But a liberal economic policy group says his warning applies only to a small number of businesses or individuals who take bonus depreciations or itemize deductions for high medical costs.
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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Maine secretary of state says Republicans’ lawsuit over ranked-choice voting is based on speculation
A lawyer for Matt Dunlap responds to Republican concerns that ranked-choice voting in the June primary might not lead to election of the party’s true ‘standard-bearer.’
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Maine Democrats to descend on Lewiston for state convention starting Friday
The party will choose from multiple candidates in the June 12 primary for governor and the state’s 2nd U.S. Congressional District.
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LePage Cabinet member leaves quietly as office is dismantled
Jonathan LaBonte, who could be named in a lawsuit against the former Oxford County sheriff, resigned as director of the Office of Policy and Management last month with no announcement by the administration.
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Sports betting unlikely to arrive in Maine anytime soon
The state would have to pass legislation allowing such gambling, and none has been introduced so far, state officials say.
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Republicans running for governor pledge to follow LePage lead on Medicaid, taxes, workforce development
But they would accomplish their goals in different ways, and some have more specific visions than others of what they believe Maine needs from its next chief executive.
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State’s highest court agrees: Max Linn is ineligible for Republican Senate primary
Justices uphold a lower court ruling that the state had acted properly when it barred his candidacy over a shortfall of valid petition signatures caused when many were deemed fraudulent.
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Republican hoping to run in U.S. Senate race makes last-ditch appeal to Maine’s high court
The court is being asked to reverse an earlier decision by Maine’s secretary of state invalidating Max Linn’s campaign over fake voter signatures
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Maine Republican Party files federal lawsuit to stop ranked-choice voting in June primary
The court complaint is the latest in a series of Republican efforts to stop the voter-approved law.
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Lawmakers adjourn session, leaving stack of legislative work undone
A dispute between House Republicans and other lawmakers over funding for Medicaid expansion and other issues leaves a raft of bills in limbo, including key funding measures.