Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
Gideon campaign still sitting on $10 million from 2020 bid for U.S. Senate
Whether the former Maine House speaker will hold on to the remaining funds for a future campaign or give more money to charities or other political campaigns remains unknown.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2021
Big drop in absentee ballots this year, but in-person voting hard to predict
Voters shattered absentee voting records in 2020 during the height of the pandemic and a close presidential race, but absentee returns are down sharply this year.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2021
Staffing struggles lead York Hospital to suspend emergency care in Wells
The hospital’s president says the decision was not prompted by Maine’s impending vaccine mandate for health care workers, as more than 98% of the hospital network’s staff is fully vaccinated.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Potential rail use conflicts with plans for bike trail between Portland and Auburn
The effort to create the 25-mile trail may be on hold for another 3 years while a railway company decides whether to resume hauling freight on a line it hasn’t used since 2015.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2021
Vulgar license plates are out as hundreds of new laws take effect in Maine
One of the statutes going on the books Monday limits what you can say on a vanity license plate and allows Maine’s secretary of state to recall already-issued plates with offensive or violent messages.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2021
A wide range of new laws will take effect Monday
More than 500 nonemergency statutes will touch on everything from Narcan in schools to collecting data on racial profiling by police.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2021
Pingree signs on to bill that would expand U.S. Supreme Court
Maine’s 1st District congresswoman said the bill is meant to restore balance to the nation’s highest court.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2021
Maine tribal leaders say Indigenous Peoples’ Day is call to action, reform
During a news conference at the State House on Monday, Wabanaki tribal leaders call for restoring sovereignty to tribal governments and criticize Gov. Janet Mills, saying she hasn’t done enough to restore tribal rights.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2021
Maine’s new bail law may ease the crunch for struggling county jails
The sponsors of a new law that ends cash bail requirements for most minor charges say people who are not a danger to the public shouldn’t be stuck in county jails just because they’re too poor to pay bail.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2021
Energy companies keep pouring millions into battle over power line corridor
Competing energy giants from Quebec to Texas continue historic spending in a battle over a transmission corridor in western Maine that aims to bring hydropower from Canada to the New England grid.
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