In the eight years since Hollywood Slots in Bangor was approved, a string of gambling projects has been put before voters that could be described as both unrelenting and unnecessary. On the Nov. 8 statewide ballot alone, there are two questions regarding three gambling projects, in Biddeford, Lewiston and Washington County, respectively. In addition, Penobscot […]

This year, several states have passed laws making voting more difficult – a simultaneous (coordinated?) action that is apparently part of a Republican Party national strategy. A study by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law analyzed 19 laws that passed and two executive orders that were issued in 14 […]

This year, several states have passed laws making voting more difficult – a simultaneous (coordinated?) action that is apparently part of a Republican Party national strategy. A study by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law analyzed 19 laws that passed and two executive orders that were issued in 14 […]

Returning from a corporate engagement in Boston recently, I stopped at the Hampton toll booths to make my contribution – as all Mainers must – to New Hampshire’s overflowing highway slush fund. Pulling away from the booth on one of the eight or 10 or 12 lanes (too many to count), I had to wonder […]

From Oct. 15 through Dec. 15, many seniors will be reviewing their Medicare options and many others who are turning 65 in the next year will be trying to work their way through all the details and choices available for their future health insurance. Fifteen years ago, as I was contemplating early retirement at 62 […]

Last week, I had the tremendous opportunity to join many of our state’s business leaders and job creators at Portland Community Chamber’s Eggs & Issues breakfast, where the economic engines of Maine’s economy exchange ideas and solutions to create jobs and grow our state’s economy. As the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee and Small […]