2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1639+ words) America is being introduced to Troy Jackson as a fifth-generation logger from the remote northern Maine town of Allagash, a working-class populist who never imagined himself becoming the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate. Mainers know a considerably more…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1458+ words) Troy Jackson has spent years constructing a political image. The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate wants Maine voters to see a fifth-generation logger from Allagash: a blue-collar fighter in a “solidarity” T-shirt, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with working people and supposedly unafraid of…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (405+ words) The Trump administration has asked the United States Supreme Court for an emergency stay that would allow the federal government to use an expanded federal database to verify citizenship information on state voter rolls ahead of the upcoming midterm elections....

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (557+ words) Michael Touhey was behind the U.S. Airways ticket counter at the Portland International Jetport on September 11, 2001 when two foreign-looking men approached for their flight check-in. In an interview with Reuters, the former Portland, Maine, ticket agent recounted the moments when two…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (763+ words) Republicans from across the country are gathering in Dallas Wednesday for something the GOP has never attempted before: a full-scale national convention built around a midterm election. President Donald Trump will take center stage at the Republican National Committee’s two-day…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (809+ words) At Monday’s Labor Day gathering in Brewer, Dave Sullivan, General Vice President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Eastern Territory, had praise for the media covering Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson. “The press has been…...

6+ day, 23+ min ago   (980+ words) It is one of the most frequently invoked words in politics. Those are legitimate priorities. But after years of Democratic control in Augusta, there is another legitimate question: Does the performance of Maine government match the rhetoric? Democrats control the…...

6+ day, 32+ min ago   (326+ words) An attorney for Fox News veteran host Maria Bartiromo is accusing journalists of “irresponsible reports” she was fired following her swift exit from the cable network’s airwaves. But Bryan Freedman‘s statement to The Hollywood Reporter is more a battle…...

6+ day, 58+ min ago   (1297+ words) When President Donald Trump singled out Maine while discussing government fraud last week, the comment was impossible to miss. “If you look at California, if you look at Minnesota, if you look at Maine — who would think Maine?” Trump said....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (744+ words) Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson kicked off his town hall campaign Tuesday evening at Lewiston’s Franco Center, drawing roughly 275 people to hear the former Maine Senate president make his case for representing Maine in Washington. One news organization, however, was…...