AUGUSTA — Michelle Obama wouldn’t be pleased. Maine’s Legislature appears poised to make the whoopie pie the official state dessert. The designation, supporters say, would give Maine bakeries a marketing edge and raise awareness that the pies are more popular here than anywhere else in the country. But opponents say the legislation sends the wrong […]
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Darryl Brown: Self-described conservationist draws bead on DEP ‘attitude’
RICHMOND – Darryl Brown, Gov. Paul LePage’s choice to lead the state Department of Environmental Protection, grew up here on a 150-acre farm — the kind of self-sufficient farm that has virtually vanished from the Maine landscape. The youngest of 16 children, Brown spent much of his youth outdoors, either working in fields or playing […]
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Democrats: Maine Medicaid head wrongly fired
Critics fear the MaineCare chief was replaced because he told the truth about stable spending.
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LePage, on the road less traveled by, prepares to name new poet laureate
AUGUSTA — Poets of Maine may now rejoice. Or suffer. Or whatever they do when they have a big assignment. That’s because Gov. Paul LePage, who spurned the customary poetry reading at his inauguration Jan. 5, is enthusiastic about his chance to appoint the next Maine State Poet Laureate. It says so in a news […]
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Senate schedules vote on DEP nominee
Gov. LePage has nominated Darryl Brown to be commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.
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Democrats draw a line on nominee to lead Maine DEP
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s nominee to lead the Maine Department of Environmental Protection ran into opposition Tuesday from Democrats on a key legislative panel. After five hours of public testimony, the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted 9-4 to endorse Darryl Brown as the department’s new commissioner. All the No votes were from […]
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Marine Resources nominee wins panel OK
Norman Olsen’s nomination as commissioner must still be confirmed by the state Senate.
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Racino supporters file petition to change law
A Biddeford partnership challenges state provisions that are blocking a $125 million project.
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LePage: Ease regulations that protect vernal pools
A key tenet for the governor is reduction of policies that may impede development.
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York lawmaker’s bill seeks to let Peaks Island secede
AUGUSTA – A Republican lawmaker from York has submitted a bill to allow Peaks Island to break away from Portland and form its own town. A similar secession effort four years ago was narrowly defeated in a vote that fell on partisan lines. This time, advocates of secession sense opportunity. Portland’s legislative delegation has lost […]