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With our state embarking on many needed reforms to help families and businesses prosper, our state's most durable and sustaining industry - travel and tourism - remains committed to growth and continued investment for Mainers across the state. It's no secret Vacationland is a busy destination for domestic and international visitors.
It's easy for politicians in Washington, D.C. to make promises to the people, especially when they don't have to deal with real-world consequences. Governors are directly accountable to the people.
In this Dec. 2001 file photograph, an F-16 takes off with afterburners glowing loaded with live Sidewinder missiles from the Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vt. A National Guard proposal to expand airspace for fighter jet training flights low over the mountains of western Maine has dragged on for so long that many of the aircraft could be retired around the time the process is completed.
As a Republican and a Democrat who serve in the state house in the great state of Maine, we spend our days on opposite sides of the aisle. Before we are Democrats, Republicans, or even Mainers - we are Americans.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine returns to her office on Capitol Hill Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, as work in the Senate begins to wind down toward August recess. An early, shadowy poll in Maine's 2018 gubernatorial race that looks aimed to ward off U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, who is considering running to replace Gov. Paul LePage, says she might have trouble surviving a Republican primary.
Mainers have a proud tradition of engaging in their communities, showing up to town meetings and discussing the issues important to them. Maine is a state that values the opinions of all of its residents, not just those with the biggest checkbook.
Baby eels swim in a bucket after being caught near Brewer, Maine. Changes in the worldwide sushi industry have turned live baby American eels into a commodity that can fetch more than $2,000 a pound at the dock.
Maine residents are lambasting health care insurers for proposing double-digit premium hikes they say would hurt the state's middle and lower classes. Harvard Pilgrim and Anthem Inc. have both said they may leave the Affordable Care Act marketplace in the nation's oldest state next year, citing rising health care costs driven by pharmaceutical drug prices and uncertainty over the health care law's future.
The three-day government shutdown in Maine ended early Tuesday morning after Gov. Paul LePage signed a new budget, according to a statement from his office. LePage had declared a state of civil emergency in the absence of an approved biennial budget by the state Legislature.
The three-day government shutdown in Maine ended early Tuesday morning after Gov. Paul LePage signed a new budget, according to a statement from his office. LePage had declared a state of civil emergency in the absence of an approved biennial budget by the state Legislature.
On Sunday Hillary Clinton's campaign donated her email list, including data on donors and supporters, to the Democratic National Committee. Both the DNC and Clinton's campaign said this included 10 million people that the DNC did not have previously in its database.
Mainers breathed a huge sigh of relief when the American Health Care Act failed to get enough support to move through Congress. Thankfully, this damaging proposal was stopped, never making it to the House floor for a vote.
In this Friday, March 17, 2017 photo a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine.
US senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island were among the lawmakers from both parties who on Thursday were publicly questioning whether the potential cuts to the Coast Guard that were reported by the New York Times, Politico and other media outlets would serve Trump's stated goals. Terry McAuliffe says President Trump would be "foolish" to cut the Coast Guard's budget to help fund a wall along the U.S. -Mexico border.
From compromise on immigration to a renewed focus on economic growth, lawmakers latched onto presidential comments that lined up with their own political agendas. Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said she felt "encouraged to hear President Trump touch on several things tonight where we can find agreement, including rebuilding our country's infrastructure, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, strengthening trade, and finding compromise on comprehensive immigration reform."
State and federal representatives are scrambling to fix the situation, which stemmed from fears over a 12-year-old federal act that critics say would create a national database of personal information. But states are starting to comply with the law because starting this year, federal agencies aren't accepting driver's licenses that don't meet security standards.
Good morning from Augusta, where we emerged from the year's biggest storm to Gov. Paul LePage saying he's looking to replace his former lawyer on the state commission that regulates utilities and calling on an Orono legislator to resign. That first item is a continuation of the Republican governor's crusade against the Maine Public Utilities Commission after their - and not repeal - a solar energy policy that allows panel owners to be credited for energy sold back to the grid.
Gov. Paul LePage said his State of the State speech on Tuesday took a soft tone compared to what he wanted to say. "Frankly, I thought we softened it up because I think they need to look at the mirror," he said during a radio appearance today on WGAN.