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Lawmakers proposes giving the next Maine governor a raise
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine has the nation’s lowest salary for a governor and a lawmaker says it’s time to boost it. Republican Rep. Bradlee Farrin is sponsoring a bill to raise the governor’s salary from $70,000 to $150,000. The raise would start January 2019, so it wouldn’t apply to Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The bill […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says Orono lawmaker should resign over referendum work
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday that the Democrat who co-chairs the Legislature’s taxation committee should resign for his work on a 2016 ballot initiative that added a new tax on high-income earners to fund education. It came after the Maine Republican Party issued a news release accusing Rep. Ryan Tipping of Orono of a […]
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Gov. Paul LePage seeks new utility regulator, slams solar rules
Maine Gov. Paul LePage is reiterating his call for state utility regulators to resign because of new solar rules they approved. AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor is reiterating his call for state utility regulators to resign because of new solar rules they approved. Gov. Paul LePage appointed all three members of the Maine Public […]
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Gov. Paul LePage urges Maine utility regulators to resign over solar decision
Gov. Paul LePage uses a model of a home selling solar power to the electric grid during a press conference at the State House to decry a recent decision by the Public Utilities Commission that he says will force Maine ratepayers to subsidize the solar industry. AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage said Friday he […]
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Paul LePage doesn’t agree with Collins’ opposition to DeVos as education secretary
PORTLAND — Maine’s Republican governor and senior U.S. senator disagree over whether philanthropist Betsy DeVos should be confirmed as education secretary. Sen. Susan Collins says she won’t support the nomination of DeVos. Collins, who is often regarded as moderate, says she’s concerned DeVos’ lack of experience with public schools would make it difficult for her […]
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Gov. Paul LePage calls KKK fliers ‘disgusting’
AUGUSTA — Ku Klux Klan fliers purporting to be about a neighborhood watch drew concern for the safety of refugees and a swift rebuke from the governor in Maine. The fliers were found on Monday in Augusta, Gardiner and Freeport. The fliers found in Augusta said they were from “Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says Maine needs a new form of government
AUGUSTA — Maine needs “to start taking a hard look at other forms of government,” Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday. “There’s so much gridlock in government that our government no longer works,” the governor told Bangor-based WVOM radio during his regular weekly broadcast. “I’m one of the ones who believes that the two-party system is […]
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Trump and LePage administrations want to limit assistance to immigrants
WASHINGTON — While the issue of providing assistance to asylum-seekers is being debated in Maine, the Trump administration could be considering measures to limit how much immigrants can rely on assistance programs. According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would target some immigrants for deportation […]
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Gov. Paul LePage pressures Legislature to provide money to regulate marijuana
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage on Monday ordered the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations to take over rule-making authority for marijuana regulation and told bureaucrats not to spend any money on it. LePage said in his order that “no employee or department of the Executive Branch may use funds for the purpose of […]