AUGUSTA — The state won’t comply with a request to hand over voter registration information to President Donald Trump’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap and Attorney General Janet Mills determined Monday that the state couldn’t provide the data without violating its own laws protecting voter privacy. “Maine citizens can be […]
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Janet Mills joins other attorneys general to probe cause of opioid crisis
AUGUSTA — Maine’s attorney general is joining most of her counterparts in other states to probe the sales and marketing efforts of opioid manufacturers. “We need to get the genie back in the pill bottle,” Attorney General Janet Mills said. “Our society is awash in pills and it is killing us.” More than half of […]
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20 attorneys general, including Maine, call for independent probe into Russia
Maine Attorneys General Janet Mills BOSTON (AP) — A group of 20 attorneys general, all Democrats, is calling for the appointment of an independent special counsel to continue the investigation into Russian interference in last year’s presidential election. The group led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey called Republican President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI […]
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Gov. Paul LePage sues Attorney General Janet Mills
AUGUSTA — In a move bound to create political fallout, Gov. Paul LePage sued Attorney General Janet Mills on Monday and accused her of a “clear abuse of power” because she wouldn’t represent him in a controversial federal case involving President Donald Trump’s two stalled immigration orders. Mills denounced the governor’s move for wasting state […]
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Gov. Paul LePage sues Janet Mills over legal representation
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has sued Attorney General Janet Mills in Kennebec County Superior Court, alleging that Mills has abused her authority to refusing to legally represent the executive branch in court. According to a statement from LePage, Mills’ refusal to represent LePage’s administration has cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars. “It […]
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Fraud watch: It’s not the government calling
If you get a call from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General hotline, don’t answer. The government is not calling you — but scammers are. AARP’s Fraud Watch Network reported that the hotline phone number is being used in a scam. Scammers pretend they’re hotline employees. They have the technology […]
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Maine Residents urged to submit claims for Provigil settlement
AUGUSTA – Attorney General Janet T. Mills urges Maine residents to file claims or make their views known on a multistate settlement that provides $35 million for consumers who paid for the brand-name drug Provigil or generic modafinil from June 24, 2006, to March 31, 2012. The time to file claims or express views on […]
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AG Janet Mills warns against ICE arrests at Maine courthouses
AUGUSTA — Maine’s top prosecutor has urged the head of Homeland Security to stop arresting immigrants in and around Maine courthouses. Attorney General Janet Mills warned that “the recent action of ICE agents at the Cumberland County Courthouse will have an unnecessary chilling effect on our efforts to obtain the cooperation of victims and our […]
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Attorney General Janet Mills launches consumer scam alerts program
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills launched a new effort Friday to provide regular alerts warning about consumer scams that she said snare too many Mainers. “We get hundreds of calls every week from people who got scammed,” Mills said following an address at the annual Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit the Meals on Wheels […]
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AG: Fraud victims can get Western Union wired money back
AUGUSTA — Mainers who were scammed out of money by wiring Western Union payments may be eligible for some restitution, according to Attorney General Janet Mills’ office. Under a recent settlement with the federal government, consumers scammed out of money by wiring through Western Union between between Jan. 1, 2004, and Jan. 19, 2017, may […]