WASHINGTON — A little more than two weeks before Election Day, Republicans and Democrats alike say Medicare is working to their political advantage in campaigns for the White House and Congress.

Being on the CBS globe-trotting reality show “The Amazing Race” was not the first time James Davis had been around the world. But it does mark one of the few international trips Davis has taken with his shirt on for substantial periods of time.

WATERVILLE — More than 200 years ago, a little town on the Kennebec River was in the midst of a boom. The population had doubled in 10 years, and it suddenly needed a church.

WASHINGTON — Maine’s agriculture commissioner was on Capitol Hill last week to express concerns about inaction on a new, multi-year farm bill and to urge support for programs used by the state’s dairy industry.

During Thursday night’s debate on same-sex marriage, an incident involving a university diversity officer who was suspended after she signed a petition to put gay marriage on the ballot was offered by opponents as further proof that the law will have a chilling effect on free speech.

AUGUSTA — The candidates for House District 58 are going head-to-head and door-to-door as incumbent Republican Karen Foster seeks to keep her seat and Democrat Lori Fowle seeks to occupy it. District 58, which serves Vassalboro, Windsor and the northeast section of Augusta, has been Republican since 2005, the same year the makeup of the […]