Isn’t it a form of bullying when a governor refuses to sign some financial orders at the Attorney General’s Office in order to try to force the attorney general to act and think as he does (“LePage refuses to fund prosecutors …” Sun Journal, Jan. 15)? Or to force a community college president to resign […]
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LePage questions Patriots’ ethics
More coverage: Mark LaFlamme finds out for football fans, it’s all about the PSI. PORTLAND — Speaking to reporters after his speech at the Maine Real Estate and Development Association on Thursday, Gov. Paul LePage stated his low opinion of the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots football team. The National Football League determined this week […]
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Video: LePage calls Verso ‘bottom feeders,’ and it should leave Maine
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the chances of the shuttered Bucksport paper mill reopening are “little to none” and describes the company officials who closed the mill as “bottom feeders.” The Kennebec Journal reported LePage made his remarks Wednesday at a Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce meeting in Augusta. His statements come a […]
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Ben Sprague: Cutting income tax will not spur Maine economy
In his inaugural address, Gov. Paul LePage said that the 50 states are like laboratories and we should study what works in other places and enact those policies here. Good idea. It is exactly for this reason that eliminating or drastically reducing the income tax is a foolhardy plan. Take Kansas, for example, whose governor […]
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Lawmakers dial-in to Internet needs for fast Internet speed
PORTLAND — At Maine’s State House and in pioneering communities around the state, 2015 could be the year of broadband. President Barack Obama has thrown support behind expanding broadband and regulators are considering treating it as a utility like electricity. Lawmakers in Maine submitted 35 bills that the state’s broadband development agency identified as dealing […]
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LePage wants $2 million for legal fees in state budget
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage wants to set aside $2 million in Maine’s budget to cover legal fees in cases not supported by the state’s top attorney, a Democrat who has disagreed with the governor on a number of issues during his first term. The $6.3 billion budget proposal that LePage unveiled last week […]
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Attorney General’s office says LePage refuses to approve funding for staff, equipment
AUGUSTA — Attorney General Janet Mills’ staff said Wednesday that they have been waiting since November for Gov. Paul LePage to sign financial orders that will clear the way for the hiring of two child protection prosecutors, a homicide attorney, matching funds for a federal grant and equipment for the state police crime lab. The […]
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Maine community college president resigns
AUGUSTA — John Fitzsimmons, longtime president of Maine’s community college system, has resigned. “Because the governor has flat-funded the community colleges in his proposed budget and threatened further harm if I remain in my post, I have informed the Maine Community College System board of trustees that I will be stepping down,” Fitzsimmons said in […]
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LePage says he was kidding about running for U.S. Senate
Listen to the interview from HowieCar.com Your browser does not support the audio element. AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage says he was just joking when he talked about running for U.S. Senate. He was asked Monday night by conservative radio talk show host Howie Carr if he was going to run against independent Sen. Angus […]
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LePage unveils $2B three-year workplan for state’s transportation projects
AUGUSTA — Those who travel Maine’s roads, rails and ports will benefit from about $470 million worth of improvements and maintenance this year, according to a new three-year work plan unveiled by Gov. Paul LePage’s administration on Monday afternoon. That’s 523 capital improvement projects this year throughout the state, according to the Maine Department of […]