Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine. @thisdog
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PublishedOctober 25, 2016
Under LePage administration, state work being funneled to private sector
Privatization, aimed at saving taxpayers money or improving services, is also a trend in other states, but the results are not always positive.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2016
Democrats accuse Republican senators of misusing state and campaign funds
Sens. Andre Cushing and Ron Collins paid for lodging and travel costs with campaign money, then were reimbursed by taxpayers when they submitted expense statements to the state Senate office.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2016
Question 5 advocates try to allay confusion about ranked-choice voting
A poll reveals that the many undecided voters may not understand how the system would work.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2016
Maine voters asked to approve $100 million bond package for roads and bridges
The borrowing package would help leverage $137 million in federal highway funds.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2016
Clinton outpacing Trump by 15-to-1 in Maine fundraising
Clinton’s top donors include a Cape Elizabeth real estate developer and Bangor horror writer Stephen King.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2016
LePage accuses media of covering up welfare fraud investigation
But reporters at the State House say they were never contacted about the case by the governor’s staff.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2016
Trump promises jobs, says Clinton should be in jail, at boisterous Bangor rally
Gov. Paul LePage, who has been at Donald Trump’s previous rallies in Maine, instead attends a university homecoming as he had previouly planned.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2016
LePage orders removal of roadside campaign signs that violate new law
A change in the law has prompted complaints from ‘many constituents,’ the governor says.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2016
LePage likens advocacy of minimum wage increase to ‘attempted murder’
The governor reaffirms his statement that two advocates of the increase should be jailed because he believes the effect on senior citizens would push them ‘to the brink of survival.’
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PublishedOctober 13, 2016
Chelsea Clinton tells Orono crowd the election is ‘ultimately about our values’
The younger Clinton is a top surrogate for her mother in a campaign for the White House in which women are likely to play a pivotal role.
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