The Lisbon Reporter

WELCOME TO THE LISBON REPORTER. In an effort to keep our community informed of what is going on at local and Federal levels of government, we decided to create this on-line newspaper. It is our hope that this on-line newspaper will help you stay informed so that you can get involved and take action for the benefit of our ENTIRE community. Thank you for visiting and please check back frequently for information about what is happening in LISBON/LISBON FALLS, MAINE USA

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

The Maine Wire: “Maine GOP fields full slate of House and Senate candidates” plus 4 more‏

Maine GOP fields full slate of House and Senate candidates

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:43 PM PDT

AUGUSTA – For the first time since 2006, the Maine Republican Party will contest every state Senate and House of Representative seat. That’s 151 candidates on the House side and 35 for the Senate, with many sitting lawmakers running for reelection. “Having candidates in every seat not only speaks to the urgency Republicans feel in […]

Maine Made: Trade show offers local entrepreneurs the opportunity for success

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:47 AM PDT

PORTLAND, Maine – Entrepreneurs from northern New England gathered at at the Portland Sports Complex this weekend for a chance to sell their wares in stores and shops across the country. The 30th annual New England Made Giftware & Speciality Foods Show brought together products from 275 Maine companies with more than 2,000 buyers representing […]

Maine jobless rate at 6.2 percent for January

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 08:50 AM PDT

AUGUSTA – Maine’s unemployment rate stood at 6.2 percent for the first month of 2014, according to labor statistics released by the Maine Department of Labor on Monday. The rate of unemployed Mainers dropped from a revised December 2013 rate of 6.4 percent to 6.2 percent in January — down from 7.0 percent one year […]

Democrats’ Medicaid mortality claims thoroughly debunked

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 08:20 AM PDT

Writing for Forbes.com, Chris Conover thoroughly debunks the studies Maine Democrats have used to call Gov. Paul LePage and GOP lawmakers murders for not agreeing to expand Medicaid. Conover points up myriad problems with the Harvard/CUNY and American Journal of Public Health studies and how both have been taken out of context for use by […]

L’Affaire Sanderson: Maine State Rep Gets National Attention

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 07:04 AM PDT

By. Prof. John Frary - Last week Rep. Deborah Sanderson (R-Chelsea) surprised herself and her friends by becoming a sudden national sensation. Sanderson’s fame began in Maine’s front yard with a March 13 Portland Press Herald report by Joe Lawlor entitled “Medicaid expansion vote has real-life impact for low-income Mainers.” The Chelsea Republican appeared in the […]