Tag Archives: veterans

Watch Mike Michaud jump out of an airplane

Mike Michaud, Maine’s former Democratic U.S. representative and second-place finisher in the 2014 gubernatorial election, showed zero apprehension about jumping out of an airplane in a video released Thursday by the Department of Labor. Well, see for yourself: Michaud is back in government service now as the assistant secretary of labor for veterans’ employment and training, […]

Daily Brief: The state of higher education, and a hard number for Dems

 Good morning, Maine. The troubled state of Maine’s public system of higher education, Maine’s flagging bridge infrastructure and Gov. Paul LePage’s efforts to woo veterans to move here are the topics of the day in Augusta.  Leaders from Maine’s besieged university and community college systems will address a joint session of the Legislature about the […]