The state has now conformed with the federal tax code, providing $76 million in tax relief for individuals and businesses and making filing easier.
Politics
Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Politico includes Sen. Collins in list of 50 people driving politics
Maine’s Republican senior senator ranked 16th on the annual list for being a crucial vote on a host of policy issues, including the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Crowdfunding campaign tied to Sen. Collins’ vote on Kavanaugh passes $1 million
The national effort would help to bankroll a Democratic challenger’s campaign in the 2020 election, a tactic that Collins likens to a ’bribe.‘
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans lack votes – and appetite – to end Obamacare
John McCain’s successor says he would vote to repeal, but a vote is unlikely to be called.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Outside group funding ad campaign against King re-election bid
The $100,000 effort to boost the candidacy of Republican challenger Eric Brakey, a state senator from Auburn, is funded almost entirely by Andrew Beal, a Texas banker who gave $2 million to support the election of Donald Trump in 2016.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
LePage vows to keep denying Medicaid applications until lawmakers ‘give me the money’
Mainers voted last fall to expand the health insurance program and lawmakers approved the funding in June, but the governor vetoed the bill.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Progressive groups ratchet up pressure on Sen. Collins to vote against Kavanaugh nomination
She finds herself in the crosshairs of social media campaigns, a series of rallies and a fundraising drive to bankroll a 2020 Democratic challenger if she votes to confirm the Supreme Court nominee.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Former LePage press secretary gets new job with state
Adrienne Bennett, LePage’s spokeswoman for six years, has left her bank job to work on legislative affairs for the Labor Department.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
In first public forum, candidates for Maine governor offer solutions to labor shortage
Shawn Moody, Janet Mills, Alan Caron and Terry Hayes have varying ideas for attracting and keeping young workers, in the face of a booming economy and record low unemployment.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Politics
Another View: Above all else, Kavanaugh is a good man
The Supreme Court nominee is just the kind of person you’d want on the nation’s highest court, a former colleague says.