Post by Barack Obama. LEWISTON — A well-known Lewiston-Auburn shoe store owner is being featured in a video on President Obama’s Facebook page. Jim Wellehan, the owner of Lamey-Wellehan, a small Maine shoe store chain based in Auburn, is being touted by Obama for paying his employees a “fair wage.” The video is a tie […]
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MMA sues for guidance on General Assistance for undocumented immigrants
AUGUSTA — In a suit filed Thursday, a statewide association for Maine cities is asking a judge to rule on the legality of a new policy from the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage that would cut funding to cities that provide welfare benefits to undocumented immigrants. Earlier this year, the Maine Department of Health […]
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How Paul LePage became Maine’s governor
AUGUSTA — For the roughly 62 percent of voters who chose someone other than Republican Paul LePage for governor on Election Day in 2010, the result was a shock. They remember a campaign full of controversy over property tax payments, threats to punch reporters and a promise that, if elected, the Waterville Republican would tell […]
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Pingree backs bill meant to counter Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision
AUGUSTA — Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree announced Wednesday that she is backing a bill in Congress that would reverse last month’s Hobby Lobby decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and bar employers from denying female employees reproductive health coverage. Isaac Misiuk, Pingree’s Republican opponent in the November election, said the issue is a distraction […]
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Maine DIF&W says bear baiting, trapping necessary to control population
With the referendum to ban bear baiting, trapping and hounding planned for the Nov. 4 ballot, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is trying to educate the public about the state’s current bear management program and bear hunting practices. In a press release on Wednesday, the department said that the bear harvest will […]
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Analysis: One candidate’s unfair campaign finance law is another’s protection
AUGUSTA — Supporters of independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Monday, alleging that Maine’s current election laws unfairly prevent them from giving as much money to Cutler as backers of party candidates can donate to their preferred nominee. If the court rules in their favor, it could create complications […]
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Collins outpaces Bellows in campaign cash for Q2 in Maine’s U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is outpacing her Democratic challenger Shenna Bellows by a nearly 2-1 ratio in raising campaign cash. Figures released by both campaigns Wednesday showed Collins had raised just over $900,000 in the second quarter of 2014, while Bellows’ campaign had raised $563,000. Collins, seeking her fourth term in the […]
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LePage clarifies position on Social Security and Medicare
AUGUSTA — In a new campaign video, Republican Gov. Paul LePage attacks his Democratic rival, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, while clarifying and defending his position on Social Security and Medicare. Democrats recently challenged LePage for lumping the federal programs, that largely serve elderly Mainers, in with other public benefit programs that LePage considers “welfare.” In […]
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King calls cybersecurity legislation U.S. counterpunch to online crooks
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said a bill passed by the Select Committee on Intelligence would be the nation’s “counterpunch” against cybercriminals who steal intellectual property online. “For years, the United States has been taking punches from cybercriminals across the globe intent on stealing intellectual property — essentially our ideas — and Americans in manufacturing […]
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PAC plans $2 million TV campaign for Michaud
AUGUSTA — A new political action committee that is supporting Democrat Mike Michaud in Maine’s hotly contested governor’s race said Monday that it will launch a television advertising campaign worth at least $2 million in the run-up to the November election. Consultants with experience in political media buys said that is an eyebrow-raising level of […]