A legal feud between Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage and the state’s Democratic attorney general returned to court recently when the governor filed a new complaint alleging his political foe is improperly holding back public records he wants to see. In a complaint filed in Androscoggin County Superior Court, LePage alleges that Attorney General Janet […]
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Paul LePage to attend meeting with loggers hosted by Sen. Troy Jackson
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (Sun Journal file photo) AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor and a Democratic senator are set to discuss the challenges facing loggers and the state’s logging industry. Gov. Paul LePage will attend a logging discussion hosted by Democratic Sen. Troy Jackson in New Canada on Friday afternoon. Jackson, a logger himself, […]
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Local job training agency won’t join in lawsuit against Gov. Paul LePage
After three decades of helping train tens of thousands of Mainers for jobs, administrators of the state’s three workforce development boards and the career coaches they help pay for may be looking for new positions themselves. That’s because Gov. Paul LePage is refusing to take $8.4 million from the federal government to cover the cost […]
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Funding turned down
It is discouraging to see that 14 Western Maine Community Action staff received conditional layoff notices recently. After a long career, I worked temporarily at the Wilton CareerCenter following my own layoff and saw first-hand how hard those fine folks work to assist people in difficult positions find training, employment or re-employment. They are unfailingly […]
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Paul LePage rescinds request to withdraw judicial nominations
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage withdrew his request to withdraw the re-nominations of five judges on Monday but, once again, provided no immediate explanation for the change of course. On Friday, LePage sent letters to legislative leaders notifying them that he was withdrawing the nominations of three Superior Court and two District Court judges. Legislative leaders received […]
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Paul LePage unexpectedly withdraws renominations of 5 Maine judges
Gov. Paul LePage Without saying why, Gov. Paul LePage withdrew the nominations of five judicial reappointments on the eve of their scheduled confirmation Monday during a special session of the Legislature. In September, the governor nominated justices Robert Murray of Bangor, MaryGay Kennedy of Brunswick and Ann Murray of Bangor for reappointment to the Maine […]
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Gov. Paul LePage wants to delay Maine legal pot sales until 2019
Gov. Paul LePage is proposing a moratorium on full implementation of Maine’s recreational marijuana law until 2019. According to House Minority Leader Ken Fredette, R-Newport, who is sponsoring the bill on behalf of LePage, both the law that’s on the books, which was enacted last year in a statewide referendum, and a new bill to […]
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Judge dismisses LePage lawsuit against attorney general over cost of hiring outside attorneys
AUGUSTA — A Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit by Gov. Paul LePage that sought to require Attorney General Janet Mills to cover the costs of hiring outside attorneys when she declines to represent the governor. LePage had filed suit in Kennebec County Superior Court in May after Mills declined to represent his office in […]
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Paul LePage rips proposal to expand gambling in Maine
Proponents of a controversial ballot question that would allow a third casino in Maine tout the measure as a way to “say yes to better education and more jobs.” What it is really about, though, is “gambling, plain and simple,” Gov. Paul LePage said in a radio address released Tuesday. He said those behind Question […]
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Tax Foundation says Maine business climate is better under Paul LePage
Gov. Paul LePage speaks Sept. 28, 2017, to the Bangor Chamber of Commerce. Maine’s business tax climate ranking, which sat in the bottom tier nationally 10 years ago, has improved to 28th in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation’s annual analysis. The conservative Washington, D.C.-based think tank’s 2018 State Business Tax Climate Index, which was […]