State officials and legal experts said Gov. Paul LePage doesn’t have the power to close the state’s schools — something he said he’d do May 1 if the Legislature doesn’t accept spending cuts in the Department of Health and Human Services budget.
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Most doubt LePage can close schools
State officials and legal experts said Gov. Paul LePage doesn’t have the power to close the state’s schools — something he said he’d do May 1 if the Legislature doesn’t accept spending cuts in the Department of Health and Human Services budget.
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Mills touts tools available to businesses
U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills says her elevation to a Cabinet-level position reflects President Obama’s emphasis on small businesses.
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LePage: Cut DHHS budget or I’ll have to close schools
But it’s not clear whether the governor has the legal authority to close schools.
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Specialty court suggested for illness, abuse
PORTLAND — An effort is under way to start a specialty court in Cumberland County for defendants with mental illness and substance abuse problems as soon as October.
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Special court modeled after Kennebec’s
PORTLAND — An effort is under way to start a specialty court in Cumberland County for defendants with mental illness and substance abuse problems as soon as October.
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Maine inmate accused of threatening to kill president
Leroy Dunn is also currently serving a three-year sentence for drug trafficking, and threatened Gov. Paul LePage last year.
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Court hears appeal in decapitation conviction
PORTLAND — At the heart of Chad Gurney’s appeal to Maine’s highest court is the question of whether he understood what he was doing was wrong when he strangled Zoe Sarnacki, decapitated her corpse and set it on fire.
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Two charged after raid at Waterboro pot house
The York County sheriff says the out-of-state men were using a house whose owner did not live there but would visit for several hours each week.
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More Cutler Files documents to be public
The latest development in the legal fight over a political attack website may give the public a better view into the workings of rival campaigns in Maine’s 2010 gubernatorial election.