Support for Patrick Keliher, current head of the Department of Marine Resources, came from many sectors of the state’s commercial fishing industry.
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Portland’s city manager will reorganize top staff as he deals with vacancies
Jon Jennings plans to fill 1 vacant assistant city manager position while eliminating the other in favor of creating a position to oversee innovation.
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Janet Mills sworn in as governor, declares ‘we are all in this together’
The Farmington Democrat, the first woman to occupy the governor’s office in Maine’s 199-year history, delivers a message of inclusion and hope, saying the time has come to protect and improve the state we all call home.
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LePage pardons former legislator for felony drug trafficking
Former state Rep. Jeffrey Pierce, R-Dresden, lost his re-election bid last fall after Democrats revealed he had a felony drug conviction 35 years ago, then hunted when he was legally prohibited from possessing firearms, records show.
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Maine’s incoming governor adds more advisers to her inner circle
Two of the 6 new members of Janet Mills’ staff previously worked for fellow Democrat Chellie Pingree, Maine’s 1st District congresswoman.
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The LePage Legacy: Triumph and tumult
In his eight years in office, Maine’s disruptive Republican governor amassed an impressive record of fiscal accomplishments, but it’s been overshadowed by an equally stunning list of controversial missteps.
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Gov. LePage reflects on his successes, regrets, as he prepares to leave office
The two-term governor, who was also mayor of Waterville, says he plans to leave a message on the pillow of incoming Gov. Janet Mills at the Blaine House that says, “If you mess it up, I’m your opponent in 2022.”
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Coast Guard crews in Maine to be paid Monday after all, despite shutdown
Sen. Susan Collins, who contacted the White House on Friday afternoon to urge an immediate fix to the payment issue, was told Friday night that Coast Guard employees will now be paid for their pre-shutdown work.
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Paul LePage leaves note of protest on Jared Golden’s election certificate
In defiance of a voter-approved, ranked-choice election law Maine’s outgoing Republican governor wrote that the Democratic challenger’s victory over incumbent Republican Congressman Bruce Poliquin race was “stolen.”