The standard deduction has roughly doubled, and those with dependent children and those who itemize deductions will see differences.
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ACA sign-ups in Maine appear to be down as deadline for 2019 nears
Republican moves to undercut the Affordable Care Act may be the cause, but another reason may be that more Mainers are just keeping their current plans.
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Posted inLetters, sj-web
Republican Party is broken
The Republican Party is broken. Were I a conservative who believed in the party of Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, I would be very concerned. The situation is dangerous for democracy, which relies on an honest exchange of ideas to forge agreement on the difficult issues the nation faces. The Republican Party is […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Support for non-Trumpian candidates
Fifty years ago, I first attended the Lewiston Republican Caucus. I have now been a member of the Lewiston and Androscoggin Republican Committees for 50 years, and have attended each biennial state convention during that time. I have worked on behalf of the party and its candidates at the local, county, district and state levels, […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Parties should work around Trump
The Republican Party is in deep turmoil. Because it is the majority party in Congress, the government is in disarray. The cause is the chief executive. I believe that more than 80 percent of Republican legislators disagree with the way the executive branch is being conducted. The separation between the two major parties has widened […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Trump's fundraising prowess a boon for Republican candidates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are bucking President Donald Trump’s calls to revive the health care debate. And Trump just ousted his only top White House aide with deep links to the Republican Party. But the president and his party won’t be calling it quits any time soon. They remain tightly linked by a force […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
The looming Republican disgrace
The ascension of Donald Trump was supposed to change everything in the GOP. As it happens, perhaps one very important thing hasn’t: The Republicans may well still be The Stupid Party. That Obamacare repeal has one or maybe two feet in the grave, depending on how you’re counting, is testament to jaw-dropping disarray and bad […]
Posted inLetters
Savage didn’t address the issue
This is in response to comments from Maine Republican Party Executive Director Jason Savage about a press conference I spoke at in Lewiston, mentioned in an article, “BIW workers lash out at Poliquin on pensions” (Sun Journal, Nov. 5). Savage did not address the issue of BIW pensions, raised by myself and Ralph Hilton, nor […]
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I cannot support Trump or Hillary
I can remain silent no longer. It is with great anguish that I announce publicly that I will not vote for the presumptive Republican Party nominee for president. I do have standards. This comes from one who has been active in the Republican Party for 48 years — since 1968. During that time, I have […]
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Author explores Lewiston politics in industrial era
Between the days of the Civil War and the turn of the 20th century, Lewiston experienced explosive growth. Immigrants streamed in to find work in the myriad textile mills and shoe factories that were quickly changing the skyline. And along with this influx of people seeking a better life came the problem of how best […]