But their solutions – for teacher wages, staffing shortages, skyrocketing costs and institutional reforms – are varied.
Maine Governor’s race
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Governor's race, Politics
Candidate for Maine governor Alan Caron releases economic plan
The independent candidate’s 8-point plan includes proposals to reduce the size of the Legislature, loan money to college grads who want to stay in Maine, and achieve energy independence.
advertisement
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, Maine Governor's race, News, Politics
Maine’s candidates for governor weigh in on health care policy
How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine’s most vulnerable exposes differences.
Posted inEvents, Maine Governor's race, Politics
Get tickets to the Portland Press Herald, University of New England sponsored gubernatorial debate
Readers can enter their names and contact information for a chance to get a limited number of tickets to the Oct. 10 debate.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, Maine Governor's race, News, Politics
Ethics staff: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Russell broke campaign finance rules
The former Portland lawmaker didn’t give enough details on how she spent money and failed to disclose that she paid campaign funds to a member of her household.
Posted inMaine Governor's race, Podcasts, Politics, Uncategorized
Hear Maine’s gubernatorial candidates talk about anything but politics
Bill Nemitz sits down with the candidates running in the June 12 Republican and Democratic primaries to learn about their backstories to the governor’s race.
Posted inElection 2018, Elections, Maine Governor's race, News, Podcasts, Politics
Shawn Moody: ‘We had hard times financially, but it was never hurtful. There was unconditional love.’
Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, businessman Shawn Moody talks about building his business from humble beginnings in Gorham.
Posted inElection 2018, Maine Governor's race, News, Podcasts, Politics
Diane Russell: ‘I’m a country girl.’
Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, former state Rep. Diane Russell talks about roots in Bryant Pond, learning to shoot guns and her tight-knit family.
Posted inMaine Governor's race, News, Podcasts, Politics
Janet Mills, ‘I was a bit of a rebel.’
Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, Attorney General Janet Mills talks about her well-known family and her iconoclastic spirit.
Posted inElection 2018, Elections, Maine Governor's race, News, Podcasts, Politics
Mark Eves: ‘My parents raised me in a way that led toward wanting to help people.’
Bill Nemitz sits down with candidates for governor to take a break from politics and gets to know the personal stories of Maine’s public figures. In this episode, state Rep. Mark Eves talks about growing up the son of a military chaplain.