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Jim Fossel: Maine Legislature still has a lot of work to do

by Jim Fossel March 29, 2020March 28, 2020

Current rates of spending won’t be sustainable, and lawmakers will have to come back to work before the 2020 election.

by Jim Fossel March 22, 2020March 21, 2020

The New England town meeting form of government has survived for centuries, but it may not outlive the coronavirus response..

by Jim Fossel March 15, 2020March 14, 2020

Joe Biden’s success is the last gasp of a party establishment desperately holding onto power.

by Jim Fossel March 8, 2020March 7, 2020

There is no shortage of qualified people willing to run for an office that is supposed to be underpaid.

by Jim Fossel March 1, 2020February 28, 2020

The state should have a well-regulated competition among gaming companies, not a protected monopoly for the few.

by Jim Fossel February 16, 2020February 14, 2020

The Democrats’ supplemental budget won’t need Republican support, and it shouldn’t get any.

by Jim Fossel February 2, 2020January 31, 2020

A surplus of enthusiasm can overcome a deficit in the campaign war chest.

by Jim Fossel January 26, 2020January 24, 2020

The president shows that he is capable of taking an incremental approach toward accomplishing his goals.

by Jim Fossel January 19, 2020January 17, 2020

The governor of Maine presumes she knows more than the people of Maine about what would be good for them.

by Jim Fossel January 12, 2020January 10, 2020

Tax reductions and spending restraint are not on the Democrats’ agenda in Augusta.