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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PublishedDecember 26, 2018
Mills nominates Brunswick school administrator to be Maine’s education chief
Pender Makin, a former Maine Principal of the Year, promises a shift in priorities and vows to support public school teachers, administrators and students.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2018
Westbrook church has the recipe for making Christmas better for many
Its 74 volunteers offer food and fellowship for some 350 people.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2018
Man accused in Christmas Day stabbing in Bridgton held on $20,000 bail
The 18-year-old is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday following an altercation that left the victim with superficial cuts.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2018
Janet Mills rode wave of Democratic fundraising and spending to victory in November
Final tallies put the Democratic governor-elect’s spending at more than $3 million, not including support from outside groups.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2018
Federal government approves LePage request for work requirements for Medicaid
The policy shift also could require some of the 258,000 low-income Mainers who receive health insurance under MaineCare to pay monthly premiums.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
LePage repeats discredited claim that most drug dealers in Maine are minorities
The governor first made such a claim in 2016, but it was disproved by a Press Herald analysis of the governor’s three-ring binder of drug arrest press releases.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
Mills wants turnpike official to change lanes and lead transportation department
Bruce Van Note, who has held top-level managerial positions at the state Department of Transportation, will oversee the agency if he is confirmed.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2018
Mills nominates Freeport biologist to head Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Outdoors groups applaud the choice of Judy Camuso, a longtime department employee who has led the agency’s Wildlife Division since 2013.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2018
LePage asks court for more time to press appeal in case against Mills
The outgoing governor wants to contest a judge’s ruling that Mills did not exceed her authority when she joined a federal suit against the Trump administration in California.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2018
Mills picks official from Attorney General’s Office to be Maine’s finance chief
The Democratic governor-elect says she will nominate Kirsten Figueroa as commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
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