Since announcing his 2016 White House bid, Donald Trump has been the central focus of the campaign — by one estimate, he has garnered almost 40 percent of all election coverage on the network newscasts. Clearly, The Donald’s attempt to turn 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. into Trump White House has attracted so much attention because the […]
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GOP candidates should face reality of climate change
In 2012, Mitt Romney and almost all the other Republican candidates for president raised doubts about the causes and even the existence of global warming, and argued that the government should do nothing to alleviate the problem without further research. This was strange. Only a few years earlier, Romney, along with Newt Gingrich, John McCain […]
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M. Craven: The best administrators
I noticed letters to the editor claiming preference for respective political parties. I support the two-party system, knowing that when elected officials work together there are better outcomes, with comprehensive representation. However, facts should carry some weight in identifying the best administrators. First, federal facts, followed with Maine facts. The past four Republican presidents, Gerald […]
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Some Republican lawmakers frustrated with Paul LePage
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s bombastic leadership style long ago alienated Democrats. Now even some in his own party are fed up, saying his high-profile antics have squandered his political capital. Critics say his decision to retreat to his office and issue a flurry of vetoes shows a lack of leadership and that his […]
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Lewiston Republicans to meet June 25
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Republican City Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce building, 415 Lisbon St. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Alexander Willette, director of Legislative Affairs and Communications at the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, will be the guest speaker. All Lewiston Republicans are encouraged to attend. […]
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Committee approves budget plan opposed by House GOP, LePage
AUGUSTA — A divided Maine legislative committee approved a two-year, roughly $6.6 billion state budget on Saturday that doesn’t include the income tax cuts or welfare changes sought by Gov. Paul LePage and House Republicans after legislative leaders failed during weeks of intense negotiations to strike a deal that all sides support. The measure approved […]
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Conservative groups push Maine Republicans to reject budget deal
AUGUSTA — Several conservative groups are calling on Republicans in the Maine Senate to reject a proposed budget that doesn’t include income tax cuts or significant changes to welfare programs. Senate Republicans struck a tentative budget deal with Democrats earlier this week but House Republicans say they refuse to approve that spending plan because it […]
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Does GOP budget divide signal ‘lame duck’ status for LePage?
AUGUSTA — Recent actions by State House Republicans could be a signal the power of firebrand Republican Gov. Paul LePage is waning as he heads toward the sixth month of his second term. Last week, Legislative Republican leaders split with LePage on his two-year state budget proposal, rejecting key LePage policy objectives around tax and […]
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Republicans must rescue free-trade pact
WASHINGTON — That free trade is advantageous to both sides is the rarest of political propositions — provable, indeed mathematically. David Ricardo did so in 1817. The Law of Comparative Advantage has held up nicely for 198 years. Nor is this abstract theory. We’ve lived it. The free-trade regime created after World War II precipitated […]
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Republicans propose cutting Maine Legislature’s budget
AUGUSTA — Republicans on Thursday made several proposals that would cut spending within the Maine Legislature’s budget. “It’s time to put the Legislature’s budget on the treadmill,” state Senate President Mike Thibodeau, R-Winterport, said in a prepared statement. Thibodeau said the cuts being offered would save Maine taxpayers an estimated $430,000 over the Legislature’s two-year […]