It would be comical if it weren’t so sad. The Sun Journal’s front page report (Oct. 26) on the governor’s new war on drug crimes is another example of the governor blaming low-income women for the drug prevention fiasco the federal and state governments have perpetuated for the past couple of decades. The governor indicated […]
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D. Warren: Hearing the truth
“LePage dogged again by remark,” was the headline on a Bangor Daily News story reprinted in the Sun Journal Oct. 23. But the BDN and the Sun Journal have it wrong — it’s the media that is relentless in dogging the governor about him speaking the truth and the liberal media doesn’t want to hear […]
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LePage to officially launch reelection campaign Nov. 5
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage will officially announce his re-election bid early next month. The GOP governor will hold a campaign launch event Nov. 5 at the Buker Community Center in Augusta. The event is one year before the day voters will head to the polls in 2014 to decide the three way race […]
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LePage, former N.H. house speaker expected to speak at MHPC luncheon
SOUTH PORTLAND — Republican Gov. Paul LePage and the former New Hampshire GOP speaker of the House are headlining a luncheon for a Maine conservative advocacy group. LePage and William O’Brien are expected to speak at the Maine Heritage Policy Center’s Freedom and Opportunity Luncheon on Friday in South Portland. O’Brien led New Hampshire’s House […]
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T. Hart: U.S. in decline
I would like to know what is happening to the U.S.A.? Now, in Portland, they want to legalize marijuana. Why do others have to bow down to those people? Voters legalized same-sex marriage … why? I have see the best years: the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. After those years, the country has been going downhill. […]
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LePage schedules summits to discuss drug crimes in Maine
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and the state’s public safety commissioner will meet Friday with law enforcement officials from around the state to talk about Maine’s growing drug abuse problem. The events, which the administration has dubbed “Drug Crime and Awareness Summits,” will take place in Westbrook and Auburn. The Auburn summit will take place […]
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LePage backs charity basketball tournament
LePage supporting Maine charity basketball tourney AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage invites Maine residents to participate in a basketball tournament next month that raises money for children impacted by domestic violence. The Republican governor is joining the Maine Athletic Club and Maine Swish basketball team on Thursday at the Augusta YMCA to encourage people to […]
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LePage holds firm in opposition to Medicaid expansion, but GOP legislator says negotiations continue
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is watching closely as Republican governors in other states find ways to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, but so far LePage is not ready to propose anything that would lead to an expansion in Maine. However, Assistant Senate Minority Leader Roger Katz, R-Augusta, said his push […]
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Headlines don’t tell the whole story of Paul LePage
Crema is a Portland waterfront café that boasts of coffee roasted in small batches and pastries baked from scratch with “natural, local and organic ingredients.” As much as any place in liberal Portland, it is a gathering spot for a city whose voters have no use for Gov. Paul LePage. Only 19 percent of Portland […]
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Chapter 1: Why LePage was elected
For most of the past 30 years, Maine voters were pretty clear what they wanted in the State House — Democrats, or independents with a liberal bent. Then why did a Tea Party-favorite like Paul LePage get more votes in the last governor’s race than a stalwart Democrat like Libby Mitchell or a classic good-government […]