ALEXANDER — Roger H. Jr., 79, of Poland, died Saturday, Dec. 9. A celebration of Roger’s life will take place at Fortin/Auburn on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 1 p.m. with Marine Corps military honors. Those wishing, in lieu of flowers, may make a charitable contribution in Roger’s memory to the Kora Shrine Hospital, co Kora […]
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Par for the Course: Alexander grows into the game
Trevor Alexander, 36, always believed that his best sport was baseball. He was totally into baseball as a youngster, and was named Class A Player of the Year by The Sun Journal in 1999, as a senior at Mt. Blue High School. He was a pitcher at Wheaton College and for Lenders Network of the […]
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Local Racing: Big wins for Wyatt Alexander, Johnny and Cassius Clark, Brad Babb and Jeremy Davis
Wyatt Alexander, a 15-year-old rookie at Wiscasset Speedway, made the first Pro Stock victory of his career a big one Saturday night. Alexander took advantage of the three early leaders’ late misfortune and ran away with the Boss Hogg 100. The victory was worth more than $3,000 to Alexander, who ascended to the top division […]
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Was LePage right on Medicaid expansion? Republicans, officials divided
AUGUSTA — Officials in the state of Arkansas are saying “not so fast” to claims being made by leaders in Maine’s Republican Party that an expansion of Arkansas’s Medicaid program has led that state to fiscal crisis and Maine was wise not to expand its low-income health care program. Amy Webb, communications director for the […]
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Author of report from which Alexander Group lifted text: ‘It’s literally two pages of text’
AUGUSTA — A portion of a report by the Alexander Group, which Gov. Paul LePage’s administration commissioned as part of its welfare reform efforts, was copied from work done by a liberal Washington, D.C., think tank. That revelation caused the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday to request resubmission of portions of the […]
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Remaining four parts of nearly $1 million welfare study all past due
AUGUSTA — The final portion of a controversial five-part study of the state’s welfare system that’s costing Maine taxpayers $925,200 is due Thursday, but, according to state officials, only the first part of the study — due Dec. 1, 2013 — has been turned in. Maine has paid the Rhode Island-based Alexander Group $501,760, more […]
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Democratic lawmakers renew call for cancellation of Alexander Group contract
AUGUSTA — Democratic leaders on the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee on Monday were again calling on Gov. Paul LePage’s administration to cancel its nearly $1 million contract with a Rhode Island-based consultant. Democrats noted, so far, the state has paid the Alexander Group $378,000 for the five-part study of the state’s welfare programs, […]
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Maine DHHS seeks to steer conversation away from $1 million welfare report
AUGUSTA — Officials within the Maine Department of Health and Human Services appear to be working behind the scenes to change the public and political discussion about an expansion of Medicaid. Email messages, published by the Portland Press Herald, after they were inadvertently sent to the newspaper, suggest DHHS officials may be trying to downplay the […]
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National health care analyst questions Maine Medicaid report
PORTLAND (AP) — A national health care analyst is questioning a study of Medicaid expansion commissioned by the LePage administration, including what she says is a miscalculation that produced a $575 million error. Kathy Gifford of Health Management Associates reviewed the study, part of a $925,000 review of Maine’s welfare system. Gov. Paul LePage has […]
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HHS committee grills author of Medicaid report
AUGUSTA – State lawmakers Tuesday picked apart the first portion of a nearly $1 million report on Maine’s welfare programs that’s being completed by a private company hired by the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage. While Republican lawmakers on the Legislature’s Health and Human Service Committee were largely complimentary of the work being done […]