John Christie

108 posts

John Christie is the co-founder, former publisher and former senior reporter of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. He has covered local, state and national politics as a reporter, editor and publisher at newspapers in Maine, Massachusetts and Florida and holds a BA in political science from the University of New Hampshire.

Integrity of ballot questions threatened by the role of money in the process

Concerns raised over practice of paying signature gatherers trying to get issues on state referendum ballot.

ByJohn Christie

February 3, 2010

The birth and death of an acronym

Introducing a new media organization: the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

ByJohn Christie

January 7, 2010

Exterior of the Maine State House during the winter with trees missing all their leaves.

Well-connected lobbyists won special tax treatment from Gov. Baldacci

Dozens of organizations and businesses pleaded for exemptions from tax increases in the tax reform bill approved last June. Only those with lobbying efforts got what they asked for.

ByJohn Christie

January 5, 2010