AUGUSTA — While Maine’s political leaders seem to have reached agreement on a plan to put more drug crimes investigators to work in Maine, it could be months before those agents hit the streets. In response to the rampant spread of heroin trafficking in Maine, Gov. Paul LePage and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers this […]
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Paul LePage: Help veterans before Syrian refugees
Then the governor brought up the president’s desire to move ahead with plans to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. He says the White House should be more focused on helping veterans. “Mister President, let’s take care of our military that you sent over there to fight to keep our freedoms,” LePage said. “Let’s […]
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Gov. Paul LePage reinforces his policy agenda in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage continued a forceful defense of his policy agenda Tuesday in Portland, a largely Democratic city where most of LePage’s ideas find stiffopposition. That did not soften the governor’s tone, or his convictions. “I’m not here to persuade you or to convince you to agree with what I am doing,” […]
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Paul LePage argues against changing Virginia transgender restroom use policy
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and other conservative elected officials have asked a federal court in Virginia to block a transgender boy’s challenge of his school district’s bathroom-use policy, arguing he is “biologically of the female sex.” A brief from LePage and other state Republican officials Monday challenges the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit on […]
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Maine lawmakers plan to pursue impeachment in wake of report on Paul LePage
AUGUSTA — The Government Oversight Committee’s investigation of Gov. Paul LePage’s role in forcing Good Will-Hinckley to rescind an employment offer to House Speaker Mark Eves concluded Thursday. That didn’t stop at least two House members’ plans to draft impeachment orders against the governor. For the most part, the committee supported the findings in the […]
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Legislative report unlikely to end Good Will-Hinckley probe, not controversy
AUGUSTA — An investigation into Gov. Paul LePage’s role in forcing the ouster of House Speaker Mark Eves from a new job at Good Will-Hinckley could wrap up Thursday, but it might not be the end of some lawmakers’ efforts to discipline the governor. The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee, in partnership with the watchdog Office […]
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Legislative report doesn’t include Paul LePage’s energy upgrade funds
AUGUSTA — A legislative commission won’t recommend Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to fund energy upgrades for low-income Mainers with revenue from increased timber harvesting on public land. It wasn’t among suggestions in a draft of a report to be presented to a legislative committee this month by a panel formed to study the state’s Public […]
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Protecting the safety of citizens
Democrat Sen. Justin Alfond’s remarks about the “morally repugnant” stance of Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to not allow Syrian refugees in Maine were, perhaps, over the top. LePage joined 33 other governors in the decision. Sixteen governors have opened their doors to those refugees. A few thoughts about Syrian refugees: • ISIS has declared (several […]
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Analysis: Legislature to decide Thursday mostly what it won’t do in 2016
AUGUSTA — Legislators will return to the State House for housekeeping duties Thursday, but you’ll probably hear more about what they won’t do. Earlier this month, Gov. Paul LePage called on legislators to approve funding to hire more judges, agents and prosecutors to fight Maine’s drug epidemic. If they don’t, the governor said he’d call […]
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Gov. Paul LePage wants to block Syrian refugees
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage said Monday that he will oppose any effort by the federal government to settle Syrian refugees in Maine after Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. LePage joined other Republican governors in condemning President Barack Obama’s goal of accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, saying to do so “without knowing […]