The Maine Wire: “Pro-abortion group endorses Michaud” plus 5 more‏

Pro-abortion group endorses Michaud Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:53 AM PDT Abortion advocates with NARAL Pro-Choice America on Wednesday announced its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud’s gubernatorial campaign. Michaud, a Democrat, developed a pro-life reputation while representing the more conservative voters of northern Maine, but he earned the support of the pro-abortion super PAC as the result of his “evolution” on public policies regarding the […]

Robinson talks welfare reform with Howie Carr Posted: 27 Mar 2014 09:35 AM PDT Maine Wire Editor Steve Robinson joined Howie Carr on Wednesday to talk about Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s welfare reform bills. Robinson told Carr: “There’s no limit to the imagination of liberals when it comes to figuring out how welfare reform will hurt people.”

Bucklin: Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth Posted: 27 Mar 2014 08:32 AM PDT Last November, South Portland voters defeated the “Waterfront Protection Ordinance,” which aimed to stop the reversal of a pipeline that will carry Canadian tar sands oil from Montreal to South Portland harbor.  In response, defying voters, the city council passed a 6 month moratorium, and the debate continues.  If not for the actions of the […]

Frary: Jesus Christ in the Maine State House Posted: 27 Mar 2014 08:22 AM PDT Jesus wants Maine’s House of Representatives to expand Mainecare coverage. We know this because. Diane Russell (D-Portland) mounted her pulpit last week to preach the gospel according to Mathew 25-31-46. She prophesied salvation and eternal bliss for some of her colleagues; the fiery pit and eternal torment for others. More explicitly, she assigned places in […]

Lockman: Let’s Not Poison the Well of Civil Discourse in Augusta Posted: 27 Mar 2014 08:12 AM PDT The following op-ed originally appeared in the the Downeast Coastal Press, a weekly newspaper based in Cutler, Maine. By Rep. Larry Lockman By the time this column appears in print, the 126th Maine Legislature of 2013-2014 will be in the home stretch toward statutory adjournment on April 16. It’s crunch time in Augusta. The House […]

Maine Democrats gut welfare reform Posted: 27 Mar 2014 08:01 AM PDT AUGUSTA – Democrats on the Health and Human Services Committee gutted two of Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s welfare reform proposals on Wednesday, voting against two of the bills and turning two others into study resolves. “It is incomprehensible that Democrats on the Health and Human Services Committee would vote to reject these common-sense proposals,” LePage […]