John Richardson

Portland Press Herald

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Published
August 29, 2012

LePage picks controversial commissioner for Board of Education

Bill Beardsley, who faces questions about his handling of sex-abuse allegations at Husson College, now faces a Sept. 5 confirmation hearing.
Published
August 29, 2012

Election study commission to hold hearing in Portland

The commission will collect public input Thursday on voter registration and elections before reporting back to the Legislature.
Published
August 28, 2012

Angus King says attack on bank role is off base

The GOP says he played a part in the bank’s fiscal woes, but the candidate says he helped it recover.
Published
August 28, 2012

Republicans attack Angus King’s fiscal record

Former Gov. Angus King defended himself Tuesday against accusations that his involvement with a federally monitored Portland bank shows he has a history of fiscal mismanagement.
Published
August 28, 2012

Snowe and Collins critical of Republican anti-abortion platform

Sen. Olympia Snowe wants Mitt Romney to repudiate the Republican Party’s strict anti-abortion platform when he gives his national convention speech.
Published
August 27, 2012

GOP stance on abortion too extreme for Maine senators

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says the GOP platform ‘seems designed to alienate a lot of moderate women.’
Published
August 26, 2012

Polls coming out in spades as campaigns hit stride

It’s nearly Labor Day and there are slightly more than two months left in the presidential campaign, a high-stakes U.S. Senate race and an intense battle for control of Maine’s Legislature.
Published
August 25, 2012

ON MAINE POLITICS: SEAL’s team on Senate assault

Maine Senate candidate Chris Tyll, a former Navy SEAL, has planned a clever — and for most of us, exhausting — tour of the district he hopes to represent next year.
Published
August 25, 2012

The pitfalls of polls: Summers campaign offers case in point

The numbers are piling up, but here’s the bottom line: Never judge an opinion poll by its cover. You’ve got to look inside.
Published
August 19, 2012

King TV ad puts state chamber in tough spot

The attack ad spurs tension between the U.S. Chamber and state and local chambers who wished to stay neutral.