Stress on children who don’t have a stable home or enough to eat takes its toll in school.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine sheriffs should join Cumberland, York counties in resisting LePage’s push to comply with ICE
Yielding to federal immigration detainer requests leaves jails open to lawsuits and violates constitutional protections.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: LePage backs health bill that would hurt Maine
The governor peddles misleading information about a bill that would do more harm than good.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
LePage says ‘corporate greed’ driving up lumber prices in hurricanes’ wake
The governor says in an op-ed piece in a Canadian newspaper that tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber should be suspended.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Leaked report feeds sense of uncertainty on Katahdin Woods and Waters
Talk of allowing timber harvesting won’t help a fledgling recreational attraction get on the radar of potential visitors.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Despite support and visits, LePage has seen little assistance from Trump on key issues
Despite the Republicans’ warm relationship, Washington hasn’t helped Maine’s governor notch wins on priorities such as the Katahdin monument or Medicaid copays.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Boothbay home LePages bought 3 years ago is back on the market
The colonial is listed for $409,000, nearly twice as much as what the governor and his wife bought it for out of foreclosure in 2014.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: LePage cuts mean more Mainers end up hungry
Barriers touted as ways to ensure fiscal responsibility are keeping those who deserve it from getting help.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Expanding Medicaid will help Maine hospitals, health centers and the economy
A ‘yes’ vote on Question 2 this Nov. 7 is a vote for jobs, for care and for facts over fear.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Speaker of Maine House asks LePage to reconsider and accept federal workforce funds
The governor’s request to change the way the $8 million is allocated was denied, and leaders of the state’s workforce boards have been told the state would no longer accept the federal funding.