On Thursday, Gov. Paul LePage blamed Susan Collins for Anthem’s departure effective next year, telling WGAN, “Thank you, Susan Collins.” Gov. Paul LePage gave a sarcastic “thank you” to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Thursday after Anthem said it would leave Maine’s Affordable Care Act marketplace … after she opposed a repeal bill that Anthem’s […]
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Paul LePage threatens to sue Bangor over psychiatric facility
Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday threatened to sue Bangor over his proposed psychiatric facility, which he said could be built in a neighboring community. Two days after the Bangor City Council voted to enact a six-month moratorium to delay the Hogan Road project, the governor said he plans to sue the city under the federal […]
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Taliban targets Defense Secreatry Jim Mattis' plane at Kabul airport
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, speaks during a press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. The spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry said several civilians have been wounded in a rocket attack at Kabul’s international airport […]
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Donald Trump, GOP tax plan cuts rates, nearly doubles deduction
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of the House Ways and Means committee in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington. GOP tax document reveals plan for massive tax cuts, preserves key deductions Damian Paletta, Mike Debonis, The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Republicans on Wednesday will […]
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Paul LePage nominates Sappi mill manager Randall Davis to PUC
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage says he’s tapping a paper mill manager as the state’s latest utility regulator. LePage, a Republican, said Wednesday he’s nominating Sappi mill manager Randall Davis as a commissioner of the state’s Public Utilities Commission. Davis will replace Carlisle McLean, who resigned in June after the governor called for utility regulators to […]
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Special ed preschool services could shift to local schools
The new law: The Sun Journal asked the Maine Department of Education Tuesday about the new law that reduces state subsidies and returns money to districts that create regional service centers. DOE spokeswoman Rachel Paling said in a written statement that the department is in the process of training facilitators to help districts that want to […]
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Maine fails to comply with decree to improve treatment of mentally ill
An isolation cell in the Maine State Prison in Warren.Teacher Mike Lokuta works with a student in the mental health unit of the Maine State Prison in Warren.James Staples being led from the courtroom at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. In April, while incarcerated at the Maine State Prison’s Intensive Mental Health Unit in Warren, […]
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Public weighs in on marijuana regulations
Paul T. McCarrier, of Legalize Maine, testifies Tuesday during a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation at the State House in Augusta. AUGUSTA — Lawmakers heard a familiar chorus of impassioned concerns about license preferences, tax rates and local control at an emotional, standing-room-only hearing on a proposed rewrite of Maine’s […]
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Gov. Paul LePage orders sheriffs to follow federal detention requests
Gov. Paul LePage Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday directed all sheriffs in the state to comply with detainer requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the governor wrote in a letter sent to all 16 counties. The letter, a copy of which was posted to the state website, comes one day after LePage told national radio host Laura Ingraham […]
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Oxford Casino registers anti-casino question PAC
The Oxford Casino and its parent company, Kentucky-based Churchill Downs, has already spent nearly $30,000 in polling on the race to fight a new York County casino on the November ballot. Oxford Casino registered a PAC called A Bad Deal for Maine on Monday and its parent company, Kentucky-based Churchill Downs, has already spent nearly $30,000 in polling […]