AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage will lead a trade mission to Mexico and Columbia to promote investment and educational opportunities in Maine, his office announced on Friday. LePage and a group of Maine business leaders are scheduled to leave Sunday for the five-day trip to Mexico City, Queretaro and Bogota. It will be the […]
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With Statoil’s exit, wind industry looks to UMaine
AUGUSTA (AP) — Norwegian company Statoil’s decision to abandon its $120 million offshore wind power project in Maine is a setback, renewable energy advocates say, but they still hope a strong offshore wind industry can be built in the state. Statoil announced this month that changes in terms with the state and scheduling delays have […]
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LePage meets with Maine police on state’s drug crime problems
AUBURN — Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Friday he would be advancing a package of legislative proposals and other actions to help combat drug-related crime. LePage said he would work to see that infants born drug-dependent would be removed from their parents’ custody. In 2013, 835 babies were born drug-dependent, largely from the abuse of […]
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LePage marks 30th anniversary of Beirut bombing and death of Marine from Strong
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary of a 1983 terror attack that killed 241 U.S. service members, including Strong native Bruce L. Howard. Howard, a Marine Corps corporal, was among the 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers killed when a truck carrying thousands of pounds of explosives crashed […]
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LePage vows Cobscook Bay State Park won’t be closed by federal action again
EDMUNDS — Gov. Paul LePage made a brief visit to a public boat launch at Cobscook Bay State Park on Thursday, using the opportunity to rail against the federal government for the shutdown that led to the park and a public boat launch being temporarily closed. The governor alternately suggested the state park should be […]
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Dems say way forward for Riverview remains unclear
LEWISTON — Democratic state lawmakers on the budget-writing Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee are saying they were misled and misinformed when they agreed to back Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal aimed at preserving about $17 million in federal funding for the Riverview Psychiatric Center. Despite passage of a law change expanding the staff and treatment capacity […]
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Top LePage consultant worked on failed Lewiston casino campaign
LEWISTON — A top political consultant who is the campaign spokesman for Gov. Paul LePage was heavily involved in a failed 2011 attempt to bring a casino to downtown Lewiston. The Sun Journal has learned that Brent Littlefield was hired by a pair of Maine political action committees to buy airtime on Maine television and […]
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Maine governor proclaims civil emergency
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday declared a state of “civil emergency” in an effort to minimize the financial impact on state operations of the federal government shutdown. With the proclamation, LePage has taken the authority to circumvent state laws or rules if he determines they “prevent, hinder and delay effective management of the […]
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DHHS lays off 56 employees, closes disability benefits office because of federal government shutdown
AUGUSTA — All employees at a disability services office in Winthrop and four more in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services were laid off Monday as a result of the federal government shutdown, Gov. Paul LePage announced Monday evening. The 52 employees at the DHHS Disability Determination Office in Winthrop make Social Security […]
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Remains of Korean War soldier finally returned home, laid to rest
BAR HARBOR — The sharp crack of gunfire echoed Saturday at Ledgelawn Cemetery as a military honor guard helped to finally put a long-missing Korean War serviceman to rest. “It has been a long time coming, 62 years,” The Rev. Scott Mower said at the graveside service for Army Cpl. Robert Tait. “The death of […]