FARMINGDALE — Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday during his weekly town meeting tour that he is moving forward with the privatization of the state’s ASPIRE program because Maine is failing to meet federal work requirements for the program’s participants. The move would eliminate about 70 state jobs. ASPIRE is a welfare-to-work program that is linked […]
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Paul LePage withdraws nomination of William Beardsley as education commissioner
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage announced Tuesday that he has temporarily withdrawn his nomination of William Beardsley for education commissioner, citing opposition that is growing on the Legislature’s Education Committee. Beardsley has come under fire in the past for his involvement in a Bangor-area controversy around the late Rev. Robert Carlson and for his views […]
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Paul LePage: ‘I had to go scream at the top of my lungs about black dealers’
Listen to Gov. Paul LePage on WVOM Your browser does not support the audio element. Gov. Paul LePage took to the radio waves again this morning on WVOM to add to what has become a memorable series of Tuesday morning appearances. This time he brought up his now infamous comments about drug dealers and Maine’s […]
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Iowa Caucuses: Paul LePage praises Chris Christie for not being a senator
According to Maine Gov. Paul LePage, senators don’t make good presidents. That’s why he was in Urbandale, Iowa, on Monday night campaigning for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is seeking the Republican Party’s nomination for president. At the 9th precinct, LePage said three U.S. Senators have become president, according to Politico. John F. Kennedy’s […]
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For Paul LePage, all politics is personal
AUGUSTA — When Paul LePage first ran for governor in 2010, he touted “people before politics” as his mantra. It serves as a pledge to his constituents that LePage will put the interests of Maine people ahead of political posturing that’s designed to keep an individual or a party in power. Though LePage’s effectiveness at […]
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Do not need a demagogue
Recently, Gov. Paul LePage managed to make national news three times: for a crass joke about bringing back the guillotine, for encouraging Mainers to commit murder and for petulantly refusing to deliver the governor’s annual State of the State speech. Enough. LePage has gone on and on about attracting business to Maine, but how can […]
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Democratic lawmakers share details of Paul LePage’s tax plan
Two Democratic representatives who say they’re tired of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration concealing from the public how he wants to pay for a $38 million tax conformity bill revealed Thursday to the Bangor Daily News what they say he has proposed. The Republican governor’s administration declined to answer questions from the BDN on Thursday about […]
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Gov. LePage reappoints Leigh Saufley as Maine chief justice
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage announced Thursday he is reappointing the state’s top judge, Chief Justice Leigh Saufley, to a historic third term. Her term was set to expire at the end of February. Saufley, who was first appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 1997 by independent Gov. Angus King, is the state’s […]
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Gov. Paul LePage advocates death penalty for drug dealers when users die
LEWISTON — After a meeting with the mayors of Lewiston and Auburn on Wednesday, Republican Gov. Paul LePage told reporters that people carrying concealed firearms could help with the state’s illegal drug crisis. “Everybody in Maine, we have constitutional carry. Load up and get rid of the drug dealers,” LePage said. “Because folks, they are […]
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Judicial panel backs Cynthia Montgomery for judicial appointment
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of Gov. Paul LePage’s nomination of Cynthia Montgomery for the Maine District Court bench. The vote came following nearly three hours of testimony, almost all of which supported Montgomery’s nomination. Montgomery introduced herself with the story of how she began college late, after having […]