The Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield is one of 15 sites under consideration for “therapeutic residences” should lawmakers choose to close or downsize the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, according to a state Department of Corrections report.
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Judge dismisses Mark Eves lawsuit against Gov. Paul LePage
PORTLAND — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Republican Gov. Paul LePage of using blackmail to force a charter school operator to rescind a job offer to a political opponent, a flap that roiled the Legislature and led to an impeachment effort. U.S. District Judge George Z. Singal ruled in favor of the governor, […]
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Paul LePage’s attorney keeps up ‘absolute immunity’ claim in Eves suit
Gov. Paul LePage and his attorney continue to claim “absolute immunity” for the governor regarding the lawsuit against him by House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick. In a legal argument filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, LePage attorney Patrick Strawbridge rebuffs Eves’ claims on several fronts, many of them centered around whether LePage has immunity […]
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Mark Eves’ attorney says LePage used state funds to enforce loyalty
PORTLAND — An attorney for House Speaker Mark Eves says that Gov. Paul LePage is using state funding to enforce political loyalty and that the practice threatens Maine’s public-party democracy. Attorney David Webbert, in a brief filed in U.S. District Court, says that LePage’s claim that he has a right to withhold funding from a […]
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Panel releases report on Paul LePage’s role in Good Will-Hinckley affair
AUGUSTA — A Maine legislative committee is finished with its work on hearings focusing on the governor’s actions that led an organization to rescind a job offer to a political opponent. The Government Oversight Committee on Friday attached a summary of its work to go along with an independent report that already was prepared for […]
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Paul LePage to claim immunity against Mark Eves’ suit
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage plans to claim immunity against a lawsuit brought by House Speaker Mark Eves over actions that led to the rescinding of a job offer, his lawyer said. A procedural filing by lawyer Patrick Strawbridge contains the first glimpse of the governor’s defense, saying a motion to dismiss the lawsuit would raise […]
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AG won’t investigate Paul LePage in Good Will-Hinckley spat
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage won’t face a criminal investigation for threatening to withhold funding from a nonprofit that hired House Speaker Mark Eves, said Attorney General Janet Mills and another Democratic prosecutor in a Tuesday letter. But that letter to three legislators who are pursuing impeachment charges against LePage — Reps. Jeffrey Evangelos, I-Friendship, Ben […]
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Maine lawmakers plan to pursue impeachment in wake of report on Paul LePage
AUGUSTA — The Government Oversight Committee’s investigation of Gov. Paul LePage’s role in forcing Good Will-Hinckley to rescind an employment offer to House Speaker Mark Eves concluded Thursday. That didn’t stop at least two House members’ plans to draft impeachment orders against the governor. For the most part, the committee supported the findings in the […]
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Legislative report unlikely to end Good Will-Hinckley probe, not controversy
AUGUSTA — An investigation into Gov. Paul LePage’s role in forcing the ouster of House Speaker Mark Eves from a new job at Good Will-Hinckley could wrap up Thursday, but it might not be the end of some lawmakers’ efforts to discipline the governor. The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee, in partnership with the watchdog Office […]
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Live updates: LePage aides testify no threats made to school funding
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee kicked off what was expected to be a lengthy day of interviews in the Good Will-Hinckley matter Thursday, with an 11-1 vote that all testimony would be taken under oath. Nine individuals were expected to testify throughout the day Thursday, including two members of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration who […]