May 2018
Lawmakers address vetoes, leave more than 100 bills in limbo
AUGUSTA Lawmakers on Wednesday considered the veto-loving Republican governor’s thumbs-down on about 20 bills and overrode his veto of commercial pot sales and Narcan access legislation. Gov. Paul LePage, who named one of his own dogs Veto, has shattered state records for gubernatorial vetoes that he uses to espouse fiscally conservative principles and lambast lawmakers’ […]
Veto override moves Maine a major step closer to opening retail marijuana market
AUGUSTA The Legislature on Wednesday overturned a veto by Gov. Paul LePage that would have again stalled the legal sale of recreational marijuana, moving Maine a major step closer to launching a legal retail market for the drug. The House voted 109-39 and the Senate 28-6 to override LePage’s veto of cannabis legalization legislation, setting […]
Letter
Chief Supports Topsham’s Pre-K Plans I am pleased to learn that Maine School Administrative District 75’s plans for pre-kindergarten program are moving ahead. I recently penned a letter in support of public pre-K in Topsham that was published in The Times Record. I agree wholeheartedly with Superintendent Brad Smith’s recent comments that pre-K is particularly […]
Sens. Collins’s, King’s Disappointing Vote
Brunswick’s own and Maine’s Independent senator, Angus King is up for reelection. Near six years have passed since he was voted to represent his state in the upper house of the U.S. Congress. Unlike Maine’s senior Sen. Susan Collins, he was elected by a predominantly more liberal-progressive based constituency. That base can hardly be pleased […]
Today in History
In 1515, Pope Leo X promulgated the bull “Inter sollicitudines” allowing the Catholic Church to review and censor books. In 1791, the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania adopted a constitution. In 1810, English poet Lord Byron, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, swam across the Hellespont, a strait in present-day Turkey. In 1916, Irish […]
No Punishment for Barbara Bush-Hating Professor
Fresno State’s refusal to fire professor Randa Jarrar is proof that our first amendment protections are important and necessary for a free society. Jarrar’s disgusting characterizations of the late First Lady Barbara Bush just minutes following the announcement of her passing are indeed protected, as is the right of taxpayer-funded Fresno State to define their […]