This week on the podcast, we sit down with Center for Economic Policy President and CEO Garrett Martin to talk about why tax fairness has become one of the biggest economic debates in Maine and across ...

Meg Bostrom is a co-founder of Topos Partnership, a polling firm. Michael Chameides is the policy and communications director ...

A citizen-led effort in Maine aims to create the first publicly funded universal healthcare system in the United States. Volunteers are gathering signatures for a 2027 ballot measure that would direct ...

Graham Platner unveiled his “Corruption Crackdown” plan outside of Sen. Susan Collins’ Portland office on June 25, 2026. Photo Channa Steinmetz. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner has a ...

The Trump administration is paying energy developer Invenergy $765 million in taxpayer dollars to abandon four offshore wind ...

One of my failings during the early months of this past gubernatorial election was my inability to understand why Nirav Shah ...

Former Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree won the Democratic nomination for governor early Friday following Maine's ranked-choice voting tabulation, advancing to the November election. "Now the real ...

This week on the podcast, we're bringing you a special broadcast. Beacon host Cate Blackford sat down with author and advocate Heather McGhee as part of the Authors Guild Foundation's Pascal Hall Auth ...

State Auditor Matt Dunlap won the Democratic nomination for Maine's 2nd Congressional District early Friday after ranked-choice voting reshaped a tightly contested four-way primary. “Today's results ...

Mainers rally for tax fairness on Tax Day 2025. The phrase “Where’s Susan?” comes from a Town Hall series pressuring Sen. Susan Collins to listen to her constituents. Photo by Channa Steinmetz.

Bobby Charles campaign official photo. In the waning weeks of the Republican gubernatorial primary campaign, Maine Republican Party Executive Director Jason Savage appeared on Rep. Laurel Libby’s ...