"… nhanced if in fact the bill would have passed," he said.The bill failed.In Maine, one lawmaker is president and CEO of a multi-million dollar health care c …"

"… te Senator Alberto Gutman, while serving as vice-chairman of the chamber's Health Care Committee, accepted $500,000 from Max-A-Med Health Plans for brokering the HMO's sal …"

"… hed a rule prohibiting lobbyists from funding senators' out-of-state trips.MaineThe state Ethics Commission is now required to set up a more detailed publi …"

"… in spending of at least 10 percent, and eight of them—Delaware, Florida, Maine, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming—saw increases of 30 percent or …"

"… s who voted for that measure were Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine.It's true that Brown supports the "Republican agenda" most of the time, bu …"

"… of several doctors from outside Illinois—others came from as far away as Maine and Washington state—who traveled to Chicago to help treat thousands of …"

"… ourt, citing concern about interstate commerce interference, struck down a Maine law that required shipping companies to verify a recipient’s age before …"

"… 5, 2010, two Republican senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both of Maine,crossed party lines and voted for a bill that included $10 billion fo …"

"… on seems to be targeting legislators."Bill Hain, executive director of the Maine Commission on Governmental and Election Practices, said the legislature cr …"

"… up as applying to legislators."The power of the pressHain, the director of Maine's ethics commission, said that one mustn't overlook the "the penalty of ne …"

"… ed.In a 1988 case that still ranks as one of the most notorious handled by Maine's ethics commission, two state senators and one state representative were …"

"… have violated ethics laws by attempting to exert their influence over the Maine Real Estate Commission to dismiss a case against a friend of one of the la …"

"… ma, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Je …"

"… n and Wisconsin. Six state ethics agency budgets — in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey and Washington — at least doubled during this time p …"