Some suggest that the ‘old’ design be rolled out for Maine’s bicentennial celebration in 2020 and put to voters.
Scott Thistle
Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine.
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Lawmaker wants to redesign Maine’s state flag
Rep. Janice Cooper says a streamlined, 1901 version of the flag that features a star and a pine tree is one that resonates with both conservatives on the right and “Portland hipsters.”
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Maine legislative committee again rejects voter identification bill
Conservative lawmakers long have pushed for requiring government-issued photo IDs at the polls, despite a lack of evidence of voter fraud.
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Supplemental budget supports medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder
The Legislature’s budget-writing committee approved a $7.5 million spending package that will end time limits on Medicaid eligibility for Methadone treatments established under former Gov. Paul LePage.
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Updates proposed to Maine’s bottle bill include bigger deposits, higher handling fees
The redemption centers that handle bottles and cans say they can’t cover rising costs, such as the new minimum wage, with the fees that are fixed by state law.
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Do auto inspections make driving safer? Bills to scrap them reveal a difference of opinion.
The Legislature’s Transportation Committee hears arguments on proposals to repeal the inspection requirement for most vehicles.
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Flaws in Maine’s child protection system frustrate frontline workers, report says
Caseworkers in the child protective services system are overburdened, lack support and training, and struggle with outdated systems that force them to do work on their own time, the Legislature’s watchdog agency finds.
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Mills ends Maine’s absence from National Governors Association meeting
The trip, the first for Mills as governor, includes a group dinner Sunday hosted by President Trump.
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Bill calls for amendment to prevent Maine voters from passing tax increases
Supporters of the measure to amend the state constitution say out-of-state special interest groups are using the referendum process to raise taxes with ballot questions that voters don’t understand.
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Maine paid for 40 rooms at Trump hotel for LePage, staff
Newly released receipts reveal nearly a dozen trips to the president’s luxury hotel, part of $170,000 in out-of-state travel by the former Maine governor in recent years.