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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PublishedApril 26, 2017
LePage joins Trump for signing of order to review designations of national monuments
The Trump order seeks to review national monument designations but it’s not clear if it will affect Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Water National Monument.
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PublishedApril 25, 2017
Maine House rejects requiring voters to present photo IDs
On a largely party-line vote, Democrats quash legislation that Republicans said would fight voter fraud.
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PublishedApril 24, 2017
LePage says he’ll testify against Katahdin-area national monument as Trump plans review
The governor says he’d like to see the Obama designation reversed, and if it’s not, he’ll urge Congress to change the law so state and local approvals are needed.
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PublishedApril 24, 2017
LePage says he will bring case for tax hike repeal to the public
Maine’s Republican governor says that strategy worked on welfare reform.
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PublishedApril 13, 2017
Maine’s highest court hears arguments on new ranked-choice voting law
Opponents argue the ballot measure passed last November, which fundamentally changes the way voters select the state’s top elected officials, is unconstitutional.
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PublishedApril 11, 2017
Sen. Collins seriously considering run for Maine governor in 2018
The Republican says she wants a job where she could do the most for Mainers, but she would have to leave her U.S. Senate seat two years before her term ends.
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PublishedApril 11, 2017
LePage says Democrats should meet with him to work out budget details
State lawmakers have less than two months to work out a deal or risk a government shutdown.
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PublishedApril 10, 2017
Gov. LePage hires former Jeff Sessions adviser for senior policy post
Garrett Murch, a Maine native who also worked for former Sen. Olympia Snowe and edited a conservative news and commentary website, joined the administration this month.
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PublishedApril 7, 2017
Maine lawmakers consider lead and arsenic poisoning prevention bills
The sponsors of the bills say poisoned drinking water is widespread in the state.
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PublishedApril 6, 2017
Maine’s attorney general says bill to protect climate change views is unneccessary
A conservative lawmaker who authored the bill says it’s meant to stop Attorney General Janet Mills from suppressing free speech.
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