AUGUSTA — When Gov. Paul LePage comes to your town, expect his defiant brand of bombast. Just don’t expect all the facts to check out. The Republican governor started doing town hall-style meetings last year as a way to take his case to the publicduring a budget battle with the Maine Legislature. Since then, he’s […]
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Paul LePage says he won’t be Donald Trump’s vice president
Gov. Paul LePage took a low-key tone this morning during his weekly radio appearance on WVOM. LePage has shut out media interviews — except for the WVOM hosts and Ray Richardson, he said this morning — so his radio interviews and town hall meetings represent the only opportunities to hear him speak in public. Here’s a […]
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A petulant child
This is in response to a front page story, “Democrats blast way LePage finds funding for bills” (June 28). Gov. Paul LePage seems to view himself as the decider when, in fact, he acts as if he were a petulant child — stomping his feet and wailing about how evil his adversaries are. His “my […]
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Maine calls for more screening for domestic violence
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who ran away from home at age 11 to escape abuse, says he will ask legislators to make ankle bracelets a condition of bail for people charged with domestic violence. “If you’re bailed out for domestic violence, you wear a monitor,” LePage said. He said a monitor also should be […]
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Gov. Paul LePage to attend Trump rally ‘with bells on’
Gov. Paul LePage is preparing for Donald Trump’s Wednesday rally in Bangor. Maine’s Republican governor was one of the first major office-holding endorsers of the billionaire who is now the party’s presumptive nominee, so it’s only natural that LePage would be there, as he was in March when Trump came to Portland. On Monday, after Trump announced his rally at the Cross […]
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Gov. Paul LePage funds programs with executive order
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has issued an executive order related to four bills he says the Legislature refuses to properly fund. LePage says he’ll use money from the Low-Cost Drugs for Maine’s Elderly Program, the Fund for a Healthy Maine and personal services accounts to fund the bills and may resort to a hiring […]
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Creating a humane world for animals
In response to Will Coggin’s letter (June 18, “HSUS should have spoken up”) regarding the recent investigation of a notorious Maine egg production facility by The Humane Society of the United States, Gov. Paul LePage’s wishful thinking is false. The HSUS reached out to the Maine Department of Agriculture, an agency LePage is responsible for […]
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Gov. Paul LePage blames lobbyists for blocking prosperity
Gov. Paul LePage hosted a lively town hall meeting in Richmond on Wednesday with one of the most supportive audiences he’s seen on the tour, which began last year. Several people stood up to thank him for his work and he drew applause after applause as he discussed issues ranging from the five referendums on […]
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USDA says Paul LePage’s threat can end food stamps in Maine
PORTLAND — If Gov. Paul LePage follows through on this threat to cede Maine’s administration of the federal food stamp program, the federal agricultural agency said it can’t run it, due to a lack of authority and funding. Maine unsuccessfully applied for a waiver to ban using food stamps for buying sugary drinks and candy. […]
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Gov. Paul LePage: Maine will ban buying junk food with food stamps
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says despite his proposal being rejected by the Legislature and federal government, Maine will move forward with restricting the purchase of what he calls junk foods with food stamps in Maine — or give up administration of the program altogether. “It’s time for the federal government to wake up and […]