AUGUSTA — Gay and lesbian couples in Maine rejoiced Wednesday at the news that President Barack Obama supports same-sex marriage, and said they hope it will give their cause a boost when Mainers vote on the issue again in November.

AUGUSTA — Gay and lesbian couples in Maine rejoiced Wednesday at the news that President Barack Obama supports same-sex marriage, and said they hope it will give their cause a boost when Mainers vote on the issue again in November.

AUGUSTA — References to Austrian economics and resistance to a “one world government” will remain in the Maine Republican Party platform for the next two years.

AUGUSTA — References to Austrian economics and resistance to a “one world government” will remain in the Maine Republican Party platform for the next two years.

That means references calling for the rejection of “one world government” and the elimination Congressional term limits, among other tea party priorities, will stay.

Ron Paul supporters Mike Kreamer of Monmouth and his partner Karen Latlippe attended their first Maine Republican Party State Convention this weekend.

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage urged fellow Republicans at the party convention Sunday to reform welfare, saying structural changes must be made to a system that is “cannibalizing the rest of state government.”

AUGUSTA — A chance to showcase the six Republicans running for the U.S. Senate was thwarted at the GOP convention Sunday when the schedule fell so far behind there was no time for them to speak.

AUGUSTA — In her 18th and final address to a Maine Republican convention, Sen. Olympia Snowe said Sunday the party must stick together to defeat President Obama in November.