In one of his last of a series of regular appearances on the WVOM radio morning show, Governor Paul LePage attacked other leading politicians in the Maine Republican Party, blaming them for widespread election losses last month. “You go back eight years ago and this state was solidly red – House, Senate, Blaine house,” prompted…
This week on the Beacon Podcast, Ben, Taryn and Mike discuss the state of the race for governor among the Republican and independent candidates and what the departure of Senate President Mike Thibodeau says about the state of Republican politics. Also: Medicaid expansion advocates flood the State House, some labor history, Emma Gonzales’ speech, Ben’s…
2010: The crest of a conservative wave Do you remember what the Maine Republican Party looked like in 2010? It was the peak of conservative energy in Maine, with the high-water mark, of course, being November 2010 when Governor Paul LePage and the Tea Party swept Democrats out of power for the first time in…
This week on the Beacon Podcast, Ben Chin and Mike Tipping discuss the state of the race to replace Governor Paul LePage following the announcement by Senator Susan Collins that she’ll stay in the Senate. They also interview Portland City Council at-large candidate Joey Brunelle, with a focus on affordable housing policy. Plus: the No…
At the risk of sounding a tad alarmist, I think it’s worth pointing out that our elected officials are actively working to undermine the results of the last election. No one is contesting the results mind you, but our governor, along with most of his party and the occasional Democrat, is engineering the budget process,…
An anonymous website, Facebook page and a series of Facebook ads have popped up in Maine attempting to trick supporters of raising the minimum wage into actually calling on their legislators to undermine the minimum wage referendum on the ballot this November. The website at www.raisethewagenow.com, which has no authorship information, claims that a vote…
Democrats in the Maine Senate prevented an 11th-hour amendment written by corporate lobbyists from undermining the minimum wage referendum last night, but not before every Senate Republican was forced to go on record declaring that the state’s current minimum wage of $7.50 represented a public emergency and that an increase was needed immediately. LD 1695,…