SKOWHEGAN — A Maine propane dealer who sparked a furor by declaring that he wouldn’t sell to customers who voted for President-elect Donald Trump says critics won’t have him to kick around for much longer. Michael Turner said he’s retiring Dec. 31. The Skowhegan businessman said he was shocked by the scope of outrage and […]
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Donald Trump, security adviser Michael Flynn to discuss attacks abroad
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with his incoming national security adviser in the aftermath of violence abroad as the process of filling top jobs in his administration presses on, marked by some infighting among advisers. Trump opened his day Wednesday by boasting anew about his Nov. 8 election victory, […]
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Legislature may restrict marijuana edibles when it takes up referendum
AUGUSTA — Among the first items of business when legislators return next month will be a couple of quick fixes to the recreational marijuana measure approved by voters in November. House Speaker Sara Gideon said Wednesday that two changes are “front and center” to correct problems some have identified with the legalization referendum. She told […]
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Fact Check: Maine must enact voter-approved referendums
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage has a history of interpreting the state Constitutional in ways that are later discredited, but that didn’t stop him from lobbing more dubious claims this week. In a Tuesday interview on WVOM-FM, LePage claimed Maine’s constitution says approved ballot referendums are just “recommendations” that “the legislature doesn’t even have […]
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Bernie Sanders gets electoral vote in Hawaii thanks to Maine elector
Presidential elector David Bright got shut down in Maine when he tried to vote for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, but his effort may have helped the Vermont progressive snag an electoral vote in Hawaii. David Mulinix, an elector in the Aloha State who wore a lei made of green jade flowers, apparently watched Maine’s Electoral […]
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Gov. Paul LePage announces plan to cut addiction care waitlists
Gov. Paul LePage’s administration is poised to make what sounds like a major announcement this morning in regards to an expansion of substance abuse treatment opportunities in Maine. Mary Mayhew, commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Christopher Pezzullo will brief reporters later this morning on a plan […]
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Gov. Paul LePage ’embarrassed’ by bid to vote for Bernie Sanders
LePage said he felt “very, very embarrassed” Monday watching Bright in the House chambers in Augusta as the organic farmer from Dixmont sought to dodge a state law requiring that he cast his ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton, who won the statewide vote last month. Bright, one of the state’s four electors, said he thought […]
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Sanders vote tossed out of Maine’s Electoral College
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Electoral College snubbed U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday. Even though one of the state’s four electors, David Bright, cast a ballot for Sanders, it didn’t count. Ruled out of order because Bright had a legal obligation to back Hillary Clinton, the electors voted a second time for president and Sanders was […]
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Question 1 results expected to reach LePage’s desk this week
AUGUSTA — The results of a Maine referendum on the legalization of marijuana in the state will likely head to the governor’s desk this week. Maine voters narrowly approved legalization of recreational marijuana in November. A group campaigning against legalization dropped a request for a recount on Saturday. A spokeswoman for the Maine secretary of […]
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Analysis: Who looks like they will run for governor of Maine in 2018
AUGUSTA — The behind-the-scenes campaign for the Blaine House in 2018 has begun, with Republicans waiting to see if federal officeholders jump in, Democrats looking early at a potential insider-outsider race and independents mulling bids. It’s a race that could reshape Maine, with the term-limited Paul LePage leaving the governorship in 2019, eight years after […]