County Politics

Maine restaurants, bars and clubs will soon get help verifying IDs, including high quality fakes.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, who cast a deciding vote in favor of confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, said Monday that she is feeling “vindication” after the new justice’s vote on a case involving funding for Planned Parenthood.

Good morning from Augusta, where 16 people are entering their fourth day of hand-counting ballots for the 2nd Congressional District race recount. And so far, the process is progressing quicker than expected with no notable result variations, Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said Monday.

House Speaker Sara Gideon, who on Wednesday earned a second term as leader of the Legislature’s lower chamber, said that she and other lawmakers, party affiliation aside, are breathing a sigh of relief to have Gov. Paul LePage “in the rearview mirror.”

Good morning from Augusta. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine has settled its First Amendment lawsuit against Gov. Paul LePage, whom the group said unconstitutionally censored comments on his Facebook page.

Since he stepped into the Blaine House in January 2011, Gov. Paul LePage‘s policies and demeanor have made him a polarizing figure. To best understand his legacy, we need to learn what his impact was on the people of Maine. That’s you. We have a few questions, designed to help you share a story of […]

Good morning from Augusta. A bizarre episode unfolded on Wednesday around Maine’s 2018 election, when the Maine Republican Party released affidavits from 17 voters in the 1st Congressional District who think they mistakenly voted in the wrong congressional district.

A judge has denied Gov. Paul LePage’s administration’s request to stay an order forcing it to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion, but pushed the deadline to do so back to after the Republican leaves office.

Flexing the power that comes with significant majorities in both chambers, the Democrat-controlled Maine Legislature elected Democrats on Wednesday afternoon to three of the most important positions in state government.

As expected, the first actions that new members of the 129th Legislature took after being sworn in Wednesday morning were to elect Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, as Senate president and to keep Rep. Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, as House speaker.