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APRIL 25: Republican gubernatorial candidates speak at a primary forum at St. Joseph's College on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Candidate for Governor Mary Mayhew of China laughs during the forum.
In this July 7, 2016, file photo, then-National Security Adviser Susan Rice follows then-President Barack Obama across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, to board Marine One.
Gov. Paul LePage's legacy as Maine's 74th governor will be complex and varied, ranging from his conservative accomplishments to verbal explosions that put Maine in a negative national light. With three of his four terms spent as Democrats held legislative majorities, the Republican governor's veto became the most formidable weapon in his efforts to simultaneously advance his conservative agenda while thwarting liberal and moderate initiatives.
In Washington County and throughout Maine, we are faced with notable challenges and great potential. The beauty of our state - from its rocky shoreline to its woods, lakes and streams - places us in a unique position to retain generations of Maine families looking to call our state home.
Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America announced it is launching its first ad campaign in the fight for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy. Full page print ads in the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, Bangor Daily News, and Lewiston Sun Journal.
One of my most important duties is to appoint judges to Maine's district, superior and supreme judicial courts. The Maine people must know our judges are impartial, objective and committed to a fair and honest judicial process.
In this Sept. 22, 2017 file photo, Maine Gov. Paul LePage attends a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence to discuss health care and tax reform in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington.
In this file photo from January 2016, Rep. John Martin, D-Eagle Lake, speaks with House Minority Leader Ken Fredette, R-Newport, at the State House in Augusta. During his first term in office, Gov. Paul LePage became famous - or perhaps infamous, depending on your perspective - for his brash rhetoric and personal attacks, but in light of his success, the question becomes "Is it working?" There's no denying Maine's political discourse has become more uncivil.
A storm packing hurricane-force gusts roared into Maine, stunning residents and emergency officials by leaving more people in the dark than the infamous ice storm of 1998. It took utility crews more than a week to restore power, raising questions of Central Maine Power's preparedness and the state's ability to withstand a more powerful storm.
Voters in Maine are headed to the polls Tuesday to decide if they want to join 31 other states and expand Medicaid under former President Barack Obama 's Affordable Care Act . The ballot measure comes after Maine's Republican governor vetoed five attempts to expand the program.
Maine voters will decide in November whether to expand their Medicaid rolls under Obamacare, offering a major test of the public's appetite for government-funded insurance as Congress decides whether to rein in or build on the 2010 law that swelled the federal footprint in health care. The Maine Legislature has tried five times to grab federal dollars that let states extend the insurance program for the poor to more able-bodied adults.
It's easy for politicians in Washington, D.C. to make promises to the people, especially when they don't have to deal with real-world consequences. Governors are directly accountable to the people.
As a Republican and a Democrat who serve in the state house in the great state of Maine, we spend our days on opposite sides of the aisle. Before we are Democrats, Republicans, or even Mainers - we are Americans.
The three-day government shutdown in Maine ended early Tuesday morning after Gov. Paul LePage signed a new budget, according to a statement from his office. LePage had declared a state of civil emergency in the absence of an approved biennial budget by the state Legislature.
The three-day government shutdown in Maine ended early Tuesday morning after Gov. Paul LePage signed a new budget, according to a statement from his office. LePage had declared a state of civil emergency in the absence of an approved biennial budget by the state Legislature.
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.
The behind-the-scenes campaign for the Blaine House in 2018 has begun, with Republicans waiting to see if federal officeholders jump in, Democrats looking early at a potential insider-outsider race and independents mulling bids. It's a race that could reshape Maine, with the term-limited Paul LePage leaving the governorship in 2019, eight years after taking office in a historic year for Republicans that set Democrats back after 40 years in which they largely controlled state government.