PORTLAND — On a rain-slickened patio above a bustling diner, Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday morning became the first Republican governor in the nation to endorse a presidential candidate for 2016: Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. LePage described Christie as a mentor and a friend and thanked him for his support during a […]
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Paul LePage, Chris Christie endorse each other
PORTLAND — On a wet patio above a bustling diner, Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday morning became the first Republican governor in the nation to endorse a presidential candidate for 2016: Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. LePage described Christie as a mentor and a friend and thanked him for his support during a […]
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Rallies for and against Paul LePage pop up at State House
AUGUSTA — While lawmakers spent their morning on Tuesday arguing whether to override Gov. Paul LePage’s budget veto, two groups of Maine voters were having their own conversation at the State House — about their views of the governor. Several dozen self-described conservative activists were first, turning up inside the State House’s central Hall of […]
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Oversight committee to discuss allegations against Paul LePage
AUGUSTA — Members of the Legislature’s watchdog Government Oversight Committee will convene Wednesday to discuss allegations that Gov. Paul LePage improperly or illegally interfered with Good Will-Hinckley’s hiring of Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves as the organization’s president. As first reported by the BDN last week, LePage threatened with withhold more than $500,000 per year […]
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Saviello requests investigation of Paul LePage’s role in Eves firing
AUGUSTA — Republican Sen. Tom Saviello of Wilton has filed a formal request for an independent, nonpartisan investigation of Gov. Paul LePage’s interference in Good Will-Hinckley’s selection of Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves as its new president. Saviello made the request in a letter delivered Monday to the Government Oversight Committee. In the letter, he asked […]
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Some Republican lawmakers frustrated with Paul LePage
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s bombastic leadership style long ago alienated Democrats. Now even some in his own party are fed up, saying his high-profile antics have squandered his political capital. Critics say his decision to retreat to his office and issue a flurry of vetoes shows a lack of leadership and that his […]
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Mark Eves’ lawyer expects to file suit against Paul LePage in July
The attorney for Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves expects to file a lawsuit against Gov. Paul LePage as early as July, alleging the governor illegally retaliated against Eves by threatening to withhold state funding from his employer, Good Will-Hinckley. Eves and the nonprofit organization, which includes the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences charter school in […]
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Androscoggin Chamber president: LePage comments against delegation ‘deplorable’
LEWISTON — The president of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce reacted Friday morning to news that Gov. Paul LePage had allegedly said Lewiston lawmakers should be “rounded up and executed in the public square.” “I want to be clear: the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce finds it absolutely deplorable to wish violence upon a […]
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Source: LePage halted $100K payment to Good Will-Hinckley when Eves hired
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage reversed a routine and state-approved payment to a Fairfield nonprofit that operates a charter school the day it was announced that Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves was named president of the organization, according to a source inside state government. This is the latest development in a conflict that became public […]
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Lawmakers shocked by story that Paul LePage pressured school
AUGUSTA — Even Maine lawmakers accustomed to Gov. Paul LePage’s aggressive style of politics said Thursday they were troubled by accusations that the Republican had the top Democrat in the House of Representatives removed from his new job at a school for at-risk youth by threatening to cut off funds to the institution. “The governor […]