MONMOUTH – Sitting in the kitchen of her 200-year-old farmhouse, the sounds of cows and pigs echoing across the snow from a nearby barn, Nancy Smith is a world away from the goings-on at the State House in Augusta. Once she’s fed the chickens and… Read More
AUGUSTA – For the second time in 10 years, the Democratic party has lost majority control of the House and is being forced to consider sharing power with Republicans. On Friday, state Rep. Barbara Merrill of Appleton became the latest Democrat to abandon the party… Read More
BANGOR – The final straw for former state Rep. Hugh Morrison came when his Republican leadership called him “into the woodshed” for voting with Democrats on a budget bill. “I said never again will they summon me down there and chew me out for voting… Read More