As we flip on the air conditioners or leave on that summer road trip, consider our power predicament. Coal once produced a larger part of Maine’s power, but the big plants were gradually phased out as dirty and inefficient. Nuclear power met about 20 percent of Maine’s electric demand between 1972 and 1996. That’s when […]
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LePage vetoes anti-BPA bill
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage vetoed a bill on Monday designed to provide information about food packaging that contains the toxic chemical bisphenol-A. The bill vetoed by the Republican governor would have required companies with $1 billion or more in gross annual sales to report to the state if they use chemicals like […]
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Maine ethics law aims to stop ‘revolving door’
AUGUSTA — Maine’s “F” grade in government integrity issued last year by a national group has led to a number of reforms in the state’s ethics rules this year, including a bipartisan transparency bill proposed by Gov. Paul LePage that he signed into law last week. The reforms also include two bills signed by the […]
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Maine job creation continues to lag
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has long said that virtually everything he does as the chief executive is connected to improving Maine’s business climate and creating jobs. Within two months of taking office, LePage posted an “Open for Business” sign on Interstate 95 in Kittery — a point many people pass entering Maine. Between when […]
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J. Baird: I am saying hooray
I am thrilled that Gov. Paul LePage will run again. He has accomplished more in the short time he has been in Augusta than any of the other governors that I can think of. He can take on the Legislature without crawling into a hole with his feelings being hurt. So he has a sharp […]
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LePage veto count up to 57 bills this session
AUGUSTA— Gov. Paul LePage has wielded his veto pen more than any other Maine governor in recent history — and the session isn’t over yet. Throughout the contentious session, the Republican governor has spiked 57 bills the Democratic-led Legislature sent to his desk, recently surpassing former Independent Gov. James Longley, who previously held the record for […]
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D. Soule: Offended by governor
I find the ongoing behavior of Gov. Paul LePage to be deplorable and abysmal and I am appalled. He repeatedly says he is against abuse, but he is supporting and condoning it by his actions, behavior and language. That is deplorable to me as a woman and an abuse survivor. Just because he may have […]
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Maine still in denial about climate change
Tom Boatner would never be mistaken for a left-leaning, big-city liberal. He spent 30 years fighting fires in the American West before becoming chief of fire operations for the Bureau of Land Management. After the tragic deaths of 19 young firefighters Sunday afternoon in Arizona, CBS aired a segment of a previous interview with him. […]
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LePage school construction veto won’t affect Auburn
AUGUSTA — A school construction bill vetoed Tuesday by Gov. Paul LePage will not mean future state funding for Auburn’s Edward Little High School will be further delayed, Maine Department of Education Deputy Commissioner Jim Rier said. In LePage’s veto letter to state lawmakers Tuesday, LePage wrote that L.D. 1235, “An Act Regarding School Construction” […]
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Governor vetoes Fund for a Healthy Maine bill
Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited money from the Fund for a Healthy Maine from being diverted to the general fund. The bill was sponsored by State Sen. Margaret Craven, D-Lewiston. In his veto message Tuesday, LePage said, “This bill does not have any legal effect, since a future Legislature […]