AUGUSTA — Lawmakers critical of Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage are looking at a novel way to punish him after efforts to convene a special session fell flat. Independent Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos and a growing number of Democrats are asking Democratic Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap to invoke a never-before-used constitutional clause to report to the […]

AUGUSTA — An independent lawmaker is trying for a second time to oust Gov. Paul LePage from office, this time through a provision that allows Secretary of State Matt Dunlap to launch a removal effort. Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos of Friendship, who co-sponsored a failed attempt to impeach LePage in January, has asked Dunlap to invoke […]

During Gov. Paul LePage’s weekly radio appearance today on WVOM, he said he has moved on and spent most of the segment talking about his policy goals for the next two years, which are nothing new: Reduce taxes and energy costs, work on public infrastructure improvements, fight drugs and reduce social service waitlists. “I look forward […]

PORTLAND (AP) — No law enforcement statistics even come close to backing up Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s assertion blacks and Hispanics account for “90-plus percent” of heroin trafficking arrests in his state. LePage, who previously told the Portland NAACP chapter to “kiss my butt” and blamed out-of-state drug dealers for impregnating “young white” girls, sparked […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — State legislative leaders met Thursday to discuss Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s obscene tirade against a Democratic legislator but remained at odds over what to do about it. Worries about the statewide November election, the future of LePage’s reform agenda and what the state constitution has to say about possible punishments for […]