COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and a group of fellow governors are backing President Donald Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing what they called Trump’s “transformative efforts to bring peace to the Korean peninsula.” In a letter this week to Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Berit Reiss-Andersen, McMaster and six […]
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Former LePage adviser repays state for cost of Trump Hotel stay
AUGUSTA — Shortly after his resignation as a senior policy adviser to Gov. Paul LePage last month, Aaron Chadbourne took an unusual step: He reimbursed the state for the $925.16 it cost to put him up for two nights at Trump International Hotel in Washington last spring. Chadbourne, who served as the governor’s legislative liaison […]
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Lepage ahead of the November elections
On a day largely devoted to official party business, several thousand state convention attendees approved a platform — essentially a statement of ideals — filled with conservative ideals. Among other things, the platform calls for eliminating the income tax, espouses the “sanctity of human life — from conception to natural death,” opposes federal Common Core education standards and […]
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Paul LePage vetoes recreational marijuana bill
Gov. Paul LePage on Friday vetoed a bill to launch Maine’s adult-use marijuana market. LePage, a staunch opponent of marijuana, said he doesn’t want Maine to operate two different marijuana programs – medical and adult-use – with two different tax rates and two different sets of rules and raised concerns about the impact of marijuana impairment […]
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Paul LePage to allow road signs pointing out Katahdin national monument
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is relenting on his ban on road signs directing motorists to a national monument that he opposes. A LePage spokeswoman says the Maine Department of Transportation will allow signs now that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended keeping the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and a renewed […]
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From Medicaid expansion to pot sales, State House stalemate leaves key issues unresolved
AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature faced an uncertain future Thursday as State House political leaders began pointing fingers and laying blame for a late-night stalemate over adjournment that left dozens of key bills in an unprecedented limbo. At a minimum, lawmakers are expected to return no earlier than May 1 to take up bills vetoed […]
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Bill to launch recreational marijuana market is on its way to Paul LePage’s desk
The Legislature is sending a bill to launch the adult-use marijuana market to Gov. Paul LePage Tuesday. LePage now has 10 days to take action on the bill – sign it, allow it to go into law without his signature, or use his gubernatorial veto to try to kill it, which is what the two-term […]
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LePage says he will veto retail pot bill
Gov. Paul LePage plans to veto the recreational marijuana bill once it reaches his desk because it would not combine Maine’s medical and adult-use marijuana programs. The two-term Republican has problems with having two regulatory systems and tax structures for different uses of the same plant, according to his press secretary, Julie Rabinowitz. If the […]
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Bill Gates, Paul LePage among those supporting elements of proficiency-based education
Who supports proficiency-based learning? The list includes Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates, Maine Gov. Paul LePage and at least 16 states, four in New England. MAINE’S PUSH FROM THE TOP LePage has long been a supporter, and that has continued as the Legislature currently deals with proposals to change the state’s existing PBL law. […]
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LePage blasts Skowhegan Savings Bank over firing of Waterville Mayor Isgro
Gov. Paul LePage is expressing support for embattled Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro, saying in a letter sent to the president of Skowhegan Savings Bank that it was a mistake to dismiss him over a controversial tweet in which he criticized a school shooting survivor. “Your decision to discharge Nick Isgro is a mistake you will […]