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Election 2022, Op-eds, Opinion

Jim Fossel: Parties challenged to recruit 2022 Maine State House hopefuls

by Jim Fossel September 26, 2021September 16, 2022

Personal attacks, partisanship, Augusta gridlock and intraparty squabbles all discourage would-be candidates.

Op-eds, Opinion

The Maine Millennial: Republicans shouldn’t tolerate legislator’s Nazi reference

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal August 29, 2021August 28, 2021

State Rep. Heidi Sampson’s ugly and specious analogy is being ignored by the leaders of her party.

Op-eds, Opinion

The Maine Millennial: Republicans should stop whining about plastic-bag ban

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal August 15, 2021August 14, 2021

Seeing the land and water in Maine littered with trash is a bigger hardship than remembering to bring a reusable carrier to the grocery store.

Local & State, News, Politics

Mills earns praise, criticism for pandemic response as re-election campaign looms

by Scott Thistle August 1, 2021July 31, 2021

In an exclusive Blaine House interview, the governor talks about her decisions on COVID-19, vetoes she’s issued and other topics as Maine gears up for 2022 gubernatorial race.

Elections, Local & State, News, Politics

Bill to open primaries in Maine gains support from Olympia Snowe

by Scott Thistle June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers and former lawmakers seeking to open Maine’s party primaries to unenrolled voters.

Local & State, News, Politics

Maine Republicans push for 5-year ban on mandatory COVID-19 shots

by PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Republican lawmakers based their proposal in part on the theory that coronavirus vaccines cause reproductive harm, despite no evidence that the theory has any merit.

Op-eds, Opinion

Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans don’t know how to fight

by Jim Fossel April 25, 2021April 24, 2021

The state’s Democrats can govern as they wish because they know their counterparts across the aisle won’t do anything to stop them.

Elections, Local & State, News, Politics

Legislation would allow unenrolled voters to cast ballots in Maine party primaries

by Scott Thistle April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

The bill is one of several that would increase voter participation in primaries or streamline the balloting process by rescheduling the newly created presidential primary from March to June.