U.S. Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree, both Democrats, said Wednesday they oppose the tax cut package recently proposed by President Obama.   The new legislation would extend Bush era tax cuts from 2001 and 2003, including those for the wealthiest Americans, something Obama said he opposed. But after negotiating with Senate Republicans, […]

The U.S. Senate is under pressure to ratify the nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia.

A Washington visit convinces Maine’s governor-elect that he can work with Obama even while challenging his policies.