E-Cigarette vs. Cigarette Use in Adolescents | HealthGrove WASHINGTON — The federal government on Thursday announced sweeping new regulations for electronic cigarettes that could upend the multibillion-dollar industry and for the first time require e-cigarette makers to submit their products for a safety review. Before brands are allowed to stay in the market, regulators would […]
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Gov. Paul LePage handles town hall protest with ease
LEWISTON — Gov. Paul LePage spent more than an hour and 20 minutes with about 100 Twin Cities’ residents Wednesday, in a conversation that touched on everything from taxes to his possible political options. LePage even gingerly handled a group of college students, including some from Bates and Bowdoin, who briefly interrupted his town hall-style […]
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Commissioners table Androscoggin County workers’ contract
AUBURN — Despite recently receiving a favorable court decision on its appeal to reverse an arbitration panel’s decision, the Androscoggin County Commission tabled action Wednesday on the employee contract with the county workers’ union. Members of the Androscoggin County Employees Association have worked without a contract for four years. The agenda for Wednesday’s meeting included […]
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Greater Androscoggin Humane Society broke rules for LePage
LEWISTON — A Mexico woman is angry that one of the busiest animal shelters in the state broke its own policy this week by allowing the governor to skip waiting in line and adopt his new dog, Veto, a day before the Jack Russell terrier mix was made available to the public. Heath Arsenault […]
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Analysis: Expect Gov. Paul LePage to get feistier
AUGUSTA — A federal judge’s dismissal of a legal dispute between Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves and Republican Gov. Paul LePage could embolden an already confident governor who has bulldozed a path to his political whims, no matter who finds themselves in his path. Though the legal battle over LePage’s coercion of Good Will-Hinckley to […]
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John Kasich to drop out of Presidential race
CONCORD, N.H. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich will end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, making Donald Trump the party’s presumptive nominee. Three campaign officials who spoke to The Associated Press said the Ohio governor plans to announce his decision in a statement from his home state later Wednesday. The officials spoke anonymously […]
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Sen. Susan Collins could support Donald Trump
On Wednesday morning, she was heard on a WGAN radio show saying she could back Trump if he stopped the “gratuitous personal insults” and “bizarre” behavior. Collins also said she wants to hear more specifics on what a Trump presidency would look like. Collins, who didn’t endorsed a candidate after Bush dropped out of the […]
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Donald Trump shifts to new phase in presidential run
INDIANAPOLIS — Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nomination virtually in hand, is signaling a new phase of his outsider campaign, searching for a running mate who could help him govern and reaching out to one-time competitors in an effort to heal the fractured Republican Party. On that, though, there are exceptions. “I am confident I […]
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Sanders: Clinton team thinks race ‘is over. They’re wrong’
Data curated by InsideGov WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that his primary bid against Hillary Clinton was far from over, pointing to his victory in Indiana and strength in upcoming races as a sign of his durability in the presidential campaign. “I know that the Clinton campaign thinks this campaign is over. They’re […]
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Judge dismisses Mark Eves lawsuit against Gov. Paul LePage
PORTLAND — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Republican Gov. Paul LePage of using blackmail to force a charter school operator to rescind a job offer to a political opponent, a flap that roiled the Legislature and led to an impeachment effort. U.S. District Judge George Z. Singal ruled in favor of the governor, […]