Sens. Eric Brakey, a Republican, and Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, say the law’s requirements for ID cards and data collection put too much personal information at risk.
Scott Thistle
Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine.
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LePage defends handling of opioid crisis, says treatment is available and free
Addicts without insurance can get help at certain methadone clinics, he says while blaming Democrats for fighting his efforts to add treatment capacity.
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LePage calls Obama administration’s decertification of Riverview an act of retaliation
The downgrading and loss of federal funds were payback for not expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, he asserts, without revealing his evidence.
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Maine’s beer makers pursue law changes they say will help growth continue
Opponents, including regulators and some distributors, worry that some changes could result in the state ceding authority to the federal government.
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Official now says Rep. Tipping likely violated Maine ethics law
The Orono Democrat says his late disclosure of $9,000 in income was an oversight, but Republicans want an investigation.
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Late-filed form sparks new call for ethics probe of Democratic Rep. Tipping
Republicans say he broke income disclosure laws – although a top state election official disagrees – in addition to having a conflict of interest as chair of the Taxation Committee.
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LePage heading back to D.C. to push his health care ideas
The governor says he will be meeting with White House officials and members of Congress on the bill to replace the ACA.
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Democrats push bill that would require Maine companies to provide sick time
Under the measure companies with 50 or more employees would be required to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick time
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Lawmakers endorse proposal for tougher sentences in domestic violence murders
Prompted by a northern Maine murder, the proposal would give judges more authority to issue life sentences for killings of domestic partners.
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State’s resistance to Real ID law starting to cause problems, legislators told
As lawmakers consider whether to comply with the federal law on identification cards, Mainers with only state IDs are being barred from federal facilities.