4/17 Governor Mills discusses highlights of newly adopted state supplemental budget #maine #MEpolitics

4/17 U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner wants a 5 to 6% billionaire wealth surtax for a more just tax system #maine #MEpolitics

4/16 U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner reacts to ads attacking him using A.I.-generated footage #maine #MEpolitics

4/15 BREAKING NEWS: Maine Senator Susan Collins voted for the fourth time to allow President Trump to continue the war on Iran on Wednesday. She joined all but one Republican to defeat the resolution, 47-52. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is on Day 46. #maine #MEpolitics

4/14 The stunning account of Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz — the UMaine alum civil engineer taken from his car in Portland during the ICE surge in January — who today partnered with the ACLU of Maine to sue the agents who took him #maine #MEpolitics

4/14 Maine takes steps to insulate Maine Family Planning and Planned Parenthood from Trump Administration cuts #maine #MEpolitics

4/13 Maine governor candidate Troy Jackson unveils his plan for making Maine's tax system fairer #maine #MEpolitics

4/12 Maine will NOT expand ranked-choice voting to state elections after all #maine #MEpolitics

4/11 The Maine legislature may pause the development of large data centers for 18 months to give the state time to develop a strategy for them. Gov. Janet Mills on Friday said she's concerned the bill doesn't have a carve-out for a proposed project in Jay. #maine #MEpolitics

4/9 BREAKING NEWS: Maine legislature approves millionaire tax while passing supplemental budget #maine #MEpolitics

4/9 Amazon is planning its third and fourth Maine distribution centers... these two in Hermon and Waterville. Site work is already underway at the old Bangor Drive-In site. #maine #MEpolitics

4/8 Why do so many Maine Senate races lack Republican candidates this year? It's because five candidates — longtime Republicans — switched their party affiliation to run as Independents instead. #maine #MEpolitics

4/7 Maine Senator Susan Collins says she’d retire after sixth term if she wins in November, then immediately walks it back and re-opens the door to serving a seventh term #maine #MEpolitics

4/7 President Trump threatens war crimes and genocide if Iran doesn’t reopen Strait of Hormuz by 8 pm Tuesday #maine #MEpolitics

4/2 I'm sorry, I'm pretty burned out and need a minute to regroup. I'll be back at it in a few days but felt it important to explain my absence. #maine #MEpolitics

3/31 Federal judge ‘seems skeptical’ that the feds are entitled to Maine’s voter data #maine #MEpolitics

3/27 President Trump decides to pay TSA workers after all; negotiations for ICE reforms end #maine #mepolitics

3/26 Maine gas and home heating oil prices still rising as war on Iran chokes oil markets #maine #MEpolitics

Toughest ticket in Maine? Or Hearts? #maine #mepolitics

3/25 Democratic Maine gubernatorial candidate Angus King III discussed his vision for education at a press conference outside his old elementary school in Topsham on Tuesday #maine #MEpolitics

3/24 Deering High School soccer player, mom, and sister are back home in Maine after four months in ICE detention #maine #MEpolitics

3/24 Maine governor candidate Nirav Shah’s plan for supporting Maine seniors centers on workforce training #maine #MEpolitics

3/23 President Trump HAS sent ICE to airports... but not yet to airports in Maine #maine #MEpolitics #bangor #bangormaine #augustamaine #lewiston #portlandmaine #yorkmaine #republican #maga #trump #immigration #ice #deportation #immigrants #border

2/19 Lawyers for DHS admitted in court Monday that ICE agents in South Portland, Maine, acted improperly when threatening legal observers with being added to "a nice little database" as 'domestic terrorists' #maine #MEpolitics

3/19 Home heating oil prices have jumped 30% in #Maine since the start of the war on Iran, according to new data released Thursday by the state energy department. It will cost Mainers $316 more today to fill a standard home heating oil tank than it cost last month. #MEpolitics

3/19 The Pentagon has requested another $200 billion for the war on Iran #maine #MEpolitics

3/18 Independent Maine Senator Angus King writes that SAVE America Act, which the Senate is debating this week and which Republican Senator Susan Collins supports, “is a direct assault on one of America’s most sacred principles.” #maine #MEpolitics

