Maine lawmakers are quietly voting on whether to return to work next week
Lawmakers look poised to come back to Augusta next week with many issues left unresolved for 2018.
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Picking up the pieces after a strange Election Day in Maine
The Republicans have a gubernatorial nominee, ranked-choice voting is here to stay and a candidate with a suspended law license won a district attorney primary in western Maine.
Democrats spar over ‘dark money’ ads in contest to challenge Poliquin
Ads that promote Democratic 2nd Congressional District candidate Lucas St. Clair without disclosing donors are still the biggest issue in the race.
Gun talk continues to shape Maine Democrats’ race to replace LePage
It’s not policy that Janet Mills and Adam Cote disagree on, it’s the past.
Returning to Augusta reminds budget panel members how deeply they disagree
Maine legislators got some work done on Wednesday, but they still have more to do and left the State House on a sour note.
Maine legislative budget panel to meet, but with no clear sign that feud has ended
The Legislature’s budget-writing committee has set a time to go over unfinished work on Wednesday. What isn’t set is a deal.
Report on child protection failures spurs legislators to rethink privacy, red-flag laws
Lawmakers are moving swiftly toward proposing measures they think will strengthen protections for abused children, but not swiftly enough for some.
Maine is edging closer to a public campaign financing crisis
A bill left unfinished by the Legislature earlier this year could prevent the Maine Ethics Commission from dispersing clean election funds to candidates after July 1.
What happens to state aid for Maine schools if legislators fail to get their act together
The state is telling school districts not to worry if the Legislature doesn’t return to Augusta to approve a perennial bill releasing funding.
Even when the Democrats who want LePage’s job argue, they mostly agree
The front-runner in the field is drawing criticism, but Democrats mostly agree on taxes while dividing on some of the specifics.
