Gov. Paul LePage, who will leave office on Jan. 2, may best be remembered for outbursts and a record-setting number of vetoes that made his legacy as much or more about what he blocked than what he got passed Read More
LePage's Legacy
Over the last eight-plus years, Paul LePage grabbed as many headlines for his blunt, sometimes inflammatory comments as for his policy proposals. Read More
The Democratic House speaker got lots of national buzz about her nascent campaign, which she says won't take corporate money though she did at the state level. Read More
If the efforts make the November ballot, it could be a fascinating three-way campaign with Christian conservatives as the nexus of opposition to the bills and broader coalitions forming. Read More
In a concurrent ruling, three of the judges warned that LePage acted legally under a "narrow" exception, however, and warned future government leaders to be careful. Read More
A deal that solved a thorny split on reforms to Maine's workers' compensation system was key to the passage of a two-year budget on Friday. Read More
The two-term former Republican governor is tending bar at McSeagulls Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor this summer. Read More
A bipartisan deal on a two-year Maine budget just below Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed spending mark of $8 billion won a legislative panel’s endorsement Wednesday. Read More
A thorny residency requirement threatens a proposed set of marijuana rules, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will likely get her first well-known challenger on Thursday and lawmakers may have a deal on a two-year state budget. Read More
Maine lawmakers are set to adjourn in nine days and have to put the finishing touches on a budget deal, consider marijuana and sports betting guidelines and sift through piles of bills. Read More
The state’s Office of Marijuana Policy said Wednesday that it has provisionally adopted rules for recreational marijuana sales and oversight, and that the rules are now up for review by the Legislature. Read More
“I am not normally one to get all political as I hate the state of politics and how hateful everyone seems to have become,” said the main organizer of the fundraiser. But in this case, “I am so deeply disgusted with Governor LePage.” Read More
With less than three weeks to go in the scheduled 2019 legislative session, the panel working on Maine’s two-year budget is set to meet publicly on Friday for the first time in a week as lawmakers begin to punt high-profile measures into 2020. Read More
Lawmakers are adding new priorities to a heavy list with three weeks to go in the 2019 legislative session, but funding many of them will rely on a consensus budget process that has yet to break through. Read More
Democratic proposals to alter the workers' compensation system led to a deal that Republicans didn't see as a compromise, leading to a three-way split that has yet to be resolved. Read More
The former state senator is having meetings about a potential run, but his decision may be intertwined with former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who is being coy about his plans. Read More
Instead, some counties have taken it upon themselves to develop electronic monitoring programs, scattering the effort and creating different approaches across the state. In addition, jail populations have remained stubbornly high, not because of an increase in sentenced prisoners but because of an increase in prisoners unable to bail out before their trial. Read More
The Democratic governor is likely close to nomination someone to a plum job on the Maine Public Utilities Commission, a move that will likely strike a careful balance on energy policy. Read More
There is near-universal support to allow sports betting in Maine, but whether mobile betting will be tied to brick-and-mortar facilities is one of the thorny questions that lawmakers must sort out. Read More
An organizer cited the Mills administration’s desire to “make Maine's immigrants feel visible and welcome” and said there are other plans to “help immigrants gain a sense of belonging.” Read More
The governor wants to put more money into the state's rainy day fund as legislative Democrats discuss more education and local aid that will be difficult to deliver with others dug in against a tax increase. Read More
Maine could switch to a presidential primary in 2020 and it's easy to see a situation where it makes a difference in the type of candidate Democrats nominate to take on President Donald Trump. Read More
