Gov. Paul LePage’s economic development team and the agency redeveloping the Brunswick Naval Air Station in early May met with officials from Bombardier Inc., the Canadian company with facilities around the world. Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner George Gervais, who attended the meeting along with representatives from Bombardier’s aerospace division, described the meeting […]

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine House has sustained Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a $20 million bond proposal earmarked for research and development, just hours after senators voted to override it. The House vote was 88-53 in favor of overriding the veto, short of the two-thirds margin needed. Senators voted 29-6 earlier Thursday morning to override the […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Legislative Democrats said Wednesday they will try to persuade their Republican colleagues to stick by their earlier votes and pass a $20 million borrowing proposal for research and development projects as lawmakers consider whether to override vetoes of that measure and three other bills by Gov. Paul LePage. The House and […]

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage on Friday criticized the Maine Education Association for its endorsement of the same-sex marriage question on the November ballot. LePage said in a press release that the organization’s support for the referendum was an example of the “political game this union plays.” The 150-year-old organization represents more than 24,000 […]

One concern that has prompted the new laws signed Monday is that areas known as “deer yards” have been lost due to logging and to spruce budworms, pests that have killed large tracts of forest. Deer yards are stands of trees — typically cedar, spruce or hemlock — that protect deer from the snow and […]