KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — Maine’s self-proclaimed “blue-collar governor” is headed to genteel Kennebunkport for a fundraiser. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is headlining Tuesday’s event to raise money for Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s re-election campaign. The fundraiser is being held at the waterfront Nonantum Resort in the coastal town where Bush’s father, former President George H.W. […]
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M. Keim: Stop using the scare tactics
Kudos to the Maine House and Senate for having the courage to overturn the governor’s veto of the state budget bill. I always hear the same old arguments about change — restaurants will close if the patrons can’t smoke; bars will close if people can’t smoke; families will fall apart and people will be forced […]
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Override vote reveals widening gulf between governor and his party
End-of-session votes are often dramatic, but they rarely carry quite the weighty consequences of the ones which took place as Republicans joined Democrats to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of the biennial state budget, something that’s never happened before. Thus begins a struggle for the definition of the Republican Party in Maine, with the outcome […]
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Gov. Paul LePage alienates lawmakers after meeting top goals
AUGUSTA — Moderate Republicans backed away from Gov. Paul LePage this week in the wake of his largest legislative defeat and a string of public outbursts in which the governor crudely insulted a Democratic senator and toyed with a run for Congress rather than re-election to the Blaine House. The governor suffered his most significant […]
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Independent lawmaker says he will introduce legislation to censure LePage
AUGUSTA — An independent lawmaker who has clashed with Gov. Paul LePage in the past will introduce legislation Thursday morning in an effort to censure the governor for “insulting, discourteous or disparaging” comments he has made since taking office, including a now-infamous “Vaseline” reference LePage made last week. Rep. Joseph Brooks, I-Winterport, told the Bangor […]
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LePage signs bill to help veterans get civilian jobs
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill designed to make it easier for veterans and their spouses to get back into civilian work following military service. Under the new law, boards, commissions or agencies affiliated with the state’s professional and financial regulations department will develop a process to expedite professional licenses […]
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Republicans need to weigh options carefully
As Republican legislators prepare to vote tomorrow on whether to sustain or override Gov. Paul LePage’s budget veto, they should ask themselves two questions: 1. Should I vote to impose severe service cuts and property tax increases on the communities in my district in order to maintain the governor’s anti-tax pledge? 2. Or is it […]
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LePage vetoes budget
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage followed through on his vow to veto a compromise budget sent to to him June 13 by the Legislature. The Republican governor issued his veto letter Monday afternoon. In his veto message, LePage said the budget harms students and elderly Mainers. He also repeated his complaint that the state’s “welfare” spending cuts […]
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LePage apologizes to loggers but not to Jackson; says ‘everything’s on the table’ for 2014 plans
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage told reporters in an interview Friday that he is mulling a run for Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s congressional seat and said that any fundraising he has done for the 2014 gubernatorial campaign could be donated to domestic violence causes. In response to a reporter’s question about whether inflammatory […]
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LePage’s budget fix illegal, attorney general says
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage called on lawmakers Thursday to sign off on a 60-day spending fix to buy time to negotiate a new budget that doesn’t raise taxes, but state Attorney General Janet Mills called into question the legality of a temporary budget. Mills said in a letter to lawmakers that Maine’s constitution […]