Gotta joke for you: President Donald Trump. That’s it. That’s the punch line. Blame it on our celebrity- and reality show-obsessed culture. (I’ve got news for folks who think those shows are “real.” They’re enhanced, scripted, OK? Nothing can be real if a camera is capturing your every move.) Now Maine’s “tell it like it […]
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Gov. Paul LePage asks feds to OK $5 billion gas pipeline
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage has asked regulators to move quickly in considering a $5 billion natural gas pipeline proposal from Kinder Morgan, and others, in order to get more of the fuel into New England. LePage wrote last week to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, asking them to “expeditiously move forward” in considering Kinder […]
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Paul LePage’s attorney keeps up ‘absolute immunity’ claim in Eves suit
Gov. Paul LePage and his attorney continue to claim “absolute immunity” for the governor regarding the lawsuit against him by House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick. In a legal argument filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, LePage attorney Patrick Strawbridge rebuffs Eves’ claims on several fronts, many of them centered around whether LePage has immunity […]
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Ken Mason says he doesn’t want to be Kennebec sheriff
AUGUSTA — The candidate who Gov. Paul LePage controversially nominated last week to serve as Kennebec County’s next sheriff over the objections of county Democrats pulled his name from consideration on Wednesday. The move from Chief Deputy Ken Mason of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office ends a potential legal fight between the Republican governor’s office […]
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Paul LePage, MSHA to discuss housing bonds
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage will meet with Maine State Housing Authority officials about the fate of bonds for senior housing projects. Voters signed off on the $15 million in November. Maine State Housing Authority board chairman Peter Anastos sent a letter to LePage on Feb. 16 asking if the Republican governor intends to […]
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Secretary of State might not certify LePage’s choice for Kennebec sheriff
AUGUSTA — The career law enforcement official nominated by Gov. Paul LePage to serve as Kennebec County sheriff said he didn’t know he’d be appointed until the governor called his office on Thursday. It’s a bold move by the Republican governor — who is locked in a battle with the county Democratic committee — but […]
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Paul LePage says asylum seekers are ‘biggest problem in our state’
FREEPORT — Gov. Paul LePage’s latest town hall forum Tuesday night included exchanges between LePage and Freeport state Rep. Sara Gideon, and several constituents who angrily left the event. LePage opened the meeting at the Freeport Community Library as he has prior forums in other communities, talking for several minutes about ways to reduce the […]
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Mark Eves’ attorney says LePage used state funds to enforce loyalty
PORTLAND — An attorney for House Speaker Mark Eves says that Gov. Paul LePage is using state funding to enforce political loyalty and that the practice threatens Maine’s public-party democracy. Attorney David Webbert, in a brief filed in U.S. District Court, says that LePage’s claim that he has a right to withhold funding from a […]
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Video: Gov. Paul LePage talks about recent Chinese development in Maine
Governor Paul LePage talks about Chinese development coming to Maine and the Lewiston/Auburn area during the Lewiston-Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Thursday morning in Lewiston.
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Video: Gov. Paul LePage addresses Lewiston-Auburn chamber breakfast
Periscope video by Scott Thistle, State Politics Editor LEWISTON — Gov. Paul LePage addressed the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce at its Connecting with the Community breakfast Thursday at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center. This story will be updated.