corporate influence

4 min read 2022-06-18 20:00:20

Money In Politics: The Root Of All Evil

We are in what I often think of as the Patriotic days of summer. From Flag Day on June 14th, when the flag was adopted by the Continental Congress

3 min read 2021-12-08 21:24:15

Last month, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour and I want to be the first to congratulate

3 min read 2021-12-02 21:58:36

The wealth of the 30 highest income earners in Maine nearly doubled from tax year 2019 to tax year 2020, a recent report from the Maine Revenue

1 min read 2021-11-24 19:51:12

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday suspended the permit for the controversial corridor spearheaded by Central Maine Power in

1 min read 2021-11-23 20:48:44

In its proposed 2022 platform, the Maine Republican Party expresses support for policies that would curb access to abortion, restrict the rights of

1 min read 2021-11-18 20:55:54

Amid a worsening climate crisis, University of Maine students are putting pressure on the institution to fully divest from fossil fuels, which

1 min read 2021-11-16 20:56:43

Pointing to the need to take swift action on the climate crisis, address a broken child care system and reduce health costs, Mainers in Lewiston and

1 min read 2021-11-10 23:16:54

There is no other way to spin it. Nov. 2 was a very bad day for Governor Janet Mills. I’m not talking about the fact that fellow conservative

1 min read 2021-11-09 21:06:27

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that policymakers must take steps to improve working conditions and ensure greater racial and economic

1 min read 2021-11-09 20:58:58

This story originally appeared at OpenSecrets. A Maine ballot referendum to halt the construction of a $1 billion cross-border corridor of

1 min read 2021-11-05 19:30:28

A coalition of faith leaders from Maine’s Second District are urging Rep. Jared Golden to work with — not against — Democrats in passing

1 min read 2021-11-05 01:22:36

With over 90,000 fatal overdoses across the United States last year, almost nothing is more urgent than putting an end to this carnage. However, as

1 min read 2021-11-04 18:53:08

Esther, Cate and Mike discuss the results of Questions 1, 2 and 3, the Augusta special election and local races across the state. Also: An interview

1 min read 2021-11-03 19:42:57

Over 200 volunteers across Maine collected signatures Tuesday as part of an effort to replace investor-owned utilities like Central Maine Power with

1 min read 2021-11-03 19:42:01

After the most expensive referendum campaign in Maine’s history, voters on Tuesday decisively rejected a controversial corridor project spearheaded