Gov. Paul LePage made formal his budget curtailment plan Thursday and — predictably — there were widespread expressions of horror that he could be so financially heartless. Why the surprise? LePage has been warning that this was going to happen for months. We even knew well in advance the exact dollar amount that has to […]
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Storm prompts closure of Maine state offices
PORTLAND (AP) — A winter storm expected to drop up to two feet of snow on parts of Maine has prompted Gov. Paul LePage to close all state offices. The Republican governor says all state government offices are closed on Thursday, but are expected to open on schedule on Friday. The National Weather Service says […]
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LePage to announce $35.5M in spending cuts
Lawmakers have been anticipating the curtailment order for several weeks, since lower state revenues were forecast in November. The Portland Press Herald reported that the announcement could come as early as Wednesday. The administration also is preparing a supplemental budget to close a projected shortfall in the two-year budget that ends June 30. That gap […]
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LePage: Forbes right to call Maine nation’s least business-friendly state
BANGOR — Forbes was right — Maine is the least business-friendly state in the country, Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday. “Frankly, I agree with them. I truly agree with them,” LePage said while delivering the keynote speech at a Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce breakfast. If Puerto Rico were incorporated as the nation’s 51st state […]
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Maine regulatory panel prepares final report
AUGUSTA (AP) — A state board looking for ways to improve Maine’s regulatory climate is about to prepare a final report for the governor and Legislature. The Maine Regulatory Fairness Board will meet in Augusta on Thursday to review business regulatory and statutory issues highlighted during public hearings held over the past year. Maine business […]
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LePage wants Democrats to condemn ‘tracker’
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage acknowledged that Democratic State House leaders don’t have the authority to rein in a political operative shadowing him at public events, but on Monday he called on them to at least condemn the practice of having the man follow him around with a camera. The Republican governor abruptly canceled a […]
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LePage to lay wreath at State House
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is laying a wreath at the State House as part of a celebration of veterans during the annual “Wreaths Across America” event. LePage is joining members of the Maine Funeral Directors Association and their families during the Monday ceremony in Augusta. His wife, meanwhile, is traveling to Arlington […]
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LePage salutes Wreaths Across America
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is saluting the caravan that carries thousands of wreaths from Maine to be placed on graves at Arlington National Cemetery. In his weekly radio address with first lady Ann LePage, the governor says the caravan of volunteers has made its way from Washington County to Washington, D.C. each year for […]
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Maine’s Democratic Senate president asks the gov out to dinner
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The new Democratic president of the Maine Senate wants to smooth relations with the state’s Republican governor over dinner. Senate President Justin Alfond sent Gov. Paul LePage a handwritten note Thursday inviting the governor and his wife to dinner with Alfond and his wife “at a place of your choosing.” Alfond’s […]