AUGUSTA — Big changes are on the horizon for many low-income Maine residents as Gov. Paul LePage’s administration plans to move forward next month with new rules that will require food stamp users to have a job and some welfare recipients to be drug-tested to continue receiving benefits. The Republican governor, whose efforts to overhaul […]
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Longtime clerk of Maine House dies after cancer battle
AUGUSTA — Millicent MacFarland, a near-constant presence and seemingly endless fount of procedural knowledge in the Maine State House for 30 years, died Saturday. MacFarland, a Democrat more commonly referred to simply as “Millie,” was the clerk of the House, a position she held for more than a decade from 2000 to 2010 and again […]
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Cutler says Katahdin region abandoned by Michaud and LePage, pledges long-term support
Eliot Cutler, the independent candidate in Maine’s gubernatorial race, continued his onslaught against incumbent Gov. Paul LePage’s record on economic development and jobs but also charged LePage and Mike Michaud, the Democrat in the race, of abandoning the mill towns of Millinocket and East Millinocket following the bankruptcy filing of the Great Northern Paper Co. […]
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Democrats reject LePage’s nomination of Susan Dench for UMaine board of trustees
AUGUSTA — Democrats on the Legislature’s Education Committee voted unanimously to reject Gov. Paul LePage’s nomination of Susan Dench to the University of Maine System board of trustees after a contentious hearing on Friday. The 8-5 party-line vote goes to the full Senate on Tuesday. Dench of Falmouth is a marketing professional and former conservative […]
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Bellows challenges Collins’ U.S. Senate voting record
AUGUSTA — Shenna Bellows, the Democratic challenger trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, unleashed another round of criticism of Collins’ votes on a range of issues during a news conference at the State House on Thursday. Bellows, the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, went after Collins for […]
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to resign
WASHINGTON — Eric Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration’s legal fight against terrorism and weighed in on issues of racial fairness, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the nation’s first black attorney general. The White House said that President Barack Obama would announce Holder’s departure later […]
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Boehner to visit Poliquin fundraiser tonight in Portland
PORTLAND — House Speaker John Boehner is heading to Maine to give a boost to Republican Bruce Poliquin’s bid for the 2nd Congressional District seat. The fundraiser at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland kicks off with a VIP reception at 6 p.m. Thursday. Poliquin supporters will shell out at least $1,000 to get […]
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Maine oversight panel to investigate Riverview Psychiatric Hospital
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s nonpartisan watchdog organization will join a list of entities investigating problems at the beleaguered Riverview Psychiatric Center but will limit the scope of its probe for now, according to a directive from lawmakers on Wednesday. The Government Oversight Committee unanimously tasked the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to focus […]
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Candidates for governor have about $2 million to spend before election
AUGUSTA — Spending by the three major candidates in the Maine governor’s race has reached $4.2 million with about 40 days left until the election. In total, the three campaigns have in excess of another $2 million to spend, according to new campaign finance reports filed Tuesday. That does not include what’s likely to be […]
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Lewiston Democrats schedule meeting
The Lewiston City Democratic Committee will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Lewiston Coordinated Campaign Office on Lisbon Street in downtown Lewiston. The meeting will be conducted after the forum for Democratic and Republican candidates at the Franco Center. This forum is sponsored by Young Professionals of Lewiston Auburn Area, the Androscoggin […]