AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and his education chief want every student in Maine to reach grade-level proficiency in reading by third grade, according to an attendee of a new task force that met behind closed doors Monday morning at the Blaine House. Democratic Sen. Justin Alfond of Portland, a former Education Committee member and […]
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Gov. Paul LePage storms out of UMF ceremony in response to student protest
FARMINGTON — Gov. Paul R. LePage, reacting to signs held up by students at the University of Maine at Farmington on Tuesday, walked off the outdoor stage mid-speech at the dedication of the new Education Center. “I’m done,” LePage said, after offering a couple of lines from the greetings he intended to offer. LePage […]
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Milo police chief criticizes LePage for Narcan veto
AUGUSTA — A small town police chief is criticizing Maine Gov. Paul LePage for vetoing a bill that would allow access to an opioid overdose antidote. Chief Damien Pickel of Milo, which has fewer than 2,000 residents, takes issue with the Republican governor’s contention that the antidote Narcan does not save lives. In a Facebook […]
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UMF celebrates dedication of Education Center
FARMINGTON — A celebration to dedicate the Education Center at the University of Maine at Farmington will bring Gov. Paul LePage, University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page and others to the Farmington campus Tuesday. The center will be named the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center in honor of UMF’s former president. The celebration […]
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Cruz backers to try to block LePage from national convention
BANGOR, Maine — Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz think they can storm the party’s state convention on Saturday, which could leave Gov. Paul LePage off the list of delegates to the national convention in July. The behind-the-scenes tension involving the governor — a supporter of Republican front-runner Donald Trump — belied a quiet start to the […]
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Gov. Paul LePage vetoes jail funding bill
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would have earmarked $2.4 million this year and next for the state’s county jails. The Portland Press Herald reports the Republican governor said in his veto letter Friday that state funding to operate county jails is capped. If counties exceed that limit, the state […]
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Why there’s room for wrangling at Maine GOP convention
The Maine Republican Party begins its state convention Bangor on Friday and on Saturday, it’ll pick the delegates who will help decide the party’s presidential nominee in July at what may be the first contested national convention since 1976. In Maine, the 2016 convention is expected to be nothing like the 2012 debacle that saw backers of insurgent White House hopeful Ron Paul take […]
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Analysis: LePage clarifies how to ‘load up and get rid of drug dealers’
BIDDEFORD — Gov. Paul LePage had a constructive discussion of real issues facing Maine on Tuesday night, thanks to thoughtful questions from the audience and the governor’s willingness to answer with candor. One of the more memorable moments was when a member of the audience asked LePage to explain one of the more shocking things […]
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Gov. Paul LePage expects Maine to lose up to 1,500 jobs
BIDDEFORD — Gov. Paul LePage upped his estimate of how many jobs will be lost in Maine in the coming months to as many as 1,500. LePage’s comments, made during a public town hall meeting Tuesday at Biddeford High School, came about two weeks after he generated days of headlines by claiming a southern Maine company […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says 127th Legislature is horrendous
Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday that the 127th Legislature, which finished most of its business early Saturday morning, is “the worst since I’ve been governor.” “It’s just horrendous,” said LePage on his weekly appearance on WVOM radio. At the top of a list of gripes from LePage was enactment of a major rewrite of Maine’s solar energy […]