Gov. Paul LePage wants to ensure that drivers of electric cars are contributing their fair share to the cost of maintaining roads. LePage’s comments came during his weekly radio appearance on WVOM amid a discussion about a trip to Boston the governor has scheduled next week on the expansion of electric car charging stations. The bulk of […]
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Analysis: As LePage goes, so goes Donald Trump?
If it’s true that “As Maine goes, so goes the nation,” the Harvard Political Review looks to Gov. Paul LePage for clues into how Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would govern. It’s an easy connection to make, and one that the Republican governor has made himself: LePage endorsed Trump and ruled out vice-presidential speculation by saying […]
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The same level of bigotry
Recently, Gov. Paul LePage proudly introduced presidential candidate Donald Trump who, in his speech, disparaged a group Maine citizens. Perhaps LePage was unaware that Trump was going to insult Maine with his bigoted remarks regarding citizens who immigrated to the U.S. from Somalia, or who are the children of Somali immigrants. But by failing to […]
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Gov. Paul LePage has role in PAC supporting ‘pro-economic growth’ candidates
AUGUSTA — Organizers of a new political action committee that has quickly attracted some of Maine’s largest donors revealed Wednesday that one of the PAC’s officers is perhaps the most well-known man in Maine: Gov. Paul LePage. The ICE PAC, which registered last week with the state’s Ethics Commission, vaulted into the election season with an […]
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Analysis: Where Gov. Paul LePage could cut jobs to ‘right-size government’
AUGUSTA, Maine — The memo announcing Gov. Paul LePage’s state government hiring freeze and his attack on the media’s reporting on the issue is the convoluted story of the week in Maine politics. “I hope you don’t condone the message that’s out there about cutting 20 percent of the labor force and having a hiring freeze so I can […]
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Video: Gov. Paul LePage explains plans for state hiring freeze
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says it’s time to set the record straight when it comes to reports of a state hiring freeze and large layoffs in state government. The governor confirmed to CBS 13 he is reinstituting a hiring freeze, as he’s done in the past, and he’ll have to sign off on any […]
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Gov. Paul LePage orders hiring freeze in state government
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has ordered a hiring freeze across the executive branch of state government “until further notice” in preparation for cuts he wants to make in a state budget proposal that’s due in January 2017. Documents obtained Monday by the Bangor Daily News indicate that the hiring freeze was ordered in a […]
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Education commission has up to $5,000 to defend itself against $500 fine
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration has gotten approval to spend up to $5,000 to defend a state commission against a $500 fine lodged by Maine’s Democratic attorney general. A hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 12-13 at Kennebec County Superior Court. Attorney General Janet Mills filed a civil complaint claiming a commission tasked […]
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Gov. Paul LePage declines to copy, retain handwritten notes
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s likes to fire off missives in the form of handwritten notes, but those will remain personal unless they’re shared by recipients. The Maine Sunday Telegram formally requested a copy of all of the governor’s handwritten notes. Ten months later, the governor’s office provided copies of just three notes. The […]
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Who would go if Gov. Paul LePage succeeds in trimming state payroll
AUGUSTA, Maine — The budget memo that leaked from the LePage administration last week was big news for one key reason: A goal of cutting nearly a fifth of the state government’s workforce. Gov. Paul LePage also wants to reduce income tax rates and pass a smaller budget than the current two-year document. None of those planks […]