JAY — Selectmen plan to meet with an aide to Gov. Paul LePage on Monday, July 23, to discuss their concerns over the state’s Uniform Building and Energy Code effect on residents. The board and Town Manager Ruth Cushman had sent a letter to the governor in June asking for an opportunity to meet with […]
Paul LePage
Posted inMaine, sj-web
LePage, Howie Carr rally GOP base at Fort Knox
PROSPECT, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage and right-wing radio host Howie Carr rallied their troops Saturday at Fort Knox, speaking before hundreds of conservative activists at the second annual “Economic Freedom Festival.” The event — organized by the Maine chapter of Americans for Prosperity, an Arlington, Va., group that mobilizes voters for lower taxes and […]
advertisement
Posted inOur View
Governor should release the bonds voters approved
The will of the people has always been respected in Augusta, if not in fact feared. Legislators and governors have typically deferred to the wisdom of voters when it is expressed by a statewide vote. Last week Gov. Paul LePage signaled he is willing to flout that precedent when he froze $25 million in community […]
Posted inOur View
Maine should start planning for health law
With the long-awaited U.S. Supreme Court decision on the federal health care law behind us, Maine should resume laying the groundwork for the next step required under the law: health insurance exchanges. That, however, will require Gov. Paul LePage to put aside his aversion to the new law and make sure Maine is ready to […]
Posted inMaine
Maine reacts to Supreme Court health care ruling
Nancy Cummings darted between her patients and her computer Thursday morning, waiting on word from the U.S. Supreme Court. Just after 10 a.m. a friend texted her. Upheld. “For the average Mainer, it’s a victory,” said Cummings, an orthopedic surgeon at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington and president of the Maine Medical Association. In a […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Portland man pleads guilty to threatening Gov. LePage
PORTLAND — A Portland man accused of threatening Maine Gov. Paul LePage and members of Congress has pleaded guilty to eight charges. U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II said Wednesday that 52-year-old Michael R. Thomas pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening members of Congress, mailing threatening communications, interstate stalking, and possessing a firearm after being […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
LePage to talk domestic violence with students
BANGOR — Maine’s governor is taking his crusade against domestic violence to a job corps center in Bangor. Gov. Paul LePage plans to meet with Penobscot Job Corps students Friday after touring their welding and woodworking shops. The governor will discuss his personal experiences with domestic violence and take questions from students. The students will […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
LePage: Economy growing stronger
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage sees an improving Maine economy as the summer tourism season begins. In his weekly radio address, LePage says traffic into Maine during the Memorial Day weekend was up, and campgrounds say reservations for the summer season are up by 10 percent or more. This means more money is […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
LePage unveils nine Maine ‘business friendly’ communities
Nineteen communities had been nominated for the new program but only Augusta, Bath, Biddeford, Brewer, Bucksport, Guilford, Lincoln, Saco and Sanford made the cut. Two of the state’s largest cities, Portland and Bangor, didn’t apply to the program. Lewiston and Auburn did not apply for the designation during the first round of applications but city […]