Every few years, Democrats try to convince themselves they’ve found the one – a candidate who can finally speak fluent rural, who looks and sounds like the voters they’ve lost. In 2024, that hope was pinned on Tim Walz, the flannel-wearing, “Midwestern nice” governor whose small-town roots were supposed to unlock the rural Midwest for…
We are living in the most progressive era of reform in Maine’s history. Since 2016, we have made more improvements in the lives of regular people than any other generation. The list of policy accomplishments is staggering. So how has Maine managed all this, when so many states have gone backward? It’s not demographics. It’s…
Likely 2026 voters like Gov. Janet Mills a lot more than they like Sen. Susan Collins. And that should cause a higher-than-normal level of concern for Sen. Collins about her political future. Collins, who has held her senate seat since 1997, has already said she plans to run for another term in the 2026 election…
If the Maine Republican party proved anything over the first two months of the legislative session around the supplemental budget, it is that they are incapable of governing responsibly with taxpayer money. Now, Democrats must respond by moving a majority biennial budget with no Republican votes. Here’s what’s been going on. The supplemental budget allocates…
Maine Republican leadership seems to neither understand economics, nor how to compromise. Let’s talk about the supplemental budget, which allocates money to get Maine through the rest of the year before the more expansive biennial budget takes effect. Basically, it covers financial needs that have arisen since the last budget year, and isn’t very showy.…
End of year columns usually reflect back on the most important moments, biggest regrets, the high and lows, etc. Since this will be mine, I thought I would take a stab. The easy path would be for me to write about Trump’s election in 2024 and our country’s quickening pace toward fascism. How his plans…