The governor and other officials on Tuesday sought to highlight Child Abuse Prevention Day, which comes following the recent deaths of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, of Stockton Springs, and 4-year-old Kendall Chick, of Wiscasset.
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LePage slams municipal group as ‘enemy of elderly’ over foreclosure bill changes
In a radio address and interview, Gov. Paul LePage lashed out at legislators and the Maine Municipal Association for watering down his bill to protect the elderly from tax lien foreclosure.
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LePage: MaineGeneral hospital investment in Augusta ‘a massive disaster’
The governor took aim at hospitals during wide-ranging comments Thursday at a breakfast talk before the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.
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Committee tables LePage bill to prevent tax lien foreclosure on elderly
Gov. Paul LePage initiated L.D. 1629, An Act to Protect the Elderly from Tax Lien Foreclosures, after Richard and Leonette Sukeforth, an elderly couple from Albion, were foreclosed on and evicted from their home on Lovejoy Pond before the town sold it for $6,500.
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Democrat Mark Dion wants to add governor to his varied resume
The Lewiston native’s job credentials range from melting metal at a brass foundry to practicing law.
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David Sorensen, Trump speechwriter with Maine ties, resigns amid abuse allegations
Sorensen worked for Maine Gov. Paul LePage until May 2017.
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LePage urges taxation committee to back bill to protect elderly from property foreclosure
The governor cited an Albion couple who lost their shorefront home worth $70,000 to $80,000 to foreclosure, after which it was sold for $6,500, a case he called “egregious.”
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At new Cianbro facility, LePage praises vocational training, calls teachers ‘a dime a dozen’
Gov. Paul LePage, speaking at the grand opening for the Pittsfield company’s new workforce training facility, said a mentor program is more valuable than ‘just teaching out of a book.’
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Travis Mills holds grand opening of lakeside retreat for wounded veterans in Rome
The retreat is designed to provide handicapped veterans with a relaxing place to stay with their families.
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LePage to deliver State of the State speech after 1-year hiatus
The governor last year chose to deliver a letter to legislators rather than deliver the customary speech to a joint session of the Legislature.