LEWISTON — Mayor Robert Macdonald, who is seeking re-election to a third term, said he intends to submit a bill to the Legislature to require the creation of a website listing names of people on welfare, their addresses, length of time on welfare and types of benefits received. All of that information is shielded from […]
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LePage holding town meeting at UMF Tuesday
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage will hold a one-hour town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the University of Maine at Farmington. The meeting will be in Thomas Auditorium in Preble Hall’s Room 117. The meeting, announced late Monday afternoon, is expected to focus on LePage’s, “vision for Maine, including further reducing the […]
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Dispute roils Land for Maine’s Future program; no end in sight
AUGUSTA — A dispute between Gov. Paul LePage and a coalition of land conservation groups and lawmakers over funding for the state’s Land for Maine’s Future program is unlikely to end anytime soon. LePage has refused to issue voter-approved funds for the program until the Legislature allows some of the revenue from timber harvested on […]
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Paul LePage wants to limit SNAP recipients to $5,000 in assets
Poll: Should Maine deny food stamps to applicants with more than $5,000 in assets? AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has announced new rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. LePage’s administration said any person applying for SNAP benefits would be ineligible if they had more than $5,000 in personal assets. […]
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Paul LePage to promote Hire-A-Vet Campaign
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and first lady Ann LePage are lending their support to a project that aims to hire 100 unemployed Maine veterans in 100 days. The LePages will host a 4 p.m. Wednesday reception at the governor’s mansion, the Blaine House, to showcase the Maine Hire-A-Vet Campaign, according to an advisory issued Tuesday. […]
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MDEA investigates possible overdose death of Harrison woman
LEWISTON — State drug agents are investigating the possible overdose death of a 18-year-old Harrison woman who died in Lewiston on Saturday. Matt Cashman, supervisor of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Western District Task Force, said Monday that agency officers were investigating the death of Cassidy Patten. Patten was a 2015 graduate of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High […]
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Paul LePage doesn’t want National Monument designations for Maine
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage expressed his disapproval of a proposal to designate areas within the Gulf of Maine as a Marine National Monument. LePage on Friday sent two letters to President Barack Obama and Maine’s U.S. congressional delegation regarding separate proposals for monuments that LePage said will have a negative effect on Maine […]
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Paul LePage says he may run against U.S. Sen. Angus King
AUGUSTA — During an afternoon appearance on a conservative talk radio show, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said he may run for the U.S. Senate in 2018. LePage made the comment during an appearance on the Boston-based Howie Carr radio show which was broadcasting from Augusta’s WVOM on Tuesday afternoon. LePage said he was specifically thinking […]
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King plans opoid abuse roundtable a day ahead of LePage’s summit
AUGUSTA – Just a day before Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage will host a summit meeting on Maine’s ever-growing heroin abuse problem, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, will host his own roundtable on a similar topic. LePage’s summit is planned for Wednesday, Aug. 26, and King has called his meeting for Tuesday, Aug. 25, in […]
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Attorney General: Fatal drug overdoses continue to rise in Maine
AUGUSTA — Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said overdose deaths related to illegal drugs, including heroin and fentanyl, continue to climb. Since January, 105 people have died from an overdose in Maine, according to a release issued by Mills’ office. “These numbers are terribly distressing,” Mills said. “The first six months of 2015 show that […]