GOP leaders struggle to mend their fractured relationship with Gov. Paul LePage, who’s refusing to work with the Legislature and wants to take his policies straight to voters.
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LePage ally well positioned to win massive state offices project in Augusta
Peter Anastos, a hotelier from Yarmouth, has the purchase rights on a parcel that meets key criteria in a 225,000-square-foot development bid.
LePage calling on Republicans to turn against Augusta senator Katz
The governor doubles down on his effort to remove Sen. Roger Katz from the committee investigating the Good Will-Hinckley controversy.
Maine foes of big money also accept ‘dark’ funds
Backers of the Question 1 clean elections effort, critics say, rely on the same outside influence they are trying to suppress.
Maine elections chief advises Republicans to split tax-welfare ballot question
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, a Democrat, says dividing the initiative into two separate ballot questions meets a state law designed to give voters a choice on disparate issues.
Maine lawmaker wants oversight of state’s secretive fusion center
Rep. Charlotte Warren’s bill to empower an oversight committee would reactivate a panel that hasn’t met in years.
Ranked-choice voting could be headed for ballot
If approved in November 2016, Maine would become the first state to ensure election winners carry a majority.
Panel to subpoena LePage staffers to testify about Good Will-Hinckley funding threat
The Government Oversight Committee votes after Good Will-Hinckley’s board chairman says the threat jeopardized the school’s solvency and led it to rescinded its job offer to House Speaker Mark Eves.
Maine lawmakers renew effort to track tobacco settlement funds
A legislative panel Tuesday will ask state agencies and private contractors to explain where the money is going.
Liberal watchdog group requests investigation of Poliquin for ethics violation
The American Democracy Legal Fund says Poliquin and 22 other Republicans violated House rules and federal law by signing agreement in exchange for campaign cash.