• Report: Unions could aid Maine economy, workers
• Editorial: Employee Free Choice Act doesn't deserve support
• $2,500 to Collins
• Maine leaders making bridge announcement
• Michaud says unionized workers get higher pay
• Rumford lawyer suspended
• Bills trickle in as legislative season proceeds
• Public Hearings Begin On DHHS Budget
• Audio: Interview with Senator Susan Collins
• Audio: Chellie Pingree in Kuwait
• Palesky's daughter barred from tax work
• Water extraction tax: Business threat or revenue opportunity
• Portland Mayor to talk stimulus with Obama
• Maine's Chunk Of Stimulus Will Help Pay Old Bills
• Labor Leaders Speak Out For Employee Free Choice
• Legislature Considers Cell Phone Restrictions
• Lawmakers oppose cell phone bill
• Collins defends role in stimulus
• OpEd: Collins, Snowe betray Maine GOP
• Bill would make road rage a crime in Maine

• Video: Debate Over Union Rights Versus Company Rights Returns
• Business leaders fight card check bill
• State Budget Hearings Focus On Health And Human Services
• State sets hearings on Anthem rates
• OpEd: Time for state to repeal rural school consolidation
• Video: Interview with State Rep. Rich Cebra
• Video: Dairy Farmers In Trouble
• Lawmaker Revives Plan for Oxford County Casino
• Dairy Farmers Say Proposed Subsidy Cuts Threaten Industry's Survival
• Editorial: Bangor Sales Tax Hike
• Palesky's daughter barred from tax services
• Maine Legislature flooded with bills to regulate water
• Snowe lambastes interim fisheries rule
• Rep. Pingree to hold open house
• District judge clears Tobin
• Audio: Olympia Snowe on Stimulus
• Audio: John Baldacci on Stimulus
• Collins: 'Dire crisis' spurred stimulus support
• More from the Susan Collins interview
• Local educators await extra funds from Washington
• OpEd: Maine's GOP senators support state, country over politics
• OpEd: Maine focus on transparency, accountability for stimulus funds
• Allocation Of Stimulus Funds Still Unclear
• Sen. Collins Says Stimulus Vote Was Necessary

• Group Promotes Forest Restoration to Ease Climate Change
• Editorial: A nickel for your plastics?
• OpEd: (King) Collins, Snowe deserve huge credit for helping to pass stimulus
• Video: Senator Snowe Visits With Unemployed
• Lawmakers Look to Stimulus to Help Fund State Programs
• Snowe: Stimulus passage 'imperative'
• OpEd: Collins a profile in courage
• Editorial: Excise taxes bad; not having them would be worse
• State rep: Franco lessons a must
• Baldacci, Collins and Michaud to visit UM
• GOP bookkeeper pleads not guilty to embezzlement
• Unemployment Lines, Part IV: Dialing the Void
• Casino Debate Reopened With New Bills
• Domestic violence info study proposed
• Blog: Two Houses Over One
• Podcast: Challenges in Long Term Care (MECEP)
• OpEd: Time for universal care
• CROWN PRINCE RECEIVES PINGREE - Bahrain News Agency
• Pingree Leads Fact-Finding Mission to Iraq
• OpEd: Michaud’s trade bill protects Bangor’s sister city

Mega long-weekend edition:

• Politics & Other Mistakes: I wanna know all about you
• Senator wants state to help fund Bangor arena
• Lawmakers eye amendments
• Editorial: Adjusting mix of state taxes would benefit all
• Video: Lawmakers Consider Cell Phone Ban
• Lawmakers Consider Bills to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving
• New bills target distracted drivers
• Video: State Rep. Rich Cebra on Republican Project
• Proposals target distracted drivers
• Consent for tanning booths; shrink the Statehouse
• Panel considers bill to make harassment on road a crime
• Bill revives push for plastic-bag fee
• OpEd: Maine towns justified in skepticism about Poland Spring
• Video: Interview with Bob Emrich on Same Sex Marriage
• Marriage rally sees big crowd
• Video: "Stand for Marriage" Rally
• Same-sex marriage foes rally in capital
• Protesters Rally Against Gay Marriage
• Two Moderate GOP Senators Give Big Voice To Little Maine
• Pingree In Iraq on Fact-Finding Mission
• Video: Senator Snowe One On One
• Maine's GOP Senators Emerge As Key Deal Makers
• Letter: Single-payer solution
• OpEd: Bill looks to streamline public health system
• Editorial: Moving prisoners out of state a bad policy
• Parties seek more accord on spending
• Under the Dome: Budget talks
• Effort to reform excise tax on vehicles has municipal officials worried
• Advocates for Restaurant Employees Call for Wage Hike
• Labor Supporters Say Unionization Will Boost Middle Class
• Tribe member seeks separate Veterans Day
• Video: Snowe Makes No Apologies For Supporting Stimulus
• OpEd: (Collins) Working across party lines to help recover from recession

