LePage says cutting the Electoral College would mean there is never another presidential candidate from small states like “Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Wyoming, Montana, Rhode Island.”
Paul LePage
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Gail Beaucage: LePage emulating Trump
Gail Beaucage letter to the editor critical of Paul LePage
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Posted inNews, Politics
LePage legal fights tested limits, cost Maine $900,000
Newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. Janet Mills comes into office with some of those lawsuits still pending.
Posted inNews, Politics
Gov. Mills says public has right to know about pardons
With a person’s pardon confidential under state law, the state can’t release archived records about former Gov. Paul LePage’s pardon of former GOP lawmaker Jeffrey Pierce.
Posted inNews, Politics
Gov. LePage reflects on his successes, regrets, as he prepares to leave office
The two-term governor, who was also mayor of Waterville, says he plans to leave a message on the pillow of incoming Gov. Janet Mills at the Blaine House that says, “If you mess it up, I’m your opponent in 2022.”
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
There were times that Paul LePage’s leadership was what Maine needed
I’ve written at least half a dozen columns about Gov. Paul LePage during his tenure as Maine governor, most of them critical. Now that LePage is on his way out thanks to term limits, it seems a good time to evaluate his tumultuous eight years in office with the advantage of perspective. On the positive […]
Posted inMaine, Politics
Paul LePage leaves note of protest on Jared Golden’s election certificate
In defiance of a voter-approved, ranked-choice election law Maine’s outgoing Republican governor wrote that the Democratic challenger’s victory over incumbent Republican Congressman Bruce Poliquin race was “stolen.”
Posted inMaine, News
Paul LePage wrongly claims ’97 percent’ of drug dealers in Maine are minorities
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s departing Republican governor is doubling down on his discredited claim that out-of-state black and Hispanic drug dealers are responsible for an overwhelming percentage of drug trafficking in the state. Gov. Paul LePage repeated his claim Thursday afternoon on Maine Public. A caller to the show criticized the governor for blaming out-of-state […]
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, sj-web
Paul LePage wants Janet Mills to keep suit against her alive after she takes office
The outgoing governor wants to contest a judge’s ruling that Janet Mills did not exceed her authority as attorney general when she joined a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Posted inMaine, sj-web
LePage rejects request from Mills to halt awarding of state contracts
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has rejected a request from Gov.-elect Janet Mills that his administration not approve any new contracts with private vendors before she takes office Jan. 2. “It is inappropriate to request that ongoing work on behalf of the people of Maine be halted for more than three weeks and sit there […]