Politics & Government

Whatever else happens in the New Brunswick general election on Monday, September 14, Saint Croix will not get a Liberal MLA. Party leader Kevin Vickers issued a statement on September 7 cutting ties with candidate John Gardner because of a Facebook post nearly two years ago...

Legislation to alter the relationship between the State of Maine and three of the tribes in the state took a major step forward on August 6, when a legislative committee endorsed three bills that would make changes to the act that governs that relationship.

In the Tuesday, July 14, primary election in Maine, voters will face choices in the Democratic race for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Susan Collins and in the Republican race for the 2nd Congressional District seat held by Democratic Congressman Jared Golden.

By nearly a 3-to-1 margin, Maine voters overwhelmingly defeated an effort to repeal a new state law eliminating non-medical opt-outs for vaccinations that protect against a number of childhood diseases.

Maine is holding its presidential primary on Tuesday, March 3, along with 13 other states also voting on Super Tuesday. In addition, Maine residents will be voting then in a special referendum on a people's veto petition to overturn a new state law that removes religious and philosophical

A proposal to split the prosecutorial district that covers Washington and Hancock counties drew significant support but no opposition during a January 29 legislative hearing on the bill by the Judiciary Committee.