AUGUSTA — With House Speaker Mark Eves fired before he started work as leader of Good Will-Hinckley School after Gov. Paul LePage threatened to pull more than $500,000 in annual state funding to his new employer, the bad blood in Augusta has gotten deeper than the flood stage it was at during recent squabbles over […]
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Legislators talk about what it takes to impeach Paul LePage
AUGUSTA — Five lawmakers said Thursday they will attempt to launch impeachment proceedings against Republican Gov. Paul LePage for his alleged role in pushing Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves out of a new job at Good Will-Hinckley School. Independent Reps. Jeffrey Evangelos of Friendship and Ben Chipman of Portland and Democratic Reps. Pinny Beebe-Center of […]
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Mark Eves loses Good Will-Hinckley job; blames Paul LePage
FAIRFIELD — The Good Will-Hinckley board of directors has rescinded its offer to House Speaker Mark Eves to be the next president of the organization, which includes the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences charter school in Fairfield. “The Board of Directors of Good Will-Hinckley, after a great deal of consideration, has voted to seek a […]
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Gov. Paul LePage promises a citizen’s initiative to lower income tax
Gov. Paul LePage is still stewing about the Legislature’s rejection of his proposed constitutional amendment to kill the income tax. The bill would have put the question out to Maine voters, who LePage says should be given the choice. LePage is already so mad about the bill’s failure that he’s pledged to veto every piece […]
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Paul LePage allows 7 bills to become law without signatures
AUGUSTA — While Gov. Paul LePage continues to veto dozens of bills, he’s also letting a handful go into law without his signature. A spokeswoman for LePage said that seven bills became law Monday because the Republican governor didn’t take action on them. Among them is a bill to allow an adult to transfer their […]
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G. Mann: His way or not at all
The bully in the Blaine House has held hostage bonds that were approved by Maine voters in 2010 and 2012. That is not the act of a person who compromises; it is the act of a bully. In 2014, the Maine Legislature did not send the governor back the budget as submitted by him. Instead, […]
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LePage vetoes 64 lines worth $60 million in $6.7B budget
AUGUSTA — Angry that lawmakers presented him with a “business-as-usual budget” at the last minute, Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday vetoed 64 items listed in the two-year, $6.7 billion state spending plan the Legislature has approved that includes income tax cuts and more money for schools. The governor vetoed about $60 million worth of […]
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How LePage could use line-item vetoes on budget [Analysis]
AUGUSTA — Despite the fact that most of Gov. Paul LePage’s budget priorities were pushed out of consideration weeks ago, his influence over negotiations was evident even in the final moments before the House and Senate took their long-awaited enactment votes early Wednesday morning. And now that the budget is back in LePage’s hands, he […]
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Maine VFW convention kicks off in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., the past national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said his organizations have big buildings at both the national headquarters in Kansas City and in Washington, D.C. But it’s the 1.2 million members of the VFW and the 600,000-plus members of the Ladies Auxiliary who serve and take […]
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M. Jalbert: Compromising gets things done
Let me begin by stating that I really don’t have an opinion on what and how the state budget should be. That is why we have representatives, to hash it out to come up with equitable solutions. What does concern me greatly is the governor’s ongoing rhetoric and constant blame game, with no talk or […]