Maine Clean Election backers try new tack to free $3.5 million trapped by legislative gridlock August 14, 2018Daily Brief, Donald Trump, Elections, Governor LePage, Legislatureclean elections, donald trump, Ford Mustang, Hillary Clinton, John Brautigam, John Martin, Jonathan Hull, Kenneth Allen, tax conformity, Terry Hayes, William Stokes By Christopher Cousins The Maine Ethics Commission will decide this week whether a court order was enough to release clean election funding or if legislative approval is still needed.
Why it’s so hard to say any deal is done with this Maine Legislature April 6, 2018Daily Brief, Elections, Governor LePage, Legislaturedawn hill, Erin Herbig, gross metering, Janet Mills, Maine People's Alliance, Medicaid expansion, Michael Carpenter, Sara Gideon, tax conformity, Tom Saviello By Christopher Cousins When one party or the other doesn’t get what it wants in the Maine Legislature, rare procedural maneuvers reign.