Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., left, accompanied by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., right, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, after he and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., say they have the “basic outlines” of a bipartisan deal to resume payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. (AP Photo/Andrew […]
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Paul LePage rips proposal to expand gambling in Maine
Proponents of a controversial ballot question that would allow a third casino in Maine tout the measure as a way to “say yes to better education and more jobs.” What it is really about, though, is “gambling, plain and simple,” Gov. Paul LePage said in a radio address released Tuesday. He said those behind Question […]
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Donald Trump warns 'I fight back' after John McCain hits foreign policy
President Donald Trump sits for a radio interview in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Sen. John McCain that “I fight back” after McCain questioned “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in America’s foreign policy. McCain, […]
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Donald Trump says drug czar nominee Tom Marino is withdrawing
Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Pa. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his nominee to be the nation’s drug czar is withdrawing from consideration for the job. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., was under fire in the wake of revelations in a Washington Post/”60 Minutes” investigation that the lawmaker helped steer legislation in Congress making it […]
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Tax Foundation says Maine business climate is better under Paul LePage
Gov. Paul LePage speaks Sept. 28, 2017, to the Bangor Chamber of Commerce. Maine’s business tax climate ranking, which sat in the bottom tier nationally 10 years ago, has improved to 28th in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation’s annual analysis. The conservative Washington, D.C.-based think tank’s 2018 State Business Tax Climate Index, which was […]
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Maine Senate President Mike Thibodeau joins race for governor
Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau, R-Winterport Maine Senate President Mike Thibodeau announced Tuesday he would join the race for governor in 2018. Thibodeau, of Winterport, is the fourth Republican to enter the race to replace Gov. Paul LePage, who is finishing his second term. Thibodeau, 51, who has been praised by both Republicans and Democrats […]
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Trump administration wants Paul LePage to accept job training funds
Vice President Mike Pence meets with Maine Gov. Paul LePage to discuss health care and tax reform in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in Washington. President Donald Trump’s secretary of labor last month asked Gov. Paul LePage to rethink his decision to withdraw from a federal […]
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Paul LePage has 'productive' meeting with sheriffs on immigration detention
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and Maine’s 16 county sheriffs met in a closed-door session Monday in an attempt to settle a dispute over holding suspects for federal immigration officials. Though the issue wasn’t resolved, the sheriffs said it was a “productive” meeting that helped both sides clarify areas of contention. The governor had told […]
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Environmentalists to celebrate Clean Water Act in Lewiston on Tuesday
LEWISTON — Environmentalists plan to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Clean Water Act with a news conference Tuesday on the banks of the Androscoggin River. The law, pushed by former U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine, was inspired in part by the staggering amount of pollution in the river. The Natural Resources Council of […]
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Small number of voters likely to decide large ballot issues in 2017
Election clerk Roger Lajoie checks in a voter May 10, 2016, at Longley Elementary School in Lewiston. A relatively small number of voters will decide whether to expand Medicaid and approve a casino in York County in November, according to state and local election officials and a review of previous election year results. In some […]