But a liberal economic policy group says his warning applies only to a small number of businesses or individuals who take bonus depreciations or itemize deductions for high medical costs.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
LePage administration responds to Medicaid lawsuit, blames Legislature for not funding expansion
The DHHS says in a court filing that without the funds it ‘lacks legal authority’ to spend on expansion, but the plaintiffs point to unexpended funds in the state’s Medicaid account and say the voter-approved law is being violated.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Republican official: Bayside problems shouldn’t be blamed on one political party
Everyone needs to work together to fix the crisis that is bigger than one neighborhood.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Republican hardball puts key services at risk
People with intellectual disabilities are being used as leverage to kill Medicaid expansion.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
LePage Cabinet member leaves quietly as office is dismantled
Jonathan LaBonte, who could be named in a lawsuit against the former Oxford County sheriff, resigned as director of the Office of Policy and Management last month with no announcement by the administration.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
LePage, 6 other governors sign letter backing Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
They cite ‘transformative efforts to bring peace to the Korean peninsula.’
Posted inLocal & State, News
State police arrest protesters outside Maine governor’s mansion
Eighteen people were charged with trespassing and failure to disperse in what the Maine Poor People’s Campaign called part of a nationwide campaign.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Republicans running for governor pledge to follow LePage lead on Medicaid, taxes, workforce development
But they would accomplish their goals in different ways, and some have more specific visions than others of what they believe Maine needs from its next chief executive.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Former LePage adviser repays state for stay at Trump’s D.C. hotel
Aaron Chadbourne says that he stayed there with the governor in May 2017, and that he repaid the expense last month to ‘remove myself from the pettiness that now envelops our politics.’
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: Those who think idle life on the streets is too easy should try it
The jobless, hungry and homeless in Bayside are that way for many reasons, not by choice, so let’s help them.