I offer some hope this week to Municipal progressive elected officials who are despairing about how the horrible new Republican budget is going to exacerbate income inequality — a few local policy ...

Maine farmers are benefiting from free climate risk assessments as federal funds for conservation efforts decline. Warming temperatures and extreme weather events are increasingly disrupting planting ...

Although Sen. Susan Collins ultimately voted “no” on the Republican budget bill that passed on July 4, 2025 — a vote many have called performative — she has a long record of supporting deep cuts to ...

This week on the podcast, Ben, Cate and Channa dig into the Trump administration's restrictions on federally funded programs, including Head Start, which serves about 3,000 kids in Maine. Maine ...

Bangor, ME. Photo courtesy of City of Bangor, Maine – City Hall’s Facebook. Sometimes capitalists are the best at making arguments for socialists. Case in point: A recent report commissioned by Bangor ...

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and a coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over new restrictions on federally funded programs serving immigrants in the U.S ...

A majority of Maine voters would be less likely to vote for Sen. Susan Collins for reelection if she were to support the House-passed federal tax and budget bill that would cut taxes for the ...

This week on the podcast, Cate and Ben share with our listeners how everyday Mainers can take action to protect essential programs and urge lawmakers like Sen. Susan Collins to stand up against ...

Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would add a 2% tax on income over $1 million for individuals or $2 million for couples to help fund public education in Maine ...

The first protest I ever attended was during the 2005 Maine Won’t Discriminate campaign. I was 21 years old and painfully aware that in the State of Maine I could be legally fired for being a ...

The parent companies of Maine’s two largest investor-owned utilities, Central Maine Power and Versant Power, are reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in profits since they began raising rates ...

A crowd of about 100 people, made up of Maine renters, housing advocates and lawmakers, gathered at the Maine State House on Wednesday morning to call on legislators to prioritize funding for rent ...