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In this Aug. 4, 2015 photo, Lucas St. Clair, son of Burt's Bees founder Roxanne Quimby, poses on land proposed for a national park in Penobscot County, Maine. Mount Katahdin, the state's highest peak, can be seen in the background as a rainstorm passes through Baxter State Park.
There's been no shortage of speculation that Maine Sen. Susan Collins would run for governor in 2018. But she addressed the subject head-on in an interview with WGAN radio Tuesday morning.
In this Friday, March 17, 2017 photo a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine.
Maine resident Zak McCutcheon says he likes soda but acknowledges he'd drink less of it if his governor convinced Republican President Donald Trump to put restrictions on the approximately $200 a month he receives in food stamps. He thinks it may even make recipients healthier and less overweight.
State and federal representatives are scrambling to fix the situation, which stemmed from fears over a 12-year-old federal act that critics say would create a national database of personal information. But states are starting to comply with the law because starting this year, federal agencies aren't accepting driver's licenses that don't meet security standards.
Maine's governor has asked Republican President Donald Trump to undo Democratic former President Barack Obama's designation of a national monument. Republican Gov. Paul LePage asked Trump to take the unprecedented step of returning land in the northern part of the state to private ownership in a Feb. 14 letter.
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she's not committing on whether she will run for governor in 2018. Collins made the comments during an appearance on a Maine Public radio show.
The federal government has essentially stopped defending the rights of transgender students. Earlier this week, just after Jeff Sessions had been confirmed as attorney general, the Department of Justice announced it would no longer defend a directive that sought to ensure transgender students were not discriminated against in public schools and universities.
Good morning from Augusta, where we emerged from the year's biggest storm to Gov. Paul LePage saying he's looking to replace his former lawyer on the state commission that regulates utilities and calling on an Orono legislator to resign. That first item is a continuation of the Republican governor's crusade against the Maine Public Utilities Commission after their - and not repeal - a solar energy policy that allows panel owners to be credited for energy sold back to the grid.
Gov. Paul LePage said his State of the State speech on Tuesday took a soft tone compared to what he wanted to say. "Frankly, I thought we softened it up because I think they need to look at the mirror," he said during a radio appearance today on WGAN.
Paul LePage, Maine's controversial Republican governor, is not a fan of Georgia Congressman John Lewis's recent remarks regarding Donald Trump's legitimacy. On Tuesday, he told Maine radio station WVOM that instead of challenging Trump's presidency, Lewis should be thankful that the slaves were freed.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage says U.S. Rep. John Lewis needs a history lesson and should be grateful for all that presidents have done for black people. The Republican governor on Tuesday addressed Lewis' criticism that GOP President-elect Donald Trump is not a "legitimate president."
They've raised eyebrows, created national controversies, settled national controversies, won elections, lost elections, stuck it to their political enemies and signed truces with their political enemies. These five governors know how to make news.
Much was made of Paul Richard LePage's frosty relationship with the former legislative Democratic leadership of Mark Eves and Justin Alfond. But with new front people leading the House and Senate caucuses, it seems like Democrats have learned how to have productive, constructive conversations.
But Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine lives in the office in a literal sense, going so far as to install a wall bed in his office at the Cannon House Office Building. And he has no plans to give up his unusual arrangement, even after surviving his first re-election, the time when freshmen lawmakers are most vulnerable.
In this Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 photo, a logging truck passes through downtown Madison, Maine. Madison, population 4,700, is in Maine's second congressional district.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who has often found himself under fire for his own controversial statements, Thursday had some advice for outspoken GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's refusal to answer if he'd accept the election results if he loses: "Get over yourself." "That's an absolute stupid move, period," LePage told WGAN-AM in an interview on Thursday.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the election will be rigged this year, even in the state that has elected him twice. During his weekly dial-in to conservative radio station WVOM, LePage said he agreed with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump that there will be election fraud in November.
This is the final part of a three-part series opposing ranked-choice voting, Question 5 on the November state ballot. Suppose you regret the election of Gov. Paul LePage, the result of his opposition vote being split between two other candidates.