AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage says a veteran Maine transportation official is his choice to head that department, and his nominee for corrections commissioner has experience in four other states’ prison systems. The governor on Monday announced that David Bernhardt, an engineer who has 26 years background in Maine’s Transportation Department, will be […]
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Say what? LePage’s quick tongue is all the talk
Page A26, column five. That’s where David Cheever’s flip remark appeared in The New York Times near the end of the 1984 presidential campaign. Cheever, the press flack for Gov. Joseph Brennan, had been asked about the strategy of Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale, who had decided to meet with Biddeford mill workers during a […]
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Whoopie pie bill doesn’t fit Maine
What would a session of the Maine Legislature be without the occasional nutty, pointless, irrelevant bill making its way through committee and into law? Well, it would be more productive, more focused and less expensive, that’s what. Despite the dire challenges the state faces, and Gov. Paul LePage’s desire to restructure state government, Rep. Paul […]
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Sawin Millett confirmed Maine finance chief, first of LePage’s cabinet
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Senate has confirmed the first of Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s Cabinet nominees, Sawin Millett, who becomes the state’s finance commissioner. The Senate confirmed Millett 34-0 on Thursday, hours before three other Cabinet nominees face legislative confirmation hearings. The Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee takes up the nomination of William […]
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Vernal pools an obstacle but can’t be ignored
The wood frog, the blue-spotted salamander, the blanding’s turtle — how cool when we see them on our property? Unless, of course, we hope to turn that lot into a new tanning salon. Tuesday, during a red-tape audit meeting at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College, Gov. Paul LePage said he hopes to revisit […]
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2 Maine Cabinet officials named
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is naming Mary Mahew, former vice president of the Maine Hospital Association, as his nominee for commissioner of the state Department of Health and Human Services. The governor also announced Wednesday that dairy farmer Walter Whitcomb, a former Republican leader in the Maine House of Representatives, is his […]
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Colbert mocks LePage’s “kiss my butt” comment on show
Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert took to task Maine Governor Paul LePage last night on his show, The Colbert Report, for his remarks on Friday regarding NAACP criticism. “I applaud Gov. LePage. Before Dr. King came along, could anyone have imagined a white politician openly inviting a black person to kiss him? And […]
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LePage changes plans to attend MLK breakfast
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has changed his plans and attended a Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast just days after saying critics of his decision to skip other holiday weekend events could “kiss my butt.” LePage attended the breakfast in Waterville on Monday, just as he had done for several years […]
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Gov. LePage willing to meet with NAACP
AUGUSTA — Following his remarks that upset Maine NAACP leaders, Gov. Paul LePage says he’ll meet with officials for the civil rights group. A spokesman for the Maine governor told Maine Today Media on Saturday he’d be willing to meet with the NAACP to discuss issues regarding all Maine’s people. Spokesman Dan Demeritt says no […]
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Anti-abortion rallyers praise new governor’s stance
AUGUSTA — Organizers of an annual anti-abortion rally and march say they are invigorated that Maine has a governor who is publicly opposed to abortion. The Hands Around the Capitol rally in Augusta is held each year to recognize and mourn the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion 38 […]