AUGUSTA — A measure that would likely make it harder to merge municipalities in Maine will face legislative scrutiny this session at the request of the mayors of Lewiston and Auburn. Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, said he introduced a proposal to require a majority vote by each town or city eyeing a possible merger before […]
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Cutler Files case may provide precedent for ethics complaint about Maine Examiner
AUGUSTA — A 2010 case in which Maine’s ethics commission slapped a $200 fine on the purveyor of a politically oriented website cloaked in anonymity suddenly seems relevant again. As Democrats and Republicans clash over the secretive Maine Examiner online site that helped contribute to the defeat of a Lewiston Democrat in last month’s mayoral […]
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Donald Trump 'looking forward' to being questioned under oath
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared he’s “looking forward” to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and Trump’s possible obstruction in the firing of the FBI director. Trump said he would be willing to answer questions under oath in the interview, which special counsel Robert […]
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Maine GOP says Democratic ethics complaint ‘completely without merit’
AUGUSTA — The Maine Republican Party’s executive director said Thursday that a Democratic ethics complaint against the GOP is “completely without merit.” Denying any wrongdoing, Jason Savage said the Republicans “are extremely diligent about reporting all expenditures in a timely manner.” Meanwhile, more evidence has emerged tying Savage to an anonymous website that spreads news […]
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Democrats cry foul as photos tie GOP to Maine Examiner
[UPDATE: More ties discovered between Maine GOP’s director and a secretive website] AUGUSTA — Shortly after lunch on the first Monday of December, Maine Republican Party Executive Director Jason Savage copied an online photograph of Lewiston mayoral candidate Ben Chin onto his computer. Savage’s copied picture, titled “chin-profile-two,” wound up illustrating a story that ran the […]
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Paul LePage blocks new wind energy permits
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage imposed a moratorium on new wind energy permits in Maine on Wednesday while establishing a commission that will meet behind closed doors to study the economic impacts of wind turbines on the state’s tourism industry. LePage, a long-time critic of wind energy, issued an executive order creating the Maine Wind […]
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Bruce Poliquin has almost $2 million in campaign cash, far more than opponents
Two-term U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin will head into a potentially tough re-election fight with nearly $2 million in his campaign coffers, far more than any of his Democratic challengers. His year-end report to the Federal Election Commission will show the 2nd District Republican had $1.93 million on hand after spending little so far, his campaign […]
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Critics decry Paul LePage’s choice of Nestle Waters executive Mark Dubois for environmental board
Mark Dubois, a geologist and natural resource manager for Poland Spring, said this week the company is ready to start looking for the site of its fourth bottling plant in Maine along with two new springs, increasing capacity by about 50 percent of what the company bottled last year. AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has […]
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Chuck Schumer rescinds offer of $25 billion to pay for Donald Trump's border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump’s long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation. Schumer had made the offer last Friday in a last-ditch […]
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Maine bill would allow unloaded guns to be carried in cars on school grounds
AUGUSTA — For the second year in a row, and one day after a deadly shooting at a Kentucky high school, Maine lawmakers will consider a bill that would allow people picking up or dropping off students at schools to have unloaded guns in the car. A public hearing on the bill will be held […]