Citing violations to the Constitution, the attorneys general in Maryland and D.C. seek records from Maine’s governor and dozens of government entities that have spent money at Trump International.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Overdoses rise, yet ray of hope emerges
As preliminary data point to a plateau in drug deaths, Maine is finally in a position to implement measures that have helped other states.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Janet Mills in New Orleans for meeting with Democratic governors
Maine’s incoming governor will participate in electing the next person to chair the Democratic Governors Association over the weekend.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
After extensive losses, Maine Republicans regrouping and strategizing
Still in postmortem mode over the midterms, when the party suffered defeats for governor, Congress and control of the Legislature, its leaders muse on how to win over voters in 2020.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, Politics
LePage plans to appeal court order for immediate steps to expand Medicaid
Justice Michaela Murphy says the governor can’t ignore the will of the people who passed the law extending health care coverage to as many as 80,000 low-income Mainers.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
LePage says he may run against Mills in 4 years if she doesn’t expand Medicaid ‘sustainably’
A spokesman for the governor-elect insists it will be sustainable and says ‘the people of Maine have spoken.’
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Paul LePage no fan of Maine
Governors usually say their state is the best place on earth, but ours just tells us what he doesn’t like.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
Why so blue? Maine Democrats ‘were absolutely motivated’
Turnout emerged as a deciding factor for both parties in Maine as it shifted away from the status quo.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine’s next governor tells radio hosts she wants state to ‘turn the page’
‘We don’t want to have a reputation as being a state that doesn’t respect itself,’ Janet Mills says during a Thursday morning show on WGAN.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Fresh off historic victory, Mills says Medicaid expansion and opioid crisis will be priorities
The Democrat says she will expand Medicaid as soon as possible after she takes office in January and becomes the first woman to serve as governor in Maine’s 198-year history.