State has campaign finance loophole

Voters won’t know who contributed $274,000 to defeat Question 1 until after Tuesday’s election.

Charges fly over racino claims

Question 2 campaign materials – both pro and con – are branded as lying about education funding.

Governor’s jab that jobless duck work upsets legislator

Andrew O’Brien spent several months this year looking for a job before he landed a data entry position through a temp agency. His experience, he said, taught him how demoralizing it can be looking for a job right now. That’s why he got so angry last week when Gov. Paul LePage said he’s hearing from […]

Racino question divides Biddeford

BIDDEFORD — Alan Casavant, a candidate for mayor, was campaigning door to door Tuesday when he met Penny Ackerson, who runs a day care at home.

“The racino – are you for it or against it?” she asked him.

Gambling interests fund casino opponents

Critics call it hypocritical for Mainers Against a Rotten Deal to join with Friends of Oxford Casino.

Rival groups hold events to sway voters on racinos

Opponents of two planned facilities say the negatives of gambling overshadow the create-jobs argument.

Official to exit after 31 years, ‘bad rap’ on warden land sale

Betty Lamoreau is retiring as a bureau acting director, and is proud of her service.

Land use attorney named DEP enforcement chief

Heather Parent, of the law firm Eaton Peabody, will work to ensure that the agency enforces the law in a manner that is “timely, fair and firm.”

LePage excludes nonprofit group from forums

The governor’s office says priority is being given to ‘private enterprises’ at three job workshops.

LePage excludes nonprofits from jobs workshops

A group that represents nonprofit businesses in Maine wants to know why Gov. Paul LePage is excluding it from workshops designed to share ideas for creating jobs and improving Maine’s economy. Brenda Peluso, public policy director for the Maine Association of Nonprofits, said in an article on the group’s website that she asked the governor’s […]