Since July, the Mountain View Youth Development Center has spent $4,952 with the Bob Barker Co. — “America’s Leading Detention Supplier” — on clothes. It’s paid $2,068 to Bimbo Foods for bread and cereal and $5,670 on milk and eggs from Garelick Farms. The Lobster Promotion Fund’s entire $117,875 budget? Spent on grants. To someone. […]
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LePage pledges to improve education, and not raise taxes
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage pointed to his own homeless youth to underscore his devotion to educational issues in his State of the State address Tuesday night, while promising not to raise taxes and calling for trimming energy costs and plugging a loophole that allows domestic abusers to keep their guns. “Finding my next meal […]
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A public bid needed to set lucrative deal
Mid-week, Gov. Paul LePage received a written plea from Maine Beverage Company to negotiate only with that company — which holds Maine’s current liquor distribution contract — on a new 10-year public-private partnership deal. LePage immediately declined, explaining that state government has an obligation to bid the deal to all interested vendors. Prost! There’s a […]
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LePage blasts newspapers for ‘spin’
WINSLOW — Gov. Paul LePage says he’s not a fan of the state’s newspapers. LePage on Friday read a book to about 100 students at the St. John Catholic School in Winslow as part of the 2013 Catholic Schools Week celebration. During a question-and-answer period afterward, he told students that his best accomplishment as governor […]
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In any life, an occupation isn’t enough
Gov. Paul LePage joined business leaders Tuesday to launch a campaign to interest more Maine students in manufacturing jobs. This is a good idea, no doubt. Students should be aware of opportunities in all areas and realistic about the career paths they take. LePage used the occasion to take a swipe at the educational establishment. […]
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Talk of the town
Good grief So, the man who provides the voice for the inimitable Charlie Brown has been arrested on suspicion of stalking. His only comment when they picked him up: “Uuuuuugh!” Coming soon to a TV near you: “It’s a Restraining Order, Charlie Brown.” It will be difficult to film given that Charlie isn’t allowed within […]
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LePage defends budget cuts
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is defending his proposed two-year budget, including revenue-sharing cuts that have already created a furor among cities and towns. In his weekly radio address, the governor says he’d like to share more money with towns and cities, but the state simply does not have it. LePage also takes issue with […]
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Poll: LePage unpopular, but would win 2nd term in 3-way contest
Public Policy Polling calls Gov. Paul LePage one of the most unpopular governors in the country. But a new survey from the North Carolina pollster shows LePage has a good shot at winning re-election next year in a three-way match-up. Just 39 percent of voters surveyed approve of LePage’s job performance and 55 percent disapprove, […]
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University of Maine System pleased with flat funding, tries to make cuts
BANGOR — The University of Maine System is pleased that its funding would remain steady under Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed biennial budget, according to a system official, but individual campuses still are trying to meet the governor’s call for $2.5 million in cuts under this year’s supplementary budget. “We’ll be strongly supporting the governor’s recommendation […]
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LePage pitches hospital repayment plan
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says Mainers shouldn’t be asked to wait for years to be paid for their work. But in his weekly radio address Saturday, LePage says that’s what the state is doing to Maine’s hospitals. The governor pitched his plan to settle a $484 million debt to hospitals for past Medicaid services, […]