Latest political stories
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Republican moves to undercut the Affordable Care Act may be the cause, but another reason may be that more Mainers are just keeping their current plans. -
The Justice Department as soon as Thursday could indict a number of alleged hackers it believes work for Chinese intelligence. -
The bill is expected to be adopted quickly in both chambers and take effect before January. -
Her showdown with President Trump in the Oval Office over border wall funding seems to have boosted her stature in the party.
Follow the Money
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Election 2018
Dollars from donors: See who’s contributing to the campaigns of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District candidates
Democratic challenger Jared Golden reported raising $2.7 million in the latest quarterly filing.
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Election 2018
Dollars from donors: See who’s contributing to Maine’s 1st Congressional District race
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Election 2018
Dollars from donors: See who’s contributing to the campaigns of Maine’s 2018 U.S. Senate candidates
Angus King's reelection campaign has raised $4.6 million since the beginning of 2017, including $3.5 million from individual donors and $1.1 million from political action committees.
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Election 2018
Dollars from donors: See who’s giving to Maine’s 2018 candidates for governor
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Election 2018
Dollars from donors: PAC spending in Maine’s 2018 gubernatorial and State House races
As of Oct. 29, political action committees and party committees had spent over $10 million to influence the governor's race, plus over $2.4 million more to influence Maine's State House contests.
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Election 2018
Dollars from donors: PAC fundraising data for the 2018 election
Friday was a filing date for Maine's political action committees and party committees to report their donations and expenditures.
more in politics
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American Media Inc., which owns the tabloid, confesses to helping the president facilitate a hush payment to a Playboy model to keep the information from the 2016 election. -
Nearly 70 former judges, both state and federal, from 23 states, say the arrests are disrupting the justice system. -
The president's former ‘fixer’ has provided useful information in the Mueller investigation, a prosecutor says. -
Daniel Wathen says Maine DHHS wants to pay a contractor to run the facility with $5.4 million that is supposed to fund community-based services. -
Scott Ogden, spokesman for Janet Mills during her electoral campaign, will serve as communications director, and Lindsay Crete, former spokeswoman for Maine House Democrats, will be press secretary. -
Dhalac, an experienced social worker, got more than two-thirds of the vote in the race against longtime local business owner Donald 'Cookie' Cook. -
Tuesday's data sound the alarm on the second-warmest Arctic on record. -
No cuts to food stamps or farm conservation programs are included, but the legislation would legalize hemp, expand farm subsidies amid trade wars and provide permanent funding for farmers markets and local food programs. -
Her comments, made behind closed doors, follow a more public political cage match. -
The adult film star sued after Donald Trump dismissed her claims of being threatened to keep quiet about an affair with him as a 'total con job.'
