The Republican gubernatorial candidate says he lost the group’s support by refusing to promise funding for a $40 million fish hatchery. The group says it does not pressure any candidate and stands by its election guide, which gave an A rating to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
Penelope Overton
Staff Writer
Penny Overton is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she has covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut, and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
Posted inElection 2022, Maine, Politics
LePage responds to report about Florida tax exemption as Dems maintain pressure
The former governor told the Press Herald that his wife, Ann, maintained full-time resident status in Florida when he moved back to start campaigning.
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Posted inElection 2022, Maine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
LePage unveils proposed plan to topple Maine’s ‘woke’ education system
Former Gov. Paul LePage unveils a proposed Parents Bill of Rights that echoes plans from Republicans in other states.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Maine politicians scramble to show support for lobster industry
Long seen as emblematic of Maine’s hardworking ethos, lobstering holds an outsized influence on the state’s electorate and politicians from both parties want to show voters that they are on board.
Posted inElection 2022, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin stumps for Paul LePage in Lewiston
Virginia’s first-term governor says Republicans have a winning formula on education: empower frustrated parents.
Posted inMaine
More women in Maine, nation turning to medication abortion
The use of medication to end pregnancies grew during the pandemic and could help the state’s providers handle increased demand as patients come from other states to have abortions.
Posted inElection 2022, Maine, News, Politics
LePage threatens Democratic staffer filming him at campaign event
‘Six feet away or I’m going to deck you,’ the Republican gubernatorial candidate said to the man who has been taking video of LePage at campaign events.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
Maine’s U.S. senators differ on key questions about search of Trump estate
Sen. Angus King calls on Republicans to defend the FBI and questions why Trump kept top secret documents; Sen. Susan Collins says there are legitimate questions about the search itself, and the timing of it.
Posted inMaine
Private wells running dry in Maine as drought persists
York, Cumberland and Kennebec counties are hardest hit, according to Maine Drought Task Force.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Politics
Some Maine Republicans join party’s attacks on FBI search of Trump property
Paul LePage and Bruce Poliquin denounce the FBI search, taking a stance that experts say undermines the rule of law and health of democracy.