AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has turned in his signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot. LePage made a brief appearance at the secretary of state’s office, where supporters gathered Friday. Democratic challenger, Rep. Mike Michaud, submitted his petitions earlier this month. Candidates for governor and U.S. Senate must submit 2,000 signatures by […]
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PAC re-registers to support Cutler’s gubernatorial campaign
AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler, who in December announced that he will campaign “unbought” and without help from political action committees, said Friday that he has no control over a PAC set up recently for his campaign’s benefit. The Campaign for Maine PAC, which supported Cutler in 2010 and spent more than […]
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Androscoggin County GOP Committee to meet in Auburn
AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Republican Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 17, at Auburn Hall, second floor. Nominations will be held for register of probate and a section of the bylaws will be reviewed.
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Federal DOE grants an additional $1.7 million for Maine schools
Maine was one of 10 states awarded additional federal grant money Thursday to turn around struggling schools. It’s part of the same pot of funds awarded to Lewiston last year for Montello Elementary School. The latest grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Improvement Grants program ranged from $46.7 million for Texas to $1.1 […]
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Live coverage: Government Oversight Committee questioning of CDC officials in document-shredding probe
AUGUSTA — Five Maine Center for Disease Control officials are to appear before the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee at 9 a.m. Friday in a document-shredding probe. The questioning will appear live on SunJournal.com. The Sun Journal also will offer live Twitter updates via @SunJournal. There will be complete coverage in Saturday’s newspaper. The five […]
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Federal report details Maine’s efforts to root out Medicaid fraud
Maine investigations of Medicaid fraud resulted in nearly $7.5 million in recoveries in fiscal year 2013, according to new federal data. Nearly all of that money, which includes funds due to the federal government, was owed by drug makers to settle civil charges, including improper marketing of prescription medications. One of the highest-profile cases was […]
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Maine DHHS taps patient advocate to head Riverview Psychiatric Hospital
AUGUSTA – Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew has appointed Robert “Jay” Harper, a veteran of state government, as the acting superintendent at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta. The appointment comes on the heels of Mayhew terminating former Riverview Superintendent Mary Louise McEwen earlier this month for unspecified reasons. Riverview is a […]
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Maine Senate passes Medicaid expansion bill without a veto-proof majority
AUGUSTA — After more than three hours of debate on a Republican compromise to a Democratic effort to expand Maine’s low-income health care program, known as MaineCare, the compromise passed 22-13 Wednesday in the state Senate. The measure failed to garner the 24 votes it would need to be considered safe from a Gov. Paul […]
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Our View: LePage resorts to failed tactics of war on drugs
After 40 years and countless billions spent, 82 percent of Americans feel the long-running war on drugs has failed. Somehow, with just a little more money and the same tactics, Gov. Paul LePage thinks he can turn things around. Tuesday, the governor proposed doubling down on that failed war, which is largely a law-enforcement approach […]
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LePage vetoes bill to restrict fireworks
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would’ve placed some limits on fireworks use. LePage said the bill that would’ve restricted the use of fireworks before noon and clarified that their irresponsible use could represent disorderly conduct represented “heavy-handed regulations.” He also said the bill “seeks to roll back […]