UPDATE: Gov. Paul LePage released a statement Tuesday saying he will not be giving a State of the State speech this year. “This year I will not deliver my State of the State speech to the Legislature. Instead, I’ll follow the historical precedent of sending a written message to the Legislature,” he wrote in a […]
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Paul LePage says ‘bring the guillotine back’ for drug dealers
Gov. Paul LePage’s weekly radio interview on WVOM has become a bombastic, must-listen lately, and Tuesday’s appearance was no different. The Republican governor repeated a version of remarks on drug dealers the Morning Sentinel said he delivered at a recent speech in Waterville, saying legislative proposals to increase sentences for traffickers didn’t go far enough. He said “the death penalty should be appropriate […]
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Gov. Paul LePage to hold town hall meeting on TV
Gov. Paul LePage’s office has announced his next town hall meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, will be televised. The town hall will be televised at 8-9 p.m. on WVII Channel 7 from the station’s Bangor studio. A live video stream can be seen at www.foxbangor.com. There will be a live audience. Questions for LePage can be submitted […]
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Paul LePage administration, Janet Mills spar over hiring of lawyers
AUGUSTA — The longstanding feud between Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills and Republican Gov. Paul LePage has escalated with Mills warning the administration to stop using executive branch attorneys to handle legal matters that should be her office’s responsibility and with LePage’s legal counsel telling Mills that she and her staff can’t be trusted. The […]
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Legislature approves bill that revives $6.5 million conservation bonds
AUGUSTA — A bill that revives $6.5 million in voter-approved Land for Maine’s Future conservation bonds is heading to the desk of Gov. Paul LePage. The Maine Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to give final approval to the bill, following the unanimous approval by the House on Tuesday. The bill revives $6.5 million conservation bonds […]
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Douglas Farnham sworn in as leader of Maine National Guard
AUGUSTA — Maine has a new leader of the National Guard. Douglas Farnham was sworn into office by Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday, a day after being confirmed by the Maine Senate. He will serve as Maine’s adjutant general and commissioner of the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management. Farnham previously served as […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says new anti-drug law is ‘just the first step’
AUGUSTA — The Legislature on Tuesday attached an amendment to leadership’s heavily debated anti-drug bill before unanimously enacting the bill and pushing it to Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s desk. Rep. Jeff Timberlake, R-Turner, said LePage signed the bill into law at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. “I’m pleased the House and Senate incorporated the common-sense recommendations […]
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Gov. Paul LePage not a racist
At a town meeting in Bridgton Jan. 6, Gov. Paul LePage described those who come to Maine to sell drugs as “guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty …. these types of guys. They come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, they go back home. Incidentally, half the […]
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LePage gets things done
The truth can hurt. Those fine-speaking politicians who think speaking the truth is for the birds need to wake up and come to reality. The only thing Gov. Paul LePage can be blamed for is speaking frankly and not watering down what needs to be said. Truth hurts, but it is the only way people […]
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Maine House kills effort to impeach Gov. Paul LePage
UPDATE: Effort to impeach Gov. Paul LePage fails in Maine House AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The latest on a legislative attempt to impeach Republican Gov. Paul LePage (all times local): UPDATED 2:50 p.m.: Maine Gov. Paul LePage says an attempt to launch an impeachment investigation amounted to a “nonsense” and “foolishness.” The Republican issued the statement […]