On Tuesday, Nov. 2, Maine voters overwhelmingly rejected the CMP corridor with a 59%-41% victory on Yes on Question 1. The process to enact the law moves ahead with a 20-day period for Secretary of State Bellows to certify the election, followed by a 10-period for a signature from Governor Mills, then enactment after another […]

It’s hard to imagine the pandemic hasn’t changed the world, but you’d never know it from predominant Washington political reporting. It hardened into its present configuration early in the Clinton administration, when Newt Gingrich swept the 1994 midterms and gave Republicans full control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. Bill Clinton bet […]

From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, labor unions have been among the strongest advocates for workplace safety measures. So it came as a surprise to many that some unions have resisted the imposition of vaccine mandates, ranging in sentiment from cautious to outright hostile. Their reactions can seem confusing because we tend to associate […]

Bath should address its ’embarrassment’ of a rail crossing Now that we have all this free money from the government for transportation it is time for the city of Bath to demand that whoever owns the railroad crossing on Centre Street gets it fixed now. The money should be available to get the proper engineers […]

Well, what do you know. Donald Trump finally did the right thing. He shut the hell up, encouraged his supporters to flood the polls and stayed away from Virginia. By keeping his powerful big political butt out of this week’s elections in Virginia, the ex-president actually made a huge and positive contribution to the devastating […]

Our elected representatives in Washington produce bad ideas like cows produce methane. But if Congress really wants to do something to make the lives of Americans better – and remember, I said “if” – I have an idea. Not only would this idea garner significant bipartisan support, it would score massive political points without sowing […]