Tag Archives: Lisa Scott
More women want to serve in the Maine Legislature than ever before
Aligned with Trump, a former Florida political gadfly wants to challenge Angus King
York County casino backers may be hit with record ethics fines today
A Maine polling outfit shares a look at what could happen on Election Day
New poll shows GOP cooling on Susan Collins, but others still like her
Maine ethics watchdog will try to force casino campaign to show its cards today
Good morning from Augusta, where we may learn a lot more about the backers of the York County casino initiative during what looks like will be a marathon 9 a.m. hearing before the Maine Ethics Commission. The ethics panel may reach a decision on penalizing the proponents of Question 1 on the 2017 ballot on […]
Lawyers for York County casino backers: We don’t know about China-linked PAC
Three lawyers representing backers of the York County casino referendum on Maine’s 2018 ballot said Thursday they didn’t know in advance about a political committee with ties to China joining the race to pass their proposal. The Maine Ethics Commission is already investigating a political committee run by Lisa Scott — the sister of U.S. Virgin Islands developer […]
Cote, Mayhew post strong fundraising totals in 2018 bids to replace LePage
Good morning from Augusta, where the first financial filings in Maine’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign confirmed that Democrat Adam Cote and Republican Mary Mayhew are on track to run formidable campaigns to replace Gov. Paul LePage. They were the only major privately financed Blaine House candidates who declared their candidacies during the second quarter of 2017. […]
LePage rips Janet Mills a day after she confirms she hopes to succeed him
Gov. Paul LePage’s verbal assault on Attorney General Janet Mills continued Tuesday on the heels of Mills announcing that she seek the Democratic nomination to replace LePage as Maine’s next governor. LePage’s comments Tuesday morning during a radio interview on WVOM were nothing new but illustrated, again, how he has been loaded up against Mills […]