Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio appearance on WVOM on Tuesday to discuss health care in Maine and how we could all have access to it — with massive reforms to the system from the ground up. “I think everybody should, can and will have it,” said LePage. “The problem is, we say that we’re a […]
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Group forms to fight Maine marijuana ballot question
LEWISTON — A new coalition aimed at defeating a November ballot question that will ask Maine voters to make marijuana legal for recreational use under state law is growing, according to a coalition leader. Mainers Protecting Our Youth and Communities includes parents, health experts, clergy and police, said Scott Gagnon, the coalition’s spokesman and the chairman […]
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Chellie Pingree asks Obama to create monument in Maine
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has written to President Barack Obama to encourage him to create a national monument in northern Maine. In her letter, the Maine Democrat said Tuesday that she believes a proposal to donate 87,500 acres by a foundation created by the co-founder of Burt’s Bees is supported by “most people […]
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Donald Trump says he gave $5.6 million to veteran charities
NEW YORK — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump provided details Tuesday of the charities that received millions of dollars from a veterans’ fundraiser he held earlier this year following sustained pressure from media outlets trying to account for the promised funds. Trump told reporters at a news conference in New York that his fundraiser, […]
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Why the CIA has briefed presidential candidates since Eisenhower
Started by President Harry S. Truman, the briefings are designed to get the candidates, before they walk into the Oval Office, up to speed on problems around the globe. Truman, who was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vice president for almost three months before Roosevelt died, first learned about the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb […]
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Ande Smith, Mark Holbrook battle for GOP nod in Maine’s 1st District
PORTLAND — Navy veteran Ande Smith and psychologist Mark Holbrook believe they have what it takes to beat four-term Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree. But first the Republicans have to battle each other. They will face off on the June 14 primary ballot in Maine’s 1st Congressional District, which covers the southwestern corner of the state […]
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Let Maine’s north woods join this country’s crown jewels
You shouldn’t look a “gift horse in the mouth,” but a lot of Mainers are doing just that when it comes to businesswoman Roxanne Quimby’s offer to donate 87,500 acres and $20 million to establish a national monument east of Baxter State Park in northern Maine. (Unlike national parks, which must be authorized by Congress, […]
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Games we play are all too real
Why is Gov. Paul LePage treating the Department of Education like a version of SimCity? The state’s governing body on education is not a game for a person to build, craft and control a simulated environment to suit the imagination. It’s a billion-dollar policy and funding engine responsible for licensing teachers and delivering education to […]
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Bernie needs a hard dose of reality
“You can’t always get what you want.” — The Rolling Stones A few words in defense of pragmatism. That ideal has taken quite a beating lately, mostly at the hands of Bernie Sanders and his supporters. The Vermont senator faces a virtually impossible deficit in his battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. […]
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DOE breathes new life into UMaine offshore wind project
PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Department of Energy has cleared the University of Maine’s offshore wind project and two other over-water wind farms to receive up to $40 million more to build a full-scale demonstration projects. The UMaine project leapfrogged over others that were initially selected as finalists for a grant funding round that, with […]