AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday held a lunch meeting with more than 20 students from a Bowdoin College class on Maine politics and discussed, among other things, how to keep young people in the state. According to data from the Maine State Planning Office, Maine’s share of 20- to 59-year-olds is projected to […]
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Governor’s blue ribbon commission reports no bias in unemployment claims process
LEWISTON — A panel created this past spring by Gov. Paul LePage made public its recommendations Tuesday, reporting that it found “no direct or intentional bias” against employees nor employers who participate in the unemployment claims and appeals process. LePage said the report confirmed his concerns; critics called it a rebuke. LePage tasked the Unemployment […]
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LePage praises Hermon manufacturer for expansion plans
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says a manufacturing company in the state is planning to expand its operations. The Republican governor said that the Ntension Corporation of Hermon, a wholesale tension-fabric structures manufacturer, will expand this spring into a new 40,000 square-foot facility. He says that growth will allow the company to create 21 […]
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LePage tells students, ‘There’s no monopoly on violence, everybody participates’
BANGOR — Less than a month after a 21-year-old Bangor man allegedly took the life of his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend and last week’s Westbrook murder-suicide involving two men who recently had ended their relationship, Maine Gov. Paul LePage told a group of high school students that it was up to them to prevent future events like […]
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LePage: Global warming upside
AUGUSTA — Speaking to a conference assembled to discuss the transportation trends of the future, said Thursday that global climate change could have an upside for Maine. “Everybody looks at the negative effects of global warming, but with the ice melting, the Northern Passage has opened up,” he said. “So maybe, instead of being at […]
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LePage sees an upside to global warming for Maine
AUGUSTA — Speaking to a conference assembled to discuss the transportation trends of the future, Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday that global climate change could have an upside for Maine. “Everybody looks at the negative effects of global warming, but with the ice melting, the Northern Passage has opened up,” he said. “So maybe, instead […]
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Obamacare advisory panel steers clear of advocating for Medicaid expansion
AUGUSTA — A committee charged with overseeing the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in Maine shied away Monday from pushing the Legislature and Gov. Paul LePage on the controversial issue of expanding Medicaid eligibility in Maine even though the majority of its members favor it. Though all but one member of the Maine […]
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LePage’s efforts to remove child labor barriers to continue in January
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s goal of making it easier for minors to work will continue in January when the Department of Labor proposes streamlining the work permit process despite previous failed attempts to do so. Child labor in Maine has been regulated by state government since the mid-1800s and a key component of those […]
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Cutler accuses LePage of publishing campaign material with taxpayer money
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s publication of a 26-page booklet listing his accomplishments has triggered accusations from independent Eliot Cutler’s campaign that taxpayers are supporting his re-election bid. Peter Steele, LePage’s communications director, countered that the booklet, which he said was published last week to mark the governor’s first 1,000 days in office, does not […]
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Governor adds pricey consultant to political staff
Taxpayers get suspicious when they hear the words no-bid contract because, well, that’s not the way government normally works. Detailed specifications are usually followed by multiple bids, which usually result in the highest quality work at the lowest price. Failing to seek bids invariably means paying top dollar for the work to be done. And […]