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The future of the unholy alliance

By JEFF INGLIS | June 23, 2010

They said what?

Republican lawmakers sound off on global warming
GOP leaders have a reputation for shunning science in favor of politics: on stem-cell research, evolution, and of course, climate change. As the global-warming battle heats up, so has their often-nonsensical rhetoric.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | May 06, 2009

The gulf of Maine

Senator Collins votes the Bush line 77 percent of the time; her challenger, Representative Allen, weighs in at 18 percent. Will these numbers decide November’s election?
With a massively unpopular Republican president leaving office, this year’s Senate election is a contest based on a candidate’s alignment with Bush.
By JEFF INGLIS | October 09, 2008

Protesting the bio-whatever

A week of biotech protests ends, not with a bang but with battery failure
Eighteen dancers showed to prostest the BIO 2007 convention, but they were as fuzzy as their boas on a lot of details.
By MARGARET DORIS | May 18, 2007

Snowe’s tracks

How moderate is Maine’s senior senator?
Believe the hype — US Senator Olympia Snowe’s key votes in 2005 and 2006 do, indeed, straddle party lines. Whether you like that or not depends on which issues get to you. Blown away: Jean Hay Bright's fight to topple a political icon. By Sara Donnelly
By SARA DONNELLY | October 18, 2006

Independent man

A letter from Rod Driver, Richmond Independent candidate for Congress
Congress gets about a 30 percent approval rating from the public -- recently down to 25 percent.
By ROD DRIVER, RICHMOND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS | October 11, 2006

Langevin plays to the middle in seeking fourth term

Talking politics
When President George W. Bush last month used his first presidential veto to reject legislation on embryonic stem cell research, US Representative James R. Langevin again found himself in the spotlight.
By IAN DONNIS | August 09, 2006