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Maine July Jobs Report: Where’s the “jobs”? 26 Aug 2013 | 06:53 am
The Center for Workforce Research and Information released its jobs data for July, and the economic recovery in Maine mirrors the national recovery; weak: Survey of Households The preliminary season...
Republican insider: Party leaders must take stand against cynical use of racial discord by LePage 26 Aug 2013 | 01:31 am
A second piece from a long-time Maine Republican insider in the aftermath of Gov. Paul LePage alleged comment that President Obama “hates white people.” LePage is alleged to have made the remark at a ...
When Seth Goodall gives an answer, you might forget what the question was 23 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
IN the BDN, Whit Richardson writes about a recent he had a Q & A with U.S. Small Business Administration New England Administrator Seth Goodall to discuss some of the problems facing small businesses ...
Welcome to the Age of Denial 23 Aug 2013 | 03:30 am
“Today, however, it is politically effective, and socially acceptable, to deny scientific fact….Though transparently unscientific, denying evolution has become a litmus test for some conservative poli...
Cato’s Misleading Study on Welfare 21 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
YESTERDAY I took a cursory look at the recently released Cato study, The Work Versus Welfare Trade-Off: 2013, by Michael Tanner and Charles Hughes.* The study examines the welfare benefits on a stat...
Woods drops gubernatorial bid, endorses Michaud 21 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
Steve Woods, a businessman from Falmouth who was the first candidate to formally declare for the 2014 gubernatorial election, today withdrew from the race. In doing so, Woods endorsed fellow Democrat ...
Republican insider accuses LePage and legislative Republicans of cover up regarding Obama remarks 21 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
A long-time Maine Republican insider sent this for publication, asking that their identity remain secret; reading it, you can understand why – GW The Maine GOP world is out of its mind right now. The...
Cato Institute might not know about the 2008 economic collapse 20 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
IN advance of a new study on financial compensation welfare beneficiaries receive, Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute wrote an article published in the NY Post yesterday that outlines the basic prem...
Maine Democrats Shouldn’t Cheerlead the Flight of the 13 19 Aug 2013 | 10:44 pm
IN 2009, the Tea Party movement was met with open arms from the GOP which quickly capitalized on the movement’s clout by regaining control of the House in 2010 with the election of libertarians such a...
Gervais: Rhetoric as Economic Policy 19 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
MAINE Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner George Gervais wrote an op-ed in the Portland Press today arguing that Democratic policies would reverse the economic progress made ...
