The former president tips his hat to Democrats Louis Luchini, Linda Sanborn and Laura Fortman.
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Ethics Commission to meet as 2 candidates still await their Clean Election funding
Candidates who are owed money because of a typographic error in the state’s biennial budget say the lack of financing is putting them at a competitive disadvantage.
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Our View: Maine’s spotty response to opioid epidemic isn’t working
Coverage of sober-living homes offers another indicator that the state isn’t setting and enforcing standards.
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Maine Film Festival screening puts conversion therapy, LePage veto in spotlight
Backers of a Maine bill say ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ shows why therapists should be barred from trying to change the gender identity of underage clients.
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Maine lawmakers in special session finally respond to opioid crisis
Several significant bills were passed by overriding vetoes from Gov. Paul LePage, but advocates say more work needs to be done, especially with Medicaid expansion.
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Bill to require state institutions to buy local foods becomes law
Enacted without the governor’s signature, the law designed to support Maine’s farms and fisheries says that the state must purchase 20 percent of its food and food products locally by 2025.
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Parties seek more than 30 replacement candidates in State House races for 2018
The withdrawals among so-called “placeholder” candidates occur in every election, but this year’s candidates may not have access to Maine Clean Elections Act funding because of a so-far uncorrected legislative error.
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Bills to borrow for transportation and higher education go to governor
Although voters must still sign off, the measures send a wave of relief through the construction industry, which says the road and bridge funds will support more than 3,000 jobs.
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DHHS chief says agency will call for more – and better-paid – workers to protect children from abuse
Ricker Hamilton tells lawmakers that the governor will support a bill to increase staffing, as lawmakers continue to probe the workings of the system after the beating deaths of two young girls.
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LePage veto stands, which means family can’t sue state for selling man’s home, killing his cat
The DHHS had been appointed William Dean’s guardian, and the lawsuit alleges that the agency sold his Owls Head house for below market value, allowed his Rockland home to fall into disrepair and euthanized his cat.