As the oldest and most rural state in the nation, older Mainers and their families should be concerned with proposals taking shape in Washington to fundamentally change Medicare as we know it.

If nothing else, the presidency of Donald Trump is worth it for inspiring our friends on the left to be skeptical of executive power.

We have become such an “in-the-moment” society always searching for that singular rush, craving that fleeting buzz of pleasure.

“Time and experience have verified to a demonstration, the public utility of internal improvements.

For many conservatives unhappy with Donald Trump as the Republican standard-bearer last fall, there was one overarching reason to support him: The U.

While politicians were scrambling to pass a moratorium on marijuana legalization, their credibility went up in smoke.

Each year, when the Maine Legislature first convenes for a new session at the Maine State House in Augusta, and when Congress convenes at the U.

I’ve always believed in technology’s ability to make life better.

Legislators may not understand how taxes work, but experts recognize the tax reforms in my budget would make Maine more competitive and more prosperous.

As you’re driving north on Route 15 toward Greenville, you eventually arrive at the top of Indian Hill, where Moosehead Lake comes into view.

I recently listened to an interview with a gay activist who was recounting his shock and horror over the behavior of his leftist allies in recent events.

Four years ago, Washington County Commissioner Chris Gardner and I were trading economic development ideas for rural Maine.

There seems to be a growing refrain from leftist critics of Donald Trump and his choices for Cabinet-level secretaries in his new administration: that there are too many outsiders coming into government.

Maine voters — by a margin of less than 1 percent — approved a 3 percent income tax “surcharge” on incomes greater than $200,000 for the purported purpose of funding public education.

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The bosses at the nation’s teachers unions are in panic mode over Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos.

Fake news is neither new, nor is it unique to politics.

The recent rants of fear and even some hysteria coming from the Left over the inevitable Trump presidency has many of my conservative colleagues gloating in the anticipation of at least four years of retaliation.