Winning a U.S. Senate seat isn’t easy. It requires a statewide campaign organization, broad appeal and lots of money to pay for expenses, staff and advertisements. So how do the 12 candidates vying to succeed U.S Sen. Olympia Snowe stack up?
2012
Posted inOpinion
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Wis. vote more about union survival than governor’s recall
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, will be remembered as the beginning of the long decline of the public-sector union. It will follow, and parallel, the shrinking of private-sector unions, now down to less than 7 percent of American workers.
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Posted inOpinion
JOSEPH REISERT: Ballot has party candidates, issues for all voters
There’s an election in Maine on Tuesday, but if you’re reading this, you probably already know a fair amount about it from the coverage in this newspaper.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Writer apparently misread another’s letter
Carla Heisten (letter, May 24) apparently misunderstood Abby Shahn’s letter, “Those on the bottom spend money, help economy,” (May 17). Heisten said she had worked very hard for low wages, and why does Shahn feel that she’s owed a “nice little trip to the movies with her kids?” paid for by taxes Heisten pays. Heisten […]
Posted inNews
Kaplan University coming to Augusta
AUGUSTA — A private college with two branches in Maine will open a third one this fall in Maine’s capital city.
Posted inNews
Penobscot project ready to go
After 13 years of legal, political and engineering work, the largest-ever river restoration project in eastern North America begins Monday morning when a 40-ton excavator aims its percussion hammer at the defunct concrete fishway of the Great Works Dam on the Penobscot River.
Posted inOpinion
DANA MILBANK: Declining European economy may sink Obama’s re-election
LONDON — Some think Ohio will decide the presidential election. Others are watching Florida, or North Carolina or Wisconsin.
Posted inOpinion
JOHN FRARY: Political animals: We’re talking dogs, not donkeys or elephants
“A man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.” — President Calvin Coolidge.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Any new jobs better than losing jobs under Bush
If you were losing $700 per month and then you made a change and started earning $200 per month, would that be a good change or a bad change? And suppose you earned $90 one month. Is that still a good change from losing $700 per month or would you want to go back to […]
Posted inNews
Three Maine students win $2,500 each in ‘Journey Into Writing’ contest
The winners are Amanda Dickey, Brianna Housman and Gaelyn Lindauer. Below are their submissions.