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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PublishedJanuary 28, 2018
Maine falls behind other states in efforts to prevent overdose deaths
As states from New Hampshire to California expand access to the overdose antidote naloxone, the LePage administration delays action that could save Maine lives.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2018
Primary candidates raking in cash for Maine governor’s race
Democrats and Republicans are battling for supremacy in primary fundraising, but it takes more than money to win.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2018
Democrats call on LePage to approve overdose antidote naloxone
Over-the-counter sales were approved in 2017, but rules for implementing the law, which the governor opposed, have languished in his office. Meanwhile, addicts die at the rate of one a day.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2018
Scarborough lawmaker’s bill would make coerced labor a crime
The measure takes aim at those who exploit vulnerable populations such as refugees or people reliant on drugs or alcohol.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2018
Democrat Adam Cote leads Blaine House candidates in campaign fundraising
But he had a head start on fellow Democrat Janet Mills, who raised the most during the last 6 months of 2017. Shawn Moody leads the Republican field, contributing $150,000 of his own money.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2018
Republicans decry timing of attorney general’s bill to expand abortion access
Reacting to a lawsuit, Democrat Janet Mills wants to let non-doctors perform the procedure, but Republicans say she’s wooing far-left votes in the governor’s race.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2018
Why a life-saving drug still isn’t at hand: Bureaucracy
Twice Maine lawmakers have OK’d the purchase of Narcan, a heroin overdose antidote, without a prescription, but Gov. Paul LePage and the state’s pharmacy regulators won’t publish the rules that sanction its sale.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2018
LePage tells lawmakers he will oppose borrowing aimed at helping biomass industry
Drawing on his experience in the forest products industry, Maine’s governor says the bills are not a wise use of money.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2018
Candidates for governor disagree with LePage’s delay of rules to expand access to overdose antidote
Three Republicans and two Democrats who hope to succeed him say they wouldn’t stall guidelines for over-the-counter sales of lifesaving naloxone amid an opioid crisis with a rising death toll.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2018
Maine lawmakers continue debate over Pine Tree Development Zones
The tax-break program for businesses is set to end this year, but a pending bill would extend it to 2023, despite a legislative report raising concerns about a lack of accountability.
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