Gov. Paul LePage freely admits he makes up stories to fool the press. In other words, he lies, not only to the press, but to the people of Maine. LePage may think that will reflect badly on the press, but it really only reflects badly on himself. In the future, I suggest any statement by […]
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Adrienne Bennett resigns as Paul LePage's press secretary
AUGUSTA (AP) — The long-time press secretary of Maine’s Republican governor is stepping down. Gov. Paul LePage says that Adrienne Bennett will leave in August for a marketing and communications position at Kennebec Savings Bank. The governor’s term ends in 2018. Her last day will be Aug. 2. The governor said she maintained composure while […]
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Paul LePage vs. Janet Mills: 'She is a Democrat before she’s an attorney'
Gov. Paul LePage’s verbal assault on Attorney General Janet Mills continued Tuesday on the heels of Mills announcing that she seek the Democratic nomination to replace LePage as Maine’s next governor. LePage’s comments Tuesday morning during a radio interview on WVOM were nothing new but illustrated, again, how he has been loaded up against Mills for years and what the campaign […]
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Paul LePage again argues that he has enough power to pardon a dog
Gov. Paul LePage is once again weighing in on behalf of Dakota, the husky condemned to death for attacking two dogs in less than a year. LePage plans to file a friend of the court brief, defending his authority to pardon the 4-year-old husky, according to a letter provided by the district attorney prosecuting the […]
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Janet Mills seeks to succeed Paul LePage as governor
AUGUSTA — Attorney General Janet Mills declared her intention Monday to seek the state’s highest office next year. Calling state government broken, the Democrat said she couldn’t stay on the sidelines without fighting “to put it back together.” Mills, 69, is the most high profile Democrat to jump into the race that already includes Republican […]
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Voicemail confirms that Paul LePage told lawmakers he would leave the state
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and his staff have denied since Monday that he told lawmakers he was leaving town for 10 days during what at the time was an ongoing government shutdown, but a voicemail obtained by the Bangor Daily News with a public records request says otherwise. The 20-second voicemail was left for […]
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Commentary: Why is Gov. Paul LePage trying to confuse reporters?
If I’m reading this right, it looks like Maine’s governor just admitted to doing something that the Russians are being investigated for: making up news to confuse reporters. And then he took it a step further by wishing news never existed. “I just love to sit in my office and make up ways so they’ll […]
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Paul LePage brags he misleads the press, calls media 'inaccurate' and 'vile'
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Republican governor is lashing out at media reports he planned to leave the state during the government shutdown. And his comments suggest his feud with the press has reached the point where he makes up stories to mislead reporters. Gov. Paul LePage criticized the news media Thursday on WGAN-AM for reporting that […]
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Analysis: Paul LePage, Sara Gideon already preparing for next budget battle
The two-year budget may be signed, but Gov. Paul LePage and the Legislature’s top Democrat have already teased their tacks for the next standoff, likely to happen sometime next year. The budget agreement reached by the Republican governor and House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, will likely require a supplemental budget in 2017 because it leaves […]
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Gov. Paul LePage ends shutdown by signing $7.1B budget bill
AUGUSTA — In the wee hours of Independence Day, Maine’s government shutdown ended, after lawmakers and Gov. Paul LePage reached a budget compromise that none of them liked but all of them could live with. The $7.1 billion spending plan wiped out the voter-approved surtax on high earners but still delivered an additional $162 million for education while barely […]