The Maine Wire: “Of freshman senators, only King lacks leadership PAC” plus 3 more

Of freshman senators, only King lacks leadership PAC Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:56 AM PDT U.S. Sen. Angus S. King, Jr., an unenrolled Democrat, is the only freshman U.S. senator that has not formed a leadership PAC\. Leadership PACs are committees that allow politicians to raise money from special interests and give that money to friends and colleagues. Courtesy of Shane Goldmacher of NationalJournal.com: Ted Cruz waited less than a [...]

25 Facts About the Fall of Detroit Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:41 AM PDT Courtesy of ZeroHedge.com, here are 25 remarkable facts about Detroit: 1) At this point, the city of Detroit owes money to more than 100,000 creditors. 2) Detroit is facing $20 billion in debt and unfunded liabilities.  That breaks down to more than $25,000 per resident. 3) Back in 1960, the city of Detroit actually had the highest per-capita income in the entire nation. [...]

At 6.8 percent, Maine’s jobless rate hits 5-year low Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:16 AM PDT AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage is touting the latest unemployment figures, which show Maine’s number of jobless at the lowest rate since November of 2008 – a 15 percent decrease since LePage took office. “About 8,000 more people are working in the private sector now than when I took office,” said LePage. “Our [...]

Maine’s Not-So-Beautiful Sunset Posted: 22 Jul 2013 06:45 AM PDT Maine’s legislature passed its two-year budget earlier this month, and it includes two allegedly temporary tax increases—one in the state sales tax (from 5 to 5.5 percent) and another in the leisure tax (from 7 to 8 percent; levied on lodging, bars, and restaurants) as a way to close the state’s $880 million budget gap. Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, vetoed the [...]