AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Democrats reeling from devastating election losses are preparing to choose a new leader this weekend to guide the party as it tries to recapture the faith of the state’s voters. Ben Grant, chairman of the party for the last four years, announced his decision to step down days after Democrats lost […]
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LePage’ targets taxes, attorney general in his 2nd-term agenda
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday outlined a second-term agenda that ranged from reviving welfare reform proposals that have previously failed to a new initiative aimed at weakening the attorney general’s power. In a wide-ranging conversation with the Bangor Daily News on Thursday afternoon, LePage also said the gubernatorial campaign taught him two somewhat […]
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N. Ingerson: LePage has the answers
A recent letter to the editor asked if Gov. Paul LePage lives on a different planet. The author had a variety of questions for him. Here are answers to some of those questions. Where are the jobs? Look around. Businesses have been hiring and there have been plenty of job fairs. Jobs for the disabled? […]
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Republican committeemen say Michaud was not bipartisan on state budgets
AUBURN — A trio of Republicans, including one sitting state representative and two who served with Democrat Mike Michaud in the Legislature in the 1990s, said Friday that Michaud has misrepresented his legislative work on the state budget. Michaud is the Democratic challenger to Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Also in the race is independent Eliot […]
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LePage says he will back off quarantine if nurse takes blood test
FORT KENT — The nurse at the center of a quarantine controversy stemming from her work in Ebola-stricken western Africa left her house and hopped on a bicycle to take a ride Thursday morning. Meanwhile, Gov. Paul LePage told ABC News he would drop the state’s demand that Kaci Hickox agree to a quarantine at […]
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Chris Christie rallies for LePage in Bangor
BANGOR, Maine — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday told a group of enthusiastic Republicans in Bangor that they needed to make the re-election of Maine Gov. Paul LePage a top priority over the next six days. “For the next six days, make Paul LePage your cause. Make Paul LePage your assignment. Make Paul […]
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R. Melendy: A man who can be trusted
I know that everyone wishes the election was behind us. But the public needs to know that Mike Michaud’s ads are accurate. My wife served in the Maine Legislature with him. He was president of the Senate and worked cooperatively with both parties to pass a minimum wage increase with unanimous support. He is honest; […]
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D. Gilchrist: He is simply the best
Michael Michaud is the poorest of choices for governor that could be. Even the Democratic Party didn’t want him as its first choice (Cutler had been asked, as was revealed in the first television debate). Michaud has never had an original thought, whether in the Maine Legislature or in Congress. Eliot Cutler is arrogant. He […]
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H. Moore: It’s OK to do the right thing
Everyone knows that Mike Michaud is Barack Obama. They share the same ideology. Michaud is Obama. Michaud is Nancy Pelosi. Michaud is Harry Reid. He touts his record of fighting for veterans yet there is a U.S. Marine deteriorating in a Mexican jail. What has Michaud done to get him out? Thirteen soldiers were murdered […]
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K. Christopoulos: Wanted: A positive governor
I am writing in opposition to current Gov. Paul LePage. He has made the state of Maine the laughingstock of the country. From Day One of his administration, he was getting perks from both Maine and Florida, but said he was going to be totally transparent. He did just the opposite. Then he had that […]