AUGUSTA — Assistant House Majority Leader Andre Cushing, R-Hampden, has been selected to serve as chairman of a new Blue Ribbon Commission on Affordable Housing. The 17-member panel will study Maine’s housing situation and “develop a plan to maximize investments to meet a number of severe problems in the state,” according to the House Republican […]

Gov. Paul LePage says there should be two fraud investigators per county, or 32 overall.

Comments by the state Democratic Party’s secretary prompt a call for her resignation.

Many call the proposed changes too extensive; others say a broad shift is needed.

Members of the public are expected to testify throughout the morning on the plans to redraw Maine’s congressional districts.

Lawmakers will consider the proposal, but caution that it’s a difficult time to lose the revenue.

A court ruling is forcing Maine to alter how it awards matching funds to the publicly financed candidates.

One possibility is to give lawmakers who qualify for public campaign funds a fixed amount – $7,716 for House candidates, and $33,617 for Senate candidates.