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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PublishedJuly 18, 2016
Maine delegates pull back from attempt to force vote on convention rules
One state delegate says some withdrew their names when they realized the rule-change effort was likely to fail.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2016
Maine Republican delegates head to Cleveland with mixed feelings
In a party still divided over Donald Trump’s nomination, some are eager to be a part of history while others are less than thrilled.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2016
Maine attorney general to sue LePage administration over closed commission meeting
It may be the first time that an attorney general has taken legal action against a governor’s administration for violating freedom of access laws.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2016
Attorney general set to fine administration for breaking open-meeting law, LePage says
The fine concerns a meeting of an education commission that was closed to the public, the governor says Wednesday at a town hall forum in Boothbay Harbor.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2016
LePage uses radio address to oppose minimum wage ballot question
The governor’s criticism, which blames union activism, includes familiar arguments about the impact on the cost of goods and some inaccurate information.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2016
Advocates for organic foods criticize Collins and King for votes on GMO labeling
Wednesday’s Senate vote was procedural, but it opens the door to debate on a measure that could overturn Maine’s law requiring labeling of bioengineered foods
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PublishedJuly 1, 2016
Maine retiree fueling governor’s questions about ethanol
Ralph Stevens, a retired mechanic who says ethanol emissions may have caused the state’s opioid crisis, and a legislator persuade Paul LePage to order a study of the additive.
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PublishedJune 29, 2016
Trump takes aim at Clinton during raucous rally in Bangor
The Republican presidential hopeful brings his ‘get tough’ message to an arena packed with a mostly supportive crowd of 4,000 people.
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PublishedJune 29, 2016
Bangor rolls out red carpet for Trump
Gov. LePage will join him ‘with bells on’ at the Cross Insurance Center rally Wednesday afternoon.
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PublishedJune 28, 2016
LePage to join Trump for event in Bangor
The governor expects a large turnout for the candidate he says is ‘a personality of his own.’
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