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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PublishedAugust 24, 2016
LePage: Over 90 percent of drug dealers busted in Maine are black or Hispanic
Questioned at a town hall meeting in North Berwick, the governor says he has collected photos of all Maine trafficking suspects since January and ’90-plus percent … are black and Hispanic people.’
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PublishedAugust 22, 2016
Down-ticket candidates in Maine quiet on race for president
Many running for state office worry that widespread dislike for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could adversely affect their chances.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2016
State says officials didn’t disclose welfare information on Islamic State fighter
Federal law prohibits the release of personal information for those receiving federally funded welfare benefits.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2016
LePage argues with York legislator over long waits for state health services
Rep. Patricia Hymanson disagrees with the governor’s contention that the Legislature diverted state funds to help cities provide welfare to asylum-seeking immigrants.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2016
Gary Johnson, Libertarian candidate for president, to speak in Maine
The former New Mexico governor’s name is on the ballot in all 50 states, along with running mate Bill Weld, former governor of Massachusetts.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2016
LePage, Poliquin call for tougher immigrant screening to protect U.S.
The governor cites the case of an Iranian immigrant and former Freeport resident who was killed in Lebanon while fighting for the Islamic State in 2015.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2016
Lawmakers say DHHS plan to build a forensic unit at Riverview lacks clarity
The plan for the 21-bed unit for patients who have committed crimes is aimed at regaining federal certification for the state psychiatric hospital and the $20 million in annual funding that goes with it.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2016
Collins’ rebuke comes at bad time for troubled Trump campaign
It could worsen his recent slide in the presidential polls and add votes for Clinton, but Maine’s senior senator says her only intent was to do ‘the right thing.’
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PublishedAugust 8, 2016
Sen. Susan Collins, ‘increasingly dismayed’ by Donald Trump, says she won’t vote for him
Maine’s Republican senator writes an opinion column that lays out her case for why her party’s nominee shouldn’t become president.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2016
Trump’s statements about Somali immigrants in Maine draw rebuke
The Republican presidential nominee hints at a correlation between Somali immigrants and more crime, but local police chiefs say property crime and violent crime are down.
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