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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PublishedSeptember 3, 2020
State’s high court hears case on people’s veto for ranked-choice voting
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court hears oral arguments in a legal battle over a people’s veto ballot question on ranked choice voting for president this fall.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2020
Mills gives state agencies more time to propose cuts as shortfall looms
Facing a revenue shortfall of more than $500 million, Gov. Janet Mills gives agencies 7 more weeks to submit new budgets, while hoping Congress delivers more pandemic aid to states.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Time is tight for historic decision on ranked-choice voting in Maine
Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court will have to decide whether the state becomes the first in U.S. history to use a ranked-choice system in a presidential election.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Under pressure, Trump administration extends waivers for free school meal programs
The waivers have allowed school districts in Maine to provide free breakfast and lunch to any student who asks for a meal.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2020
Expiring waivers could make food harder to get for many Maine kids
A bipartisan group in Congress, including 1st District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, is pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the waivers for the entire school year.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2020
LePage and Poliquin tout Trump before his acceptance speech
The former Republican governor and the two-term 2nd District congressman, who lost his re-election bid in 2018 to a Democrat, praised a recent trade deal that removes European Union tariffs on Maine lobster.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2020
Ad attacking Gideon for paying taxes late misses context
The ad by the 1820 PAC omits important information related to 77 tax liens on Freeport property owned by a real estate development company that Gideon’s husband established just as the Great Recession was beginning.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Requests for November ballots on pace to shatter Maine record
The state is expecting 600,000 voters will cast absentee ballots – and an overall turnout of 75 percent for the Nov. 3 election.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Chicks shipped by mail are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars
Several Maine poultry farms have received shipments of hundreds of chicks that died while being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, either because the shipments were delayed or mishandled.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2020
Maine Senate will meet to vote on ethics commission nominees
The long-awaited confirmation votes could finally fill vacancies on the state’s five-member panel that oversees state election laws.
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