She says Derek Langhauser – and her pick to be his deputy, Linda Pistner from the Attorney General’s Office – have dedicated their careers to the state.
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Actor Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to groping busboy
The Oscar-winner is accused of groping an 18-year-old man in a crowded Nantucket bar.
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Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time
The justice who had surgery for cancer is working from home.
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Taxpayer cost of LePage’s stay at Trump hotel to finally be released?
It’s one of several public records requests that the former governor failed to fulfill before leaving office. His successor is expected to address them promptly.
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Susan Collins hopeful of compromise on shutdown
On Meet The Press, Collins said a return to previous bill is possible.
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LePage legal fights tested limits, cost Maine $900,000
Newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. Janet Mills comes into office with some of those lawsuits still pending.
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Gov. Mills says public has right to know about pardons
With a person’s pardon confidential under state law, the state can’t release archived records about former Gov. Paul LePage’s pardon of former GOP lawmaker Jeffrey Pierce.
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Marijuana dispensaries’ big donations to Mills inaugural have caregivers crying foul
Three dispensaries, combined, had donated nearly 20 percent of the money collected to usher in the new governor as of Dec. 22.
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Mary Mayhew leaves job as U.S. Medicaid chief after less than 3 months
The former Maine DHHS commissioner and gubernatorial candidate resigns from her position in the Trump administration to lead the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
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LePage pardoned former Republican lawmaker against clemency board’s recommendation
A former longtime member of the clemency board says the pardon of Jeffrey Pierce was highly unusual, and a national expert says Maine’s pardon process lacks accountability.