A Maine judge ordered the LePage administration to implement Medicaid expansion on Monday, but what happens next – and when 70,000 newly eligible Mainers can begin signing up for the health insurance – is unclear. The governor’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment Tuesday on how the administration plans to respond to the […]
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Coalition urges State House leaders to call special session
AUGUSTA — A diverse coalition of advocates for the environment, the economy and other interests are calling on State House leaders to reconvene the Legislature to finish work on a host of bills, including several spending measures and a highway and bridge bonding proposal that would support more than 3,800 construction jobs. But those pleas […]
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Democrats agree Poliquin and Pelosi need to go
SOUTH PARIS — All three of the Democrats seeking to snatch Maine’s 2nd District U.S. House seat this year from a Republican incumbent said Monday they do not want to see their party’s longtime House leader regain the speaker’s office if the GOP loses its majority. Environmentalist Lucas St. Clair said that former House Speaker […]
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Judge rules that Maine must submit a plan to expand Medicaid
A Superior Court judge ruled Monday that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and the LePage administration must follow the voter-approved Medicaid expansion law and submit a state plan amendment next week that sets the health coverage in motion for thousands of low-income Mainers. The court set a June 11 deadline for the […]
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Democrat Adam Cote leads candidates for governor in campaign contributions
Candidates in the race to succeed Gov. Paul LePage have spent just over $4.2 million, with a week to go until Democrats and Republicans make their respective choices in the June 12 primaries. Collectively, the 11 primary candidates were still sitting on more than $570,000 as of Monday, with Democrat Adam Cote boasting the largest […]
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Max Linn files federal lawsuit to be counted in Republican Senate primary
AUGUSTA – Last week, disqualified U.S. Senate hopeful Max Linn took his campaign to the streets by dotting Maine’s landscape with political signs. Now, he is turning to the courts – once again – in hopes of legitimizing his candidacy. On Monday, Linn’s campaign announced that 14 supporters had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District […]
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Nate Libby throws his support to Adam Cote in race for governor
LEWISTON — With a week to go before the primary, Sen. Nate Libby on Monday endorsed Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Adam Cote. Libby, the Democratic whip in the Senate, said Cote is “exactly the kind of leader Maine needs: pragmatic and progressive; fiscally smart and willing to invest in policies that help Maine families lead healthy, […]
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Two independents secure spots on 2nd District U.S. House ballot
Two independent candidates have secured spots on the Nov. 6 general election ballot to face Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a two-term Republican. Portland lawyer Tiffany Bond and Southwest Harbor educator Will Hoar filed the required signatures with the Secretary of State’s Office late Friday to claim lines on the 2nd District congressional ballot. Three […]
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Supreme Court sides with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple. In an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy that leaves many questions unanswered, the court held that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had not adequately taken into account the religious beliefs of baker […]
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Lisbon fathers, sons and a legendary baseball hoax
LISBON — When campaign experts asked Republican gubernatorial candidate Garrett Mason last year if he had any skeletons in his closet, the Lisbon lawmaker laughed. Mason, 32, said he didn’t have anything to worry about. Then he added that there was this one thing, and proceeded to tell them an astonishing tale about a man […]