Eves lawsuit
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2016
LePage plans to claim immunity from Eves lawsuit in Good Will-Hinckley case
An attorney for the governor writes in a filing in federal court that he will file a motion to dismiss the case brought by the Democratic House speaker.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2015
Attorney general finds no basis for criminal probe of LePage in Eves hiring case
Janet Mills' decision weakens any effort to impeach the governor for his role in the House speaker's loss of a job offer at Good Will-Hinckley.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2015
New Eves filing in Good Will-Hinckley lawsuit against LePage sets clock in motion
Although the governor has until the end of January to file his response to the lawsuit, final resolution or trial is unlikely before 2017.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2015
Four Maine lawmakers request criminal investigation of LePage
In a letter to Attorney General Janet Mills, three Democrats and an independent say the governor has abused his power and they want a determination of whether he committed a crime.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2015
LePage may face reprimand after oversight panel accepts report in Eves case
An inquiry found his funding threat led Good Will-Hinckley to rescind a job offer to the speaker. The governor's spokesman calls it 'political witch hunt.'
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PublishedDecember 2, 2015
Eves to file new claim against LePage in Good Will-Hinckley lawsuit
The House speaker intends to accuse the governor under state law, in addition to federal law, of intimidating the school's board into firing him as president.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2015
As curtain falls on Good Will-Hinckley saga, LePage likely to emerge unscathed
The Government Oversight Committee gathers facts but doesn't determine wrongdoing, and it hasn't found anything illegal in what happened after Good Will-Hinckley decided to hire Mark Eves.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2015
LePage officials deny threatening funding cut if Good Will-Hinckley hired Mark Eves
Those accounts don't square with Good Will-Hinckley officials' testimony to the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2015
Showdown in Good Will-Hinckley case arrives, with LePage aides to testify before oversight panel
They'll be among nine witnesses as lawmakers pursue more facts about the governor's intervention in Good Will-Hinckley's attempt to hire Mark Eves.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2015
LePage officials subpoenaed in Good Will-Hinckley affair expected to appear before legislative panel
The Government Oversight Committee will hear testimony from nine people involved in the controversy over the governor's intervention in the private school's hiring of House Speaker Mark Eves.