A U.S. Marine with ties to Maine has died while serving in Afghanistan. Marine Cpl. Mark Goyet, whose maternal grandparents live in Westbrook, was killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 28, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe said in a statement issued on Friday. Goyet was assigned to 3d Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, (Regimental Combat Team-8, II […]
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LePage signs bill to allow charter schools
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Fulfilling a campaign promise, Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday signed into law a bill making Maine the 41st state to allow charter schools, which create innovative educational settings for students who don’t fit into the public schools. LePage high-fived a group of students seated behind his desk before sitting down to […]
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Lawmakers cheer as Maine’s 2011 session ends
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — To the applause and cheers of lawmakers, the 2011 Maine legislative session ended Wednesday evening with Gov. Paul LePage and leaders of both parties ticking off a list of accomplishments during the past six months including lowering taxes, overhauling health insurance and easing state regulations. While highlighting successes they accomplished in […]
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Lawmakers OK 75-mph speed limit between Old Town, Houlton
AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill to increase the speed limit on Interstate 95 between Old Town and Houlton breezed through the Legislature on Tuesday and now is headed to Gov. Paul LePage’s desk. The bill, LD 1557, would allow the state’s transportation commissioner to bump up the speed limit on Maine’s northernmost stretch of the […]
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LePage to lead trade mission to Brazil, Chile
Gov. Paul LePage will lead his first international trade mission this fall, visiting Brazil and Chile with a delegation of Maine businesses. The group will visit Sao Paulo, Brazil and Santiago, Chile, and will be first trip to South America by a Maine governor since 1997. “We have received great interest in these developing markets […]
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Lawmakers uphold Maine gov’s vetoes
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill calling for a study into the health effects of wood smoke will stand. The Maine House voted Tuesday not to override the governor’s veto. In his veto message, LePage questioned the study’s cost and whether it would undermine the use of wood as a […]
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8 vetoes await Maine lawmakers as they return
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — When they return to Augusta to finish up work for the year after an 11-day rest, Maine lawmakers will have to decide whether to sustain or override eight bills Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed. Among them are proposals calling for a study by state health officials into the effects of wood […]
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State’s biggest crisis, 20 years later
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The State House hallways were jammed with irate, screaming protesters, and scores of state workers pitched a tent “union city” in a park across the street. The already cool relations between the political parties had sunk to a deep freeze as summer approached and finally reached a breaking point where negotiations […]
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Former spokesman for Maine gov starts PR firm
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s former communications director has started his own public relations and political consulting firm. Dan Demeritt was LePage’s communications director from January to April, when he resigned after his personal financial problems became public. He has now started a firm called Winning Initiatives. Demeritt tells the Portland Press Herald […]
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LePage vetoes two more bills
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed two more bills, one dealing with a wood smoke study and the other calling for department reporting. One of the bills vetoed Thursday calls for a study by state health officials into the effects of wood smoke. LePage questions spending state money for the report and the impact […]