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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PublishedFebruary 14, 2018
Dozens testify on bill to ban the practice of ‘conversion therapy’ on minors in Maine
The measure would prohibit the practice of therapies that attempt to discourage same-sex attraction by altering sexual orientation, but critics say it goes too far.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2018
LePage unlikely to take his foot off the gas in final months as governor
He’ll lay out his agenda tonight in his final State of the State speech to the Legislature in Augusta.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2018
Group plans rally in opposition to LePage before his final State of the State address
Mainers for Health Care will call attention to LePage’s resistance to Medicaid expansion, which voters approved at the ballot box in November.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2018
Trump selects Maine attorney to direct White House ethics office
Emory A. Rounds III, who once served as ethics counsel to President George W. Bush, would replace Walter Shaub, a critic of the president’s continued ties to his business interests.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2018
Lawmakers face competing bills to criminalize female genital mutilation
One of the bills, backed by Gov. Paul LePage and sponsored by Scarborough Rep. Heather Sirocki, is being promoted by ACT for America, a national anti-Muslim group.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2018
Report recommends sweeping changes to Maine jails, including closing some
The Department of Corrections is suggesting that the state move to a three-region system with five jails in each region.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2018
For 11 months, LePage administration dodges public records request for travel receipts
A request made under Maine’s open records law in March 2017 remains in limbo, and the costs to taxpayers for the governor’s international travels is unknown.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2018
Republican bill would allow more drug testing of Maine workers
Now that marijuana is legal, the proposed overhaul of workplace impairment law seeks to give companies more powers to maintain safety, but critics say the plan goes too far.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2018
Sens. Collins, King urge caution in possible release of ‘very partisan’ intelligence report
Collins says a dissenting memo from Democrats should also be released, and she joins King in expressing concern about compromising the nation’s security.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2018
LePage says long-delayed opioid antidote rules don’t need his OK
He appears to be letting the sales guidelines sent to him in August move forward, even though he opposes giving 18-year-olds access to lifesaving naloxone.
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