3/18 President Trump’s counterterrorism advisor has resigned over the war on Iran #maine #MEpolitics

3/18 Democrats in Augusta are making a renewed push to pass a set of bills to address Maine’s childcare crisis #maine #MEpolitics

3/17 The five Maine state legislators who voted last week against a bill that would create a state-level a backstop for SNAP benefits if the White House withholds them again collectively represent 12,000 SNAP beneficiaries who rely on a combined $2 million in benefits each month #maine #MEpolitics

3/16 Report: Erika Kirk is bringing a Turning Point Faith event to Portland in May after a local church reserved the Portland Expo Center for a "worship night" at a discounted rate, then handed the rental over for the "Make Heaven Crowded" tour #maine #MEpolitics

3/15 Three things Mainers should know that happened this week in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran #maine #MEpolitics

3/14 Press Herald reports that DHS notified local police that the ICE surge in Maine was ending a week before Senator Collins announced it #maine #MEpolitics

3/13 Democrats in Augusta advanced a bill Tuesday to create a safety net for Mainers’ food assistance benefits, which President Trump attempted to withhold for political leverage during the government shutdown in October #maine #MEpolitics

DHS told Portland, South Portland police chiefs the ICE surge was ending seven days before Senator Collins’ announcement, per Press Herald investigation #maine #MEpolitics

3/11 Maine's attorney general says new bill to expand ranked-choice voting to state races is still hamstrung by the state's constitution #maine #MEpolitics

3/10 Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows asks DHS for written pledge it won’t deploy ICE agents to polling places in 2026 election #maine #MEpolitics

3/10 Gov. Mills has fired back at President Trump, Dr. Oz over MaineCare fraud allegations, saying in a video late Friday, "#Maine will not be intimidated by the threats of a president who is using allegations of fraud as a pretext to hurt people. We will fight back." #MEpolitics

3/10 Gas prices in Maine have risen 56 cents per gallon since start of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran #maine #MEpolitics

3/9 Sanford, Maine residents are worried about 'forever chemicals' and a proposed sewage-sludge processing plant #maine #MEpolitics

3/8 Whistleblowers are reporting that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's commanders are telling troops that war on Iran is for "Armageddon" and the return of Jesus #maine #MEpolitics

3/7 Democratic governor candidate Hannah Pingree's housing plan aims to invest $100 million per year and double Maine's production of housing. The former speaker of the Maine House unveiled her housing plan back in November. #maine #MEpolitics

3/4 BREAKING NEWS: Maine Senator Susan Collins just voted against a War Powers Resolution that would have limited President Trump from waging war on Iran without Congressional authorization (as required by the Constitution) #maine #MEpolitics

3/4 UPDATE: That York County data center project would be way bigger. The Sanford Woods Industrial and Technical Campus would include a hydrogen fuel cell power plant, a data center, an industrial greenhouse, cold storage, and more. #maine #MEpolitics

3/3 Democratic Maine gubernatorial candidates Shenna Bellows and Nirav Shah lay out their housing strategies in plans to lower cost of living for Mainers #maine #MEpolitics

3/2 Maine governor candidates Shenna Bellows and Nirav Shah each proposed new taxes on millionaires while rolling out their cost-of-living plans on Monday #maine #MEpolitics

3/1 Democratic Maine gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson discusses impact of tariffs on border communities at the Can-Am dogsled races in Fort Kent on Saturday #maine #MEpolitics

3/1 Maine Senate President Mattie Daughtry joins Northern Maine Medical Center nurses in calling for a fair contract. She spoke with me at the Can-Am Crown Dog Sled Races in Fort Kent on Saturday, as the Maine State Nurses Association tried to rally support from the community. #maine #MEpolitics

2/28 Two ICE observers in Maine who were allegedly added to DHS' “nice little database” of "domestic terrorists" have filed a lawsuit against the federal government. A third observer has filed a notice with the federal government seeking damages. #maine #MEpolitics

2/26 FBI director flies to Milan, parties with men’s hockey team, laughs at the also-gold-medal-winning women’s hockey team, and you paid for it all. #maine #MEpolitics #republican #maga #trump #bangor #bangormaine #augustamaine #lewiston #portlandmaine #yorkmaine