The measure looks to set enforceable standards for residential treatment programs across Maine.

The recommendations include several bills already before the Legislature, as well as ideas proposed by previous task forces but never funded or implemented.

The governor, who has vetoed Medicaid expansion bills five times, says the expansion approved by voters can’t be funded with tax increases or the state’s rainy-day fund.

The Republican governor insists on no new taxes and no tapping into emergency reserves to expand health care coverage.

In comments at an event in Lewiston, the governor described the story, first published by The Washington Post, as ‘vile.’

The Maine senator won commitments from President Trump and the Senate majority leader to support bills to stabilize Obamacare as part of a resolution to keep the federal government operating.

The Democratic congresswoman says she’ll decide by the end of the month whether to enter the crowded field hoping to succeed Gov. Paul LePage.