The governor took aim at hospitals during wide-ranging comments Thursday at a breakfast talk before the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.
Paul LePage
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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.
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Analysis: Both parties likely to anguish over parts of LePage’s budget plan
Most legislators are likely to take issue with some aspect of the governor’s ambitious $6.8 billion proposal.
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Elderly couple’s eviction from Albion home draws LePage’s ire
The Maine governor vows to change the law about foreclosure of elderly people’s properties after the Albion couple, both 80 years old and disabled, were evicted from their home.