Maine’s chances in the Federal Race to the Top has been discussed on this site several times. For the next question in the Augusta Insider/Dirigo Blue education series we have asked the candidates their opinion on Maine’s efforts in the … Continue reading
This week we will present you with a series of education questions for the Democrat and GOP gubernatorial candidates. The questions have been formulated in conjunction with Gerald Weinand and Bruce Bourgoine of Dirigo Blue and Derek Viger. Now we bring … Continue reading
There has been a lot of screaming and political posturing around the Jackson Labs’ decision to take advantage of hundreds of millions of dollars in Florida State and local incentives, and expand in Florida. Jackson Labs says they’ll have about … Continue reading
This week we will present you with a series of education questions for the Democrat and GOP gubernatorial candidates. The questions have been formulated in conjunction with Gerald Weinand and Bruce Bourgoine of Dirigo Blue and Derek Viger. Now we … Continue reading
Told ya so. (Sorry, couldn’t resist) Today, John Richardson held a news conference to announce his withdrawal from the Maine gubernatorial contest. He also sent out his official campaign announcement to his supporters today, which essentially threw the offending collectors … Continue reading
This morning, I had the pleasure of visiting with Ken and Mike of WGAN’s “Morning News” program on 560 AM (Portland). We discussed the stories I broke over the weekend about John Richardson having been officially denied clean election funding … Continue reading
UPDATE: According to Susan Cover, “Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Richardson will hold an 11 a.m. press conference today in the Morrel Room of Curtis Memorial Library 23 Pleasant St. Brunswick, according to his spokeswoman.” While no official word came from … Continue reading
This afternoon, I spoke at length with a person who is close to and has spoken about this issue (the Richardson investigation) with Attorney General Janet Mills, and here is the breakdown of what has taken place. The Ethics Commission … Continue reading
As has been reported widely last week, John Richardson is in hot water over his clean election funding. The problem focuses on the irregularities with the qualifying checks used by Richardson to qualify for the several hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading
I heard about this from multiple sources last night. Apparently, Peter Mills is tired of Les Otten’s assertion that Maine is missing out on 7,000 jobs due to Jackson Labs decision to open a facility in Florida. A Mills supporter … Continue reading
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