Bruce Bartrug News Today

It’s so good that Gov. Mills wants Maine to build floating offshore wind turbines – enough turbines to provide half of Maine’s electricity needs. Too bad then-Gov. Paul LePage sent Statoil packing in 2013, as those turbines would already be in place. His reasoning was that Statoil wasn’t interested in supporting the Maine economy, even […]

No Labels is ostensibly a third “independent” political party that may attract many voters tired of today’s politics. However, No Labels will not reveal its financial backers, and it is apparently lavishly funded. That fact should ring a loud bell, as there is a deep suspicion that this party is an attempt to attract enough […]

If one’s medical bills are shockingly high, it’s not the hospital’s fault. Rather, it is the fault of private insurers, which are investor-owned and committed to showing those investors a good return. Hence, a continuing policy of refusing to pay hospitals for any reason they can. At a hospital where I once worked, claims were […]