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Poll finds LePage approval rating at 31 percent
BDN staff reports on May 17, 2011, at 3:58 p.m.
More than half of Mainers disapprove of Gov. Paul LePage’s job performance, according to a poll released Tuesday. The poll, conducted by Portland-based Critical Insights, finds that 54 percent of those surveyed say they disapproved of how LePage, a Republican, is handling the job less than five months into his ...
Insurance chief resigns, citing ‘philosophical differences’ with LePage
AUGUSTA, Maine — Amid an ugly political fight over Republican-led changes to the regulation of health insurance in Maine, the LePage administration on Monday announced the resignation of Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman. In an official announcement from the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Commissioner Anne Head made no reference ...
Young professionals set sights on keeping talent in state
ORONO, Maine — There are a number of perceptions the state has to fight in order to help attract young people to live and work here — including the concept that they shouldn’t leave in the first place. That was one of the ideas that came out of a meeting ...
POLL QUESTION
LePage stingy with bill signatures
By GLENN ADAMS, The Associated Press on May 08, 2011, at 11:40 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Besides their political differences, something that distinguishes Gov. Paul LePage from his immediate predecessors is the likelihood he will sign bills that wind up on his desk. It turns out the Republican governor is a tad stingier with his signature, allowing six bills enacted by the House ...
LETTERS
April 26, 2011: Arena, legalizing pot, young lawyers
on April 25, 2011, at 8:08 p.m.
Arena yes I feel privileged to be a part of this community where people care about one another. Although Bangor is designated a “city” we are really a town where people know one another and welcome visitors with genuine hospitality. I have been amazed over these last four decades at ...
Restraining order hopes to force LePage to replace mural
BDN staff and wire reports on April 08, 2011, at 2:49 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Attorneys hoping to restore a labor themed mural to a state office building on Friday filed a request for a temporary restraining order designed to force Gov. Paul LePage to return the artwork to its original place in the Department of Labor. The plaintiffs also ask the ...
POLITICS
GOP members call Baldacci’s military ‘health care czar’ job wasteful
AUGUSTA, Maine — Members of a congressional subcommittee are asking U.S. Department of Defense officials to eliminate former Maine Gov. John Baldacci’s new job with the federal government. Baldacci was recently appointed to a position within the DoD’s Office of Personnel and Readiness that will focus on ways to reform ...
Poll shows LePage approval rating at 43 percent
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is currently more popular among Mainers than Gov. John Baldacci was right before the election, according to an opinion poll released Monday. However, that same survey shows LePage isn’t enjoying much of a honeymoon with voters. Those were some of the highlights from Public Policy Polling, ...
EDITORIALS
Mill boosters must understand new nature of industry
on March 13, 2011, at 4:42 p.m.
If Gov. Paul LePage could marshal all the powers of the state to usher in a new owner for the paper mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket, he surely would, as he’s shown in his personal — as well as his administration’s — involvement in seeking a deal. But increasingly ...
State officials expect Baldacci’s experience with health care to serve him — and the military — well
Former Maine Gov. John Baldacci’s recent appointment to an influential health care position in the Department of Defense is generating plenty of interest in his home state. Though the Pentagon has not made Baldacci available for a personal interview about his new responsibilities, a statement from the DoD’s Office of ...
Bill would require majority to win governor’s race in Maine
The Associated Press on March 09, 2011, at 11:40 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — After a pattern of Maine governors being elected with less than a majority vote, a Republican legislator on Wednesday proposed an amendment to the state Constitution that would require more than 50 percent of the vote for that office — in a runoff if necessary. Sen. Tom Saviello ...
Baldacci named to Defense Department position
Former Maine Gov. John Baldacci has been appointed to a high-profile position overseeing health care reform efforts within the Department of Defense. Sources close to the former governor said Tuesday that Baldacci, 56, is already on the job as Director of Military Health Reform in the office of Dr. Clifford ...
Bar Harbor filmmakers’ ‘The Life of Margaret Chase Smith’ to debut on MPBN
Maine students hear the name Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) during their United States history classes. They learn that the Maine senator was the only woman in a chamber of 99 men, and they’re told the story of her courageous speech against Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Cold War. But there’s ...
Dorothea Dix study raises concerns
AUGUSTA, Maine — Buried in the hundreds of pages of the proposed two-year state budget is language establishing a study of the future role and structure of the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor, but some lawmakers are concerned the study is a ruse to close the facility and shift ...
Presque Isle event aims to draw people outside
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — An event geared toward getting more people outside and that has been responsible for introducing a larger crowd to everything Aroostook State Park has to offer is scheduled to take place this month. The fourth annual Take It Outside Winter Family Fun Day will be held ...
Legislators grill weatherization group over failure to deliver promised results
By Naomi Schalit, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting on Feb. 17, 2011, at 10:25 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Legislators grilled staff of the Maine Green Energy Alliance for almost three hours Thursday as their first step in an inquiry of the failed stimulus grantee. News reports have detailed recently how the organization, founded by a prominent Democratic attorney, got a $3 million federal Department of ...
Energy program shut down after questions raised about politics, effectiveness
By Naomi Schalit, Senior Reporter, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting on Jan. 30, 2011, at 12:30 p.m.
A program funded by a $3 million government grant to market home energy retrofits in Maine abruptly shut down its operation late last week. Records show that almost six months into its first year of the no-bid contract under the grant, the Maine Green Energy Alliance had signed up only 50 ...
LePage pledges legislation to redefine ‘employee’
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage abolished a task force looking at employee misclassification last week because he is submitting legislation that would use the federal definition of an employee for all state purposes, eliminating the different standards now in use. “What they have been working on would not contribute ...
250 state jobs, currently unfilled, may be cut
By Susan M. Cover, Portland Press Herald (MCT) on Jan. 14, 2011, at 5:12 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine – The LePage administration has begun “right-sizing the work force,” which means the possible elimination of 250 vacant state jobs. Language in the supplemental state budget proposed Wednesday would authorize the administration to prepare a vacancy report to be presented to lawmakers by March 31. The budget, for ...
No women? Group calls for diversity in LePage cabinet
A women's advocacy group is criticizing the new governor for, to date, failing to name any women to his cabinet.
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
Reporting crime
A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor
Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory
Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
Aroostook businessman expands company out of home with hit mobile app 7 Little Words
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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