It’s not every day that five Democrats, five Republicans and one independent lawmaker announce that they have reached agreement on a major tax reform plan that addresses all of the state’s most difficult fiscal issues.
May 2013
Posted inCelebrations
Anderson,Ouellette
TOPSHAM — Laura Lee of Topsham is delighted to announce the engagement of her daughter, Kimberly Anderson, to Joel Ouellette, son of Mark and Gaye Ouellette of Jay.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Carton of cigarettes could pay for child to play ball
A letter writer on April 25 railed against President Barack Obama’s budget, requesting to raise the cigarette tax “from $1.01 per pack to $1.95” further noting, “The state of Maine already charges $2 state tax per pack.”
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Money spent by lobbyists not given to legislators
As a former state legislator, I read with interest the article about the State House lobbyists in the April 28 newspaper. Unfortunately, the reporter did not make clear that the thousands of dollars spent by lobbyists does not go into the pockets of legislators.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Antique auto inspection bill a very bad idea
A bill, L.D. 406, has been put forth in our Legislature to require the annual inspection of antique registered vehicles, which are currently exempt.
Posted inNews, Politics
Cutbacks fall most heavily on the needy
The elderly, disabled and low-income Mainers are bearing a disproportionate share of the pain from federal budget cuts.
Posted inNews
Steve Solloway: Gay athlete in Maine finds he’s not alone after all
James Nutter’s cellphone got a workout early Monday afternoon with incoming calls and text messages asking the same question: Had he heard the news? An active NBA player named Jason Collins revealed he was gay. Nutter stopped what he was doing. If only Collins had gone public two years earlier when a 22-year-old college baseball […]
Posted inPolitics
NRA leader: ‘We will never surrender our guns’
More than 70,000 were expected to attend the NRA’s annual convention in Houston.
Posted inNews
Fires unveil crisis in Lewiston’s housing stock
In an area already stricken by poverty, the economic downturn left scores of downtown properties at risk and often uninhabitable.