by Greg Reid | October 5, 2018
BRUNSWICK — Mark Holbrook, Ph.D., paused in the doorway, scoping out the C & R Trading Post. Firearms, new and used, line the walls and fill the glass display cases ringing the room. Three men inside. Two behind the counter. One unknown, over by a table stacked...
by Greg Reid | October 4, 2018
PORTLAND — Campaign stories. Most politicians love telling them. And their supporters love hearing them, love getting the real story, love being on the inside. The twists and turns, and lessons learned. The key players, warts and all.But does anyone really get excited...
by Dave Sherwood | January 10, 2016
AUGUSTA – The legislature’s Government Oversight Committee voted unanimously on Friday to press ahead with an investigation of the Maine State Lottery, with several members citing concerns that the $230 million state-run gambling operation may be exploiting the...
by Blake Davis | January 22, 2015
Augusta — Republican Gov. Paul LePage wants to get rid of the secretary of state position and replace it with a lieutenant governor. The duties of the secretary of state, from running elections to licensing drivers, would come under the lieutenant governor, who...
by John Christie and Naomi Schalit | December 10, 2014
Editor’s note: This is the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting’s second annual Watchdog Index, modeled after Harper’s Magazine’s “Harper’s Index” ©, a listing of “ironic statistics arranged for thoughtful effect.” This year the basis of our Index comes from...