• Some Business Owners See Benefits to Gay Marriage
• Proponents of Gay Marriage Rally at the State House
• Gay marriage debate intensifies
• Couples lobby for gay marriage bill
• Maine Marriage Initiative Launches Website
• Editorial: State workers should chip in for health care
• Mainers in D.C. get ‘eggs, issues’
• How Maine's GOP Senators Are Key to Obama's Agenda
• Former lawmaker takes over at Audubon
• Mayor critical of cuts to stimulus
• Stimulus compromise cuts state, school aid, leaves Amtrak
• Video: Political Edge Analysts Take On Stimulus Deal
• Video: In The Arena: Pingree And Michaud Discuss The Stimulus
• OpEd: (Pingree) Stimulus contains a lot to help solve Maine's economic problems
• Maine to closely track stimulus funds
• More haggling delays votes on stimulus
• Video: Interview with Doug Thomas, State Representative
• Video: Interview with Arnie Clark, ME Heritage Policy Center
• Steve Rowe joins Verrill Dana
• Minimum Wage
• Katahdin Times closes its doors
• OpEd: Repair, rebuild Maine’s infrastructure
• Strapped states eye prison savings

• 'Old habits' are overcome to reach deal, president says
• House, Senate reach $789B stimulus deal
• Stimulus pact in place
• Source: Collins Strips Stim Bill Of Whistleblower Protections
• Editorial: Collins sets example more Republicans must follow
• Release: Governor Thanks Snowe and Collins
• Video: State Mulls Best Use of Stimulus Money
• Video: Dean Scontras, Republican Project
• State legislator advocates expansion of UM funding
• Lawmakers focus on oil and authority
• Four-day weeks are unaffordable
• Water bill meets opposition at first hearing
• Blog: Bill Targets Research Non-Profits
• Fair pay bill riles businesses
• OpEd: Excise Tax Referendum is a bad idea for L-A and Maine
• Blog: Heath meets with Republican Leadership
• Legislator reminds consumers of ‘winter disconnect’ rights
• Lawmakers hear only objections to proposed prison cutbacks
• Collins: Maine's Bath Iron Works prez retiring
• Editorial Do away with electoral college, don't modify it

• Maine Senators Collins and Snowe Gain by Backing Stimulus
• Video: Maine Senators Support Stimulus Bill (Collins Interview)
• Collins & Snowe: Heroes or villains?
• Video: Where Could The Stimulus Money Go?
• Video: Senator Olympia Snowe Talks About The Stimulus Vote
• Stimulus Vote Gets Mixed Reaction From State Lawmakers
• Congressional delegation wrestles with stimulus details
• OpEd: Maine must fill stimulus holes
• State counts on cash boost
• State's Requirement To Care For Mental Ill Faces Diffculties
• State update finds Maine school units overspending
• Audio: Sen. Bill Diamond on Legislature
• Labor Committee to consider 'fair pay' bill
• Unenrolled Voters To Be Designated As Independents
• Maine Has A New State "Holiday"
• Audio: Mark Dubois of Poland Spring discusses bills
• Grim budget work under way
• Editorial: A Grim Trimming
• Video: Budget Hearings
• Bangor To Vote In One Place
• Michaud takes aim at TARP proposal
• OpEd: Environmentalists, sportsmen need to link up in Maine 'vision'

• Editorial: Stimulus Logic
• Video: Calls Flooding Into Snowe and Collins
• Collins in spotlight, on hot seat
• OpEd: Maine near the bottom of states in pay for legislators, governor
• Cellular safety
• Politics & Other Mistakes: Some people have real problems
• Bill to close lobster fishing loophole debated in Augusta
• Lawmakers Consider Four-Day School Week Bill
• 80 DISTRICTS ... OR, MAYBE 219
• Snowe to Wall Street: Return bonus money
• Maine senators courted to overturn "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
• Video: Rep. Mike Michaud interview
• Video: Work On The New Budget Begins
• State worker benefit cuts focus of budget hearings
• Audio: Affordable Housing in Maine
• Prosecutor alleges others involved in phone-jamming scheme
• Baldacci questions SCHIP growth

• OpEd: Do you know what your health insurance covers?
• Lobbying blitz targets Maine senators
• Poland Spring Focus of Water Bills
• Collins' support depends on spending cuts
• Video: Economy in Crisis (Panel discussion on stimulus)
• Maine Contractors Call For Action On Stimulus
• Video: Mainers Say Economic Stimulus Can't Come Soon Enough
• Collins says stimulus talks were tough
• OpEd: Why we want to get married in Maine
• Maine groups join lawsuits to stop guns in parks
• Report: Jobless struggle with health care coverage
• Editorial: A Broader Tax Base
• Senator submits bills to sideline legislators' cost-of-living pay increases
• Legislators hear plea for new approach to electing presidents
• Legislators hear details of prison plan
• Maine governor: I'm confident
• Legislators to take on hot-button issues
• Editorial: Doubling down for a casino
• Low-key legislator keeps it simple
• Statehouse heavy-hitters open lobbying outfit
• Lawmakers start to deal with budget
• Audio: Ethan Strimling on mayoral elections
• Video: Rising Tide Program Trains Future Maine Politicians
• Editorial: Clean Elections law needs only minor tweaks

• BDN reopens office to cover State House
• New legislator takes his seat
• Video: Tarren Bragdon, CEO, Maine Heritage Policy Center
• Bill aims to extend legislative term lengths
• Video: Ban on Energy Drinks?
• Cartoon: Tax Reform
• Bill curtailing sale of energy drinks spiked
• Lawmaker urges: Keep night sky dark
• Bill Would Protect Employees Who Discuss Wages
• Video: Interview with Sen. Susan Collins, Maine (R)
• Video: In The Arena: The Stimulus Package And ME
• Maine stands to gain from bill, but the question is how much
• Talks fall short of Senate stimulus deal
• Blog: Mike Heath's meeting with Senator Phil Bartlett
• Children’s illnesses from pollutants cost Mainers $380 million