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PublishedOctober 8, 2015
Watchdog group requests investigation of Poliquin for alleged ethics violation
The American Democracy Legal Fund says U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and 22 other Republicans violated House rules and federal law by signing an agreement in exchange for campaign cash.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2015
LePage administration probe of rights commission went undisclosed for months
The governor created the panel with an executive order issued in April that was just recently made public.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2015
LePage touts tax cut and welfare changes to skeptical audience in Bar Harbor
The town hall-style event is part of the governor’s promise to campaign on behalf of the ballot initiative and against state lawmakers who oppose it.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2015
LePage officials reject request to appear before lawmakers in Good Will-Hinckley inquiry
Citing a civil lawsuit that House Speaker Mark Eves has brought against the governor, two of LePage’s senior staffers say they’ll answer written questions from the Government Oversight Committee but will not appear in person.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2015
Drugs, guns, conservation and LePage dominate proposed legislation by Maine lawmakers
Details are not public and many of the proposals won’t become bills, but those that do will set the stage for the 2016 elections.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2015
Three Republican lawmakers push plan for Maine to defund Planned Parenthood
The proposal faces long odds in the divided Legislature, with Democratic leaders opposing it.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2015
Oversight committee wants to question LePage officials about Good Will-Hinckley funding controversy
The panel is reviewing allegations that Gov. Paul LePage overstepped his authority when he threatened to pull a private school’s funding for hiring House Speaker Mark Eves as president.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2015
A wary ethics panel sends campaign spending proposal to Legislature
The measure would require ‘outside groups’ bankrolling PACs to reveal major donors.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2015
State hasn’t provided accounting of $54 million health program, despite Maine law
In 2012, lawmakers passed measures that required a review of spending by the Fund for a Healthy Maine, but the LePage administration hasn’t acted.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2015
LePage administration staff created Republican Party initiative
Digital evidence shows that officials in the Department of Health and Human Services and the governor’s office drafted and handled the document behind the pending referendum question.
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