AUGUSTA — The day a Maine group touted its new online gun-safety training program, U.S. Sen. Angus King took the floor of the Senate to call for stricter federal firearms regulations. Both events took place a week ahead of a new law going into effect in Maine that will remove the requirement that those who […]
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Rep Kevin McCarthy withdraws candidacy for House speaker
“If we are going to unite and stay strong, we need a new face to do that.”-Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has withdrawn his candidacy for House Speaker.Learn more: http://to.pbs.org/1LoysZs Posted by PBS NewsHour on Thursday, October 8, 2015 WASHINGTON — In a stunning move, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday withdrew his candidacy for speaker of […]
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Vet Center still short-staffed in Lewiston
AUGUSTA — Just a day after officials with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs notified members of Maine’s congressional delegation that they had filled one of four vacant mental health counseling positions for Lewiston’s Vet Center, a veteran who attends counseling sessions at the center said another counselor has left. On Thursday, a Korean War […]
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Paul LePage’s unpublicized executive order violated public records law
AUGUSTA — The executive order issued by Gov. Paul LePage on April 20 to start an investigation into the Maine Human Rights Commission, but wasn’t released publicly until Tuesday, was withheld in apparent violation of Maine public records law. According to Maine Revised Statutes, all executive orders must be filed with the Legislative Council and […]
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Vets Center leader to visit Maine after staff shortages prompt concerns
LEWISTON — A shortage of mental health counselors at the Vets Center in Lewiston that drew the attention of Maine’s Congressional delegation has also prompted a visit from the acting regional manager for the program. That manager, Steven Reeves of Fairfield, Calif., who is also the manager for the Vets Center program in the Pacific […]
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In Auburn, Letourneau-LaBonte mayoral divide begins on Court Street
AUBURN — Nothing sums up the differences between Auburn’s 2015 mayoral candidates than the question of narrowing Court Street. City councilors considered testing the idea this spring, using road paint to take Court Street’s four lanes down to three — one lane in either direction with a turning lane between. The re-striping could make downtown […]
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SNAP asset test gets public hearing in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Citizens and anti-poverty advocates on Tuesday decried Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to block Mainers with more than $5,000 in certain assets from receiving food stamps, saying it will only victimize senior citizens, the disabled, veterans and the poor. The Department of Health and Human Services has said the $5,000 asset test will be […]
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Paul LePage accuses Roger Katz of conducting witch hunt
Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday that the ongoing probe into his role in influencing Good Will-Hinckley to fire Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves as the institution’s president earlier this year amounts to nothing more than the latest salvo a prolonged attack by Republican Sen. Roger Katz of Augusta. “This is a witch hunt by Sen. […]
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Democrats criticize Paul LePage on mental illness statement
Adults with a Serious Mental Illness | HealthGrove The flags will be at half-staff until Tuesday at sunset. The Republican governor issued a statement on Monday that faulted politicians for blaming guns when in his opinion, the nation’s problem with violence is about people with mental illness getting access to guns. “Mental illness is plaguing […]
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Lewiston mayoral candidates tout ideas
LEWISTON — There were a few moments Monday night that demonstrated just how much the city’s mayoral candidates differ — Ben Chin and Steve Morgan using the last few seconds of ongoing questions to snipe at each other, for example. “Mr. Chin, if I hear the words ‘Corporate Slumlord’ one more time, in the paper […]