On education, Maine governor candidates agree: Much needs fixing

Maine Governor’s race

Published
October 28, 2018

On education, Maine governor candidates agree: Much needs fixing

But their solutions – for teacher wages, staffing shortages, skyrocketing costs and institutional reforms – are varied.
Published
October 16, 2018

Candidate for Maine governor Alan Caron releases economic plan

The independent candidate's 8-point plan includes proposals to reduce the size of the Legislature, loan money to college grads who want to stay in Maine, and achieve energy independence.
Published
October 14, 2018

Maine’s candidates for governor weigh in on health care policy

How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine's most vulnerable exposes differences.
Published
September 27, 2018

Get tickets to the Portland Press Herald, University of New England sponsored gubernatorial debate

Readers can enter their names and contact information for a chance to get a limited number of tickets to the Oct. 10 debate.
Published
May 23, 2018

Ethics staff: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Russell broke campaign finance rules

The former Portland lawmaker didn't give enough details on how she spent money and failed to disclose that she paid campaign funds to a member of her household.

Published
May 23, 2018

Hear Maine’s gubernatorial candidates talk about anything but politics

Bill Nemitz sits down with the candidates running in the June 12 Republican and Democratic primaries to learn about their backstories to the governor's race.
Published
May 23, 2018

Shawn Moody: ‘We had hard times financially, but it was never hurtful. There was unconditional love.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, businessman Shawn Moody talks about building his business from humble beginnings in Gorham.
Published
May 23, 2018

Diane Russell: ‘I’m a country girl.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, former state Rep. Diane Russell talks about roots in Bryant Pond, learning to shoot guns and her tight-knit family.
Published
May 23, 2018

Janet Mills, ‘I was a bit of a rebel.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, Attorney General Janet Mills talks about her well-known family and her iconoclastic spirit.
Published
May 23, 2018

Mark Eves: ‘My parents raised me in a way that led toward wanting to help people.’

Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, state Rep. Mark Eves talks about growing up the son of a military chaplain.