LEWISTON — City voters will likely decide in November whether they want to join Portland in sending a message to lawmakers in Augusta and Washington that marijuana should be made legal for adult recreational use. Advocates from the Maine Marijuana Policy Project on Friday met their deadline for turning in 859 signatures from registered Lewiston […]
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State House candidates get start on fall campaigns at Lewiston forum
LEWISTON — Candidates hoping to win a seat or re-election to the Maine Legislature later this year made one of their first public forum appearances during a Maine People’s Alliance forum at the Lewiston Public Library on Thursday. The two-hour event was dominated by Democratic incumbents, but at least one Republican and one independent candidate […]
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Maine federal candidates largely united on balanced budget amendment
LEWISTON — Maine Republicans, Democrats and independents running for seats in Congress on Thursday seemed to be mostly in agreement on at least one thing. The federal government should have to balance its budget, the same way many states do to stay open. Of the five candidates running for the U.S. House in Maine’s 2nd […]
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Democratic leaders frustrated after meeting with LePage
AUGUSTA — A long-delayed meeting between Democratic legislative leaders and Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday focused on the canceled Alexander Group contract and problems between the federal government and Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta, two issues that have been simmering controversies for months. Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves of North Berwick said the governor […]
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LePage predicts he will win or lose by a landslide
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage says he doesn’t think the three-person gubernatorial race is going to be a close one. On the George Hale-Ric Tyler show on WVOM-FM on Thursday, LePage said that he’s “going to be blown out by a landslide” or he’s “going to win by a landslide.” Most pre-election polls have […]
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Cutler, Michaud support Medicaid-paid abortions; LePage opposed
LEWISTON — The battle over abortion is heating up again in the Maine governor’s race. Eliot Cutler, the independent in the race, said he would support allowing MaineCare, the state’s Medicaid program, to cover the cost of abortion services for women eligible for the government-sponsored health care program. Cutler said it’s a position he’s long […]
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Maine People’s Alliance to host Lewiston forum Thursday
LEWISTON — The Maine People’s Alliance will host a community supper and forum with candidates running for the Maine Legislature on Thursday at the Lewiston Public Library. The light supper is free and open to the public. It begins at 5 p.m. Aug. 7. The forum will start at 6 p.m. An informal reception will […]
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Republican Flood throws support to independent Cutler in Maine governor’s race
AUGUSTA – A well-respected Republican state lawmaker said Wednesday he is supporting Eliot Cutler, an independent candidate, in Maine’s 2014 governor’s race. State Sen. Patrick Flood, R-Winthrop, the lead Senate Republican on the Legislature’s powerful budget-writing Appropriations Committee, said Cutler has the “experience, vision, judgment and character” needed to be governor. Cutler is challenging incumbent […]
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LePage wants drug testing for TANF recipients
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage announced Wednesday that his administration will begin requiring people convicted of drug felonies to take drug tests as a condition of applying for or receiving cash benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The launch of mandated drug-testing comes after the Department of Health and Human Services bolstered […]
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Reagan aide, gun control advocate Jim Brady dies
When Ronald Reagan was campaigning for president in 1980, Reagan drew scorn from environmentalists for saying that trees were a greater source of pollution than cars. Aboard the campaign plane, Brady pointed at a forest fire in the distance and yelled, “Killer trees! Killer trees!” to the great amusement of reporters. After the election, Reagan’s […]