Paul LePage’s attacks on Maine’s immigrant community haven’t ended with his term in office.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Mills has ‘Welcome Home’ sign installed at Maine’s southern border
The sign on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery is meant to send a message of welcome and inclusion, the Democratic governor says.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Climate change calls for immediate action on the part of Maine officials
Eight years of denial have only made it harder to prevent catastrophic loss.
Posted inLocal & State
Mills moves forward with solar panels on Blaine House
The administration begins soliciting proposals to install panels that are expected to generate half the electricity used at the governor’s mansion in Augusta.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Legislature must act on bill that protects right of patients, doctors to set course of treatment
Many insurance companies use ‘step therapy,’ which requires policyholders to fail on an insurer-approved medicine before they can access their favored treatment.
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Lawmaker proposing MaineCare dental benefit for low-income adults
The proposal by Rep. Drew Gattine would make Maine the 34th state to provide some form of dental coverage, which is now available only to children under the Medicaid program.
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Maine Gov. Mills rejects work requirements LePage sought for Medicaid
The Trump administration approved the requirements just days before Paul LePage left office, but Gov. Janet Mills says that change would leave more Mainers uninsured.
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Jim Fossel: Maine’s Republican Party has work to do
The party is split among several factions, and needs to find someone who can bring them together.
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This year’s legislative session may pit Mills against her own party on taxes
Maine’s new governor has vowed not to raise taxes in her first 2-year budget proposal, but Democratic lawmakers’ agenda calls for more state spending.
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LePage’s wind energy panel issues report with few findings
The former governor – a longtime foe of wind energy subsidies – created the commission to investigate the impacts of turbines after halting new wind projects in parts of the state.