Paul LePage
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PublishedApril 28, 2016
LePage abruptly cancels appearance at birthday celebration at Husson
The governor’s office says the change is unrelated to remarks that he will cut back on appearances.
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PublishedApril 28, 2016
Letter to the editor: Urge lawmakers to override LePage’s Maine Clean Election Fund veto
Gov. LePage has vetoedL.D. 1579, a bill that advances $500,000 to Maine’s Clean Election Fund to ensure adequate funding for the 2016 elections. If it does not become law, Clean Elections could run out of money this year, according to the Maine Ethics Commission. Over the years, lawmakers have taken more than $6 million out […]
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PublishedApril 27, 2016
LePage hits on familiar themes at Damariscotta town hall forum
In addition to pressing his agenda for welfare reform, lowering energy costs and changing the state's tax code, the governor says a ballot measure for a $12 minimum wage would hurt the state's economy.
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PublishedApril 27, 2016
LePage vetoes solar energy bill after compromise talks fail
Advocates will push for an override vote Friday in the Legislature.
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PublishedApril 27, 2016
LePage apologizes for walking out of event where students held protest signs
He says he was 'sickened by the lack of respect' shown by two students at a UMaine Farmington building dedication honoring Theodora Kalikow.
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PublishedApril 27, 2016
Maine education chief defends closed-door meeting
At a luncheon hosted by the Maine Heritage Policy Center, Bill Beardsley is asked why he participated in a private commission meeting Monday that violated the state's open-meeting law.
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PublishedApril 25, 2016
LePage’s latest comments about foreign workers called a ‘terrible example for our children’
Speaking Saturday at the Maine Republican Convention, the governor said restaurant workers are hard to understand and the 'worst' are from India.
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PublishedApril 25, 2016
Attorney General’s Office: LePage broke law by holding private meeting of education task force
Several would-be attendees of the first meeting of the 'blue ribbon' commission on education funding were turned away, in violation of Maine's public meetings law.
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PublishedApril 25, 2016
Letter to the editor: LePage town halls should become two-way forums
It’s just not right or fair for town officials to continue allowing our one and only Gov. LePage a one-way bullhorn to spread his wacky upside-down economic message and whatever else passes through his brain while his lips are moving. Town officials should provide a reasonable opportunity for two-way communications and build into these town […]
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PublishedApril 23, 2016
Workers from India the hardest to understand, LePage says
Maine's governor makes other controversial remarks at the Republican State Convention.
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