In addition to pressing his agenda for welfare reform, lowering energy costs and changing the state’s tax code, the governor says a ballot measure for a $12 minimum wage would hurt the state’s economy.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
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LePage vetoes solar energy bill after compromise talks fail
Advocates will push for an override vote Friday in the Legislature.
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LePage apologizes for walking out of event where students held protest signs
He says he was ‘sickened by the lack of respect’ shown by two students at a UMaine Farmington building dedication honoring Theodora Kalikow.
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Maine education chief defends closed-door meeting
At a luncheon hosted by the Maine Heritage Policy Center, Bill Beardsley is asked why he participated in a private commission meeting Monday that violated the state’s open-meeting law.
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LePage’s latest comments about foreign workers called a ‘terrible example for our children’
Speaking Saturday at the Maine Republican Convention, the governor said restaurant workers are hard to understand and the ‘worst’ are from India.
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Attorney General’s Office: LePage broke law by holding private meeting of education task force
Several would-be attendees of the first meeting of the ‘blue ribbon’ commission on education funding were turned away, in violation of Maine’s public meetings law.
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Letter to the editor: LePage town halls should become two-way forums
It’s just not right or fair for town officials to continue allowing our one and only Gov. LePage a one-way bullhorn to spread his wacky upside-down economic message and whatever else passes through his brain while his lips are moving. Town officials should provide a reasonable opportunity for two-way communications and build into these town […]
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Workers from India the hardest to understand, LePage says
Maine’s governor makes other controversial remarks at the Republican State Convention.
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Maine Republicans pick slate of delegates for national convention
In the end, 19 of the 20 delegates chosen Saturday are supported by the Cruz campaign, which could be meaningful if Trump fails to win the nomination on the first ballot in Cleveland..
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LePage veto of overdose antidote bill leaves lawmakers with hard choice, grim consequences
Advocates argue that the governor’s belief that naloxone enables addicts is the same as saying some should die.