Gov.-elect Janet Mills has selected Houlton native Bruce Van Note, a former deputy transportation commissioner and planning director for the Maine Turnpike Authority, as her choice to serve as commissioner of the Department of Transportation.
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap appears to have cleared the way for U.S. Rep.-elect Jared Golden to be sworn in as the congressman representing Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. That could effectively end Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s legal efforts to retain his seat.
Good day from Augusta. Two of Maine’s highest-ranking Republican officials are heading for the exit and turning the keys to their offices over to Democrats, but they’re making longshot legal bids to affect state policy after they leave.
Touring the Millinocket mill where his family worked for generations, Sean DeWitt was struck by the vastness of the unused space.
Attorneys for U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin are asking the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to prevent the state of Maine from sending to Congress a certification that says Jared Golden won November election in the 2nd Congressional District.
Good morning from Augusta, where Libertarians are no longer recognized as an official political party in Maine because their voter enrollment numbers are too low.
Outgoing U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin on Monday said he will appeal a federal judge’s ruling last week that rejected the Republican’s challenge to the state’s ranked-choice voting system, a move that could keep the longshot lawsuit alive for months.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Sunday she welcomes potential Republican primary challengers to President Donald Trump while also declining to endorse the president’s 2020 re-election bid.
Good morning from Augusta, where we’re assessing the impact of Gov.-elect Janet Mills’ first Cabinet nomination.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said on Sunday that she is confident that a federal judge’s ruling declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional will be overturned.
