Steve Mistler

Staff Writer

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Published
March 30, 2016

Maine House backs doubling maximum sentence for importing heroin, other opiates

The vote increases the likelihood of final passage of the bill, which would also make other drug crimes felonies.
Published
March 29, 2016

Democrats stall vote on LePage’s pick for unemployment claims panel

They question whether Steven Webster, a detective sergeant in the South Portland Police Department, is qualified for the worker representative spot on the three-member Unemployment Insurance Commission.
Published
March 29, 2016

LePage bills would more than double next governor’s salary, slash size of Legislature

The gubernatorial pay increase to $150,000 a year would not take effect until 2019, the year LePage leaves office.
Published
March 28, 2016

Maine Senate deals another blow to resort casino bill

An effort to advance the proposal for southern Maine falls two votes short and has already failed to gain support in the House.
Published
March 28, 2016

House Speaker Eves tries to bypass LePage to release senior housing bonds

Voters overwhelmingly approved the $15 million bond in November, but the governor has opposed the initiative.
Published
March 27, 2016

In Madison, economic anxiety fuels voter reactions to presidential campaign

Anger and uncertainty surface among residents and millworkers in a town that will soon lose its major employer
Published
March 24, 2016

Maine Senate quietly approves bill backing gun rights of subsidized tenants

The NRA-backed proposal was opposed in committee but was revived Thursday on a quick vote with no debate or roll call.
Published
March 23, 2016

House deals blow to bill calling for casino in southern Maine

The heavily lobbied proposal would create a bid process to build a casino in York County or Cumberland County.
Published
March 22, 2016

LePage calls for new Legislature to save Maine’s paper industry

The governor says high energy costs and regulations are hastening the demise of the state’s once-dominant industry.
Published
March 14, 2016

Former Portland multicultural affairs director Rachel Talbot Ross plans run for Legislature

Talbot Ross, who resigned from the city job last year after an incident with employees of a private parking lot, is seeking the House District 40 seat in Portland.