Senate Republican Leader Michael Thibodeau does a great job explaining how welfare expansion will not mean "free money" from the federal government, and why it shouldn't be a condition of paying our debt to Maine's hospitals....

Republican legislative leaders and representatives from the state's construction industry held a news conference today at the State Capitol to discuss Democrat leadership's decision to obstruct the hospital repayment plan, jeopardizing a $700 million boost to the Maine economy....

Recently, we've heard a lot about the hardships state government programs and agencies will suffer due to the budget shortfall. But state analysts recently reported to Senate Republican Leader Michael Thibodeau that Maine's private sector has lost roughly $ 2 billion in revenue over the past five y...