President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 5, 2017, from a trip to Florida. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 5, 2017, from a trip to Florida.
Category: Paul LePage
Republicans in Maine, Utah want Trump to undo monuments
Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burt’s Bees, poses next to white pine in Portland, Maine. Maine Gov. Paul LePage has asked Republican President Donald Trump to undo Democratic former President Barack Obama’s designation of a national monument and give back the land that was donated for it.
LePage asks Trump ‘to make Maine woods great again’
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.
Big utilities try to tilt solar energy market in their favor
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s energy utilities want state lawmakers to pass a law that critics say would muscle out smaller companies from the emerging solar energy market.Solar power provides only about 1 percent of the country’s energy, but it is growing rapidly, with U.S. Energy Department figures showing solar industry employment grew 125 percent … (more)
LePage says he went easy on foes in State of the State
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.
Opinion: Legislator has company in his dislike for Obama, says Morristown man
The most charitable thing that can be said of St. Lawrence County legislator Joel LaPierre, a man who likes to post Facebook rants urging Barack Obama to move to Kenya, is that LaPierre has lots of company amongst Trump supporters. Meet Maine governor Paul LePage! He’s concerned about outsiders visiting his state.
Maine governor to Rep. John Lewis: You need a history lesson
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.
Paul LePage: John Lewis should thank Republican presidents for ending slavery, fighting Jim Crow
Paul LePage, the Republican governor of Maine, said Tuesday that civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis should “look at history” and say “thank you” to 19th century Republican presidents for fighting for the rights of African-Americans. LePage’s comments come after Lewis said on NBC News that Donald Trump was not a “legitimate” president.
Trump says buy LL Bean but many products are made in China
Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday urged people to buy from outdoors retailer L.L. Bean – even though many of its products are made in China – as it faces calls for a boycott because of a company heiress’ donations to his candidacy. Trump, in tweeting the endorsement, garnered criticism from the nonpartisan money-in-politics watchdog Every Voice for “personally encouraging his supporters to boost the companies of his super donors.”
Trump defends L.L. Bean heiress over donations backing him
In this June 2012 photo, Linda Bean speaks to reporters outside the Cabinet Room after a meeting with Maine Gov. Paul LePage at the State House in Augusta, Maine. President-elect Donald Trump urged Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, for people to buy L.L. Bean products as the company faces calls for a boycott because of Linda Bean’s donations to his candidacy.