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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PublishedOctober 15, 2016
Trump promises jobs, says Clinton should be in jail, at boisterous Bangor rally
Gov. Paul LePage, who has been at Donald Trump’s previous rallies in Maine, instead attends a university homecoming as he had previouly planned.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2016
LePage orders removal of roadside campaign signs that violate new law
A change in the law has prompted complaints from ‘many constituents,’ the governor says.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2016
LePage likens advocacy of minimum wage increase to ‘attempted murder’
The governor reaffirms his statement that two advocates of the increase should be jailed because he believes the effect on senior citizens would push them ‘to the brink of survival.’
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PublishedOctober 13, 2016
Chelsea Clinton tells Orono crowd the election is ‘ultimately about our values’
The younger Clinton is a top surrogate for her mother in a campaign for the White House in which women are likely to play a pivotal role.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2016
LePage says PAC he is fundraising for will help Republican candidates
Sitting on a warchest of more than $300,000, the ICE PAC has spent only about $25,000 so far, mostly to support Republican Party operations.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2016
LePage says he misspoke in calling for ‘authoritarian power’
The governor said he meant to say ‘authoritative’ during a radio talk show interview on Tuesday in which he attacked Hillary Clinton and reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2016
LePage says U.S. needs Trump to wield ‘authoritarian power’
The governor says that he’s worried about the Constitution, and that Trump is needed because the nation is ‘slipping into anarchy’ under President Obama.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2016
Outside spending in 6 Senate races could tip the balance of power in Augusta
But Republicans say it will take more than money to capture control of the 35-seat chamber, where they now hold 20 seats.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2016
Donald Trump’s son, daughter-in-law, campaign at apple orchard in Maine’s 2nd District
The Republican presidential candidate plans a visit to Bangor on Oct. 15 as he tries to take at least one of Maine’s electoral votes.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2016
LePage says he will focus on funding reforms for Maine public schools in his next state budget proposal
During a talk radio interview, the governor repeats his concern that public schools are top heavy with administrators
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