SEATTLE — The New York attorney general’s decision that daily fantasy sports betting sites FanDuel and DraftKings are illegal gambling operations in his state is a blow to the companies, but the multibillion-dollar industry could have more legal headaches yet to come. While the sites have opted not to do business in a handful of […]
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Legislative panel votes to subpeona LePage administrative members
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee voted Thursday to subpoena two members of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration who have refused to cooperate with an investigation into the governor’s role in forcing Good Will-Hinckley to rescind an employment contract to Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves. That decision came on Thursday after a full day of testimony […]
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Legislative committee wants LePage education officials to testify
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee reviewing allegations that Gov. Paul LePage threatened to withhold funding for a private school that tried to hire a political opponent wants to interview three members of the administration. The Government Oversight Committee has asked acting Education Department Commissioner Tom Desjardin, chief legal counsel Cynthia Montgomery and a senior adviser, […]
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Analysis: Good Will-Hinckley fight deepens State House dysfunction
AUGUSTA — Of all the controversy Gov. Paul LePage has found himself embroiled in during his tenure, the one that could tarnish his legacy — or end it — is one that he readily admits to causing. LePage has been unapologetic for his role in forcing Good Will-Hinckley’s board of directors to rescind a $120,000-per-year […]
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Mark Eves accuses Paul LePage of contributing to drug problem
AUGUSTA — Legislative leaders Friday endorsed Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to hold a drug summit at the end of the month, but Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves quickly turned to accusing the governor of contributing to the problem through his policy positions. Eves and Republican Senate President Mike Thibodeau requested that they and other members […]
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Saviello requests investigation of Paul LePage’s role in Eves firing
AUGUSTA — Republican Sen. Tom Saviello of Wilton has filed a formal request for an independent, nonpartisan investigation of Gov. Paul LePage’s interference in Good Will-Hinckley’s selection of Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves as its new president. Saviello made the request in a letter delivered Monday to the Government Oversight Committee. In the letter, he asked […]
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Mark Eves’ lawyer expects to file suit against Paul LePage in July
The attorney for Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves expects to file a lawsuit against Gov. Paul LePage as early as July, alleging the governor illegally retaliated against Eves by threatening to withhold state funding from his employer, Good Will-Hinckley. Eves and the nonprofit organization, which includes the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences charter school in […]
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Source: LePage halted $100K payment to Good Will-Hinckley when Eves hired
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage reversed a routine and state-approved payment to a Fairfield nonprofit that operates a charter school the day it was announced that Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves was named president of the organization, according to a source inside state government. This is the latest development in a conflict that became public […]
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Lawmakers shocked by story that Paul LePage pressured school
AUGUSTA — Even Maine lawmakers accustomed to Gov. Paul LePage’s aggressive style of politics said Thursday they were troubled by accusations that the Republican had the top Democrat in the House of Representatives removed from his new job at a school for at-risk youth by threatening to cut off funds to the institution. “The governor […]
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Mark Eves vs. Paul LePage feud may be politics as usual
AUGUSTA — With House Speaker Mark Eves fired before he started work as leader of Good Will-Hinckley School after Gov. Paul LePage threatened to pull more than $500,000 in annual state funding to his new employer, the bad blood in Augusta has gotten deeper than the flood stage it was at during recent squabbles over […]