AUGUSTA (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are supporting a measure to create a constitutional victims’ bill of rights. Republican Senate President Michael Thibodeau’s resolution would allow voters to amend Maine’s constitution to enshrine specific rights for crime victims. Those would include the right to prompt and full restitution and the right to be informed when […]
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U.S. prosecutors told to push for more, harsher punishments
In this April 28, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Central Islip, N.Y. Sessions has directed the nation’s federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for far longer terms. […]
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Maine Democrat secretary of state to take part in Trump’s voter fraud probe
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Thursday he has been asked to serve on an election fraud commission that is being spearheaded by President Donald Trump. The purpose of the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, which will be chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, is to investigate Trump’s belief that there […]
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Brakey’s U.S. Senate bid gets boost from LePage decision to pass on race
Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, intends to run against Sen. Angus King in the 2018 U.S. Senate race. Auburn Republican Eric Brakey’s longshot bid to win a U.S. Senate seat next year grew a little more likely with the announcement late Wednesday that Gov. Paul LePage won’t jump into the race. A month after the governor […]
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Gov. Paul LePage announces he’s not challenging Angus King for U.S. Senate
In this May 2, 2017, file photo, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, left, testifies during a House Natural Resources subcommittee oversight hearing on Antiquities Act. on Capitol Hill in Washington. LePage says he’s not running for the U.S. Senate.. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he’s not running for […]
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Maine legislature considers bills to restrict disclosing salary history
AUGUSTA (AP) — Two Democrats say their bills would target the gender pay gap by restricting a hiring employer from asking for salary history. The state Department of Labor and retail, innkeepers and restaurant groups oppose the bills. Bills sponsored by Sens. Cathy Breen and Mark Bryant are set for a work session Thursday. Breen […]
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Maine Dems, GOP compromise on minimum wage for tipped workers
AUGUSTA — Maine Democrats have lined up to support a Republican’s bill to tweak the voter-approved minimum wage increase, while the parties are at odds over a measure to eliminate a new tax on the state’s highest earners. Supporters are cheering a legislative committee’s 11-2 vote Wednesday to recommend the minimum wage bill, which would […]
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Terry Hayes agrees to LePage’s demand on state bonding RFP
AUGUSTA — State Treasurer Terry Hayes said on Wednesday she had reached an agreement with Gov. Paul LePage to avoid delaying road construction projects and imperiling thousands of jobs. Hayes said she is giving in to LePage’s demand to reissue a request for a company to serve as the state bonding agent but only after construction […]
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Sen. King: GOP health care bill is ‘cruel, damaging’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, on Wednesday called the Republican health care proposal that recently passed the House “the most ill-conceived, damaging and downright cruel piece of legislation” he’s seen in his adult life. On the Senate floor Wednesday, King denounced the American Health Care Act as “a foolishly misnamed bill that […]
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Kellyanne Conway, Paul LePage, Tom Price discuss opioid epidemic
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, left, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, center, and Kellyanne Conway, an advisor to President Trump, conduct a meeting to discuss the state’s efforts to fight the opioid epidemic Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the State House in Augusta. The meeting includes relatives of those struggling with addiction […]