The president of the union representing Internal Revenue Service employees has sent a letter to Gov. Paul LePage demanding that he apologize for comparing IRS workers as “the new Gestapo.”  In her July 10 letter to LePage, Colleen M. Kelley, of the National Treasury Employees Union, wrote she was greatly offended by the governor’s “scurrilous […]

Last week the Washington Post blog The Fix identified eight U.S. Senate candidates who have something to prove when they post their first quarter campaign filings with the Federal Elections Commission. One of the candidates was Republican Charlie Summers, who recent polls indicate has some work to do to move the needle against independent Angus King. The […]

Bloomberg columnist Josh Barro has an interesting take on Gov. Paul LePage’s radio address, and no, it has nothing to do with the controversy the governor ignited by comparing the IRS to the Nazi secret police force. Barro notes that LePage didn’t use the radio address to say Maine would not participate in the Medicaid expansion […]

Fred Horch, the Green Independent candidate who had a strong showing in the District 66 race for the state House of Represenatives in 2010, will be on the ballot again in November. The Brunswick Municipal Committee of the Maine Green Independent Party on Saturday nominated Horch to replace David Frans.  “I’m looking forward to another […]

The Falmouth Republican Committee has picked a new candidate to run for the District 112 seat in the  state House of Representatives. The local GOP this week selected 26-year-old John Logan Jones, a 2004 Falmouth High School graduate who enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as a linguist. Jones was honorable discharged from the Air […]

Update at 3:20 p.m. —  Matthea Daughtry confirmed that she plans to seek the Democratic nomination for District 66. Daughtry, in a written statement, wrote that she wants to help Democrats “take back the House and make sure that Augusta is serving the needs of the working people of Brunswick and Maine.” Daughtry graduated from Brunswick High […]

Some television stations will soon have to publish online information about political ads, thanks to a ruling by the White House Office of Management and Budget. It doesn’t appear that the rule will apply to Maine TV stations, however. Today’s ruling ratifies a May decision by the Federal Communications Commission to force stations in the […]

Update – 2:08 p.m.: Dutson confirmed that he’ll be leaving MHPC and joining the Summers campaign. Dutson said he’ll officially step down as CEO Friday and that the organization will announce a replacement on Monday. Dutson said he’ll be joining Summers’ staff full-time and that his leave from MHPC is will not be temporary but that he’ll […]

The Portland Green Independent Committee will caucus Thursday to pick a new candidate for the District 120 seat. Keita A. Whitten recently withdrew from the race against incumbent Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, and Republican challenger Davian Akers. District 120 includes the eastern section of the city, including Munjoy Hill. Tom Kelley, a University of Southern […]

Brunswick Democratic state Rep. Alex Cornell du Houx has distributed a letter to constituents about his high-profile separation with a female lawmaker that triggered a temporary protection from abuse order and ultimately ended with a court settlement. In his June 15 letter to residents in District 66, Cornell du Houx wrote that the complaint against […]