AUGUSTA – Dr. Dora Anne Mills has been fired from her position at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a spokesman. Mills, who began work as medical director at the Office of MaineCare Services in early January, previously served for about 15 years as director of the Maine Center for Disease Control […]

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The PAC must pay $26,000 for spending report violations. In another vote, the Press Herald is cleared of a disclosure error.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices levied the largest fine in its history against the Republican State Leadership Committee today, due to a late campaign finance report filing. The panel voted unanimously to fine the group $26,000 for late reporting on about $400,000 in spending it made in five state […]

Aides say the move is temporary, and that the governor will reintroduce his controversial proposals.

AUGUSTA – Lawmakers have settled in today for an all-day public hearing on Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed regulatory reforms. Already, they have received testimony from two representatives from the governor’s office, Darryl Brown, the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection and Charlie Summers, the Maine Secretary of State – and the committee room is overflowing with […]

Back in Augusta after a series of hearings, a panel will craft reform proposals.

A bill eliminating fees for nonmember workers may get a boost from the GOP’s ascendancy in Maine.