Attempts to expand the Medicaid program for low-income residents have been thwarted five times by LePage vetoes.
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LePage says U.S. needs Trump to wield ‘authoritarian power’
The governor says that he’s worried about the Constitution, and that Trump is needed because the nation is ‘slipping into anarchy’ under President Obama.
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Attorneys for Eves, LePage make arguments on lawsuit appeal
Maine’s Democratic House speaker sued the governor last year for abuse of power, but a federal judge in Maine dismissed the case in May. A three-judge appeals court panel in Boston is now hearing the case
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LePage administration faces new question of whether it followed open meetings law
The administration paid a $500 fine for violating the law with a secret meeting in June.
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Black pastor urges Mainers to forgive LePage for comments on race and drugs
The Rev. Steve Craft, a former heroin addict, visits the state to offer his guidance and to also advise the governor to ‘button your lip’ on the subject.
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New Jersey minister heads to Maine to defend LePage on drug crisis approach
A spokesman for the Rev. Steven Craft, an African-American and a recovering heroin addict, said the ‘media is playing the race card’ in its coverage of LePage’s comments on the race of drug dealers.
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LePage said his ‘drug dealer’ binder was 90% black or Hispanic. It’s not even close
The governor had used the binder to back up claims that people of color were responsible for Maine’s heroin epidemic.
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LePage says state agency underbid on $19 million contract to refurbish MBTA buses
The governor says losses incurred in the work restoring Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority buses could end up being passed on to Maine taxpayers.
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Business groups say Maine’s workforce needs more immigrants
A new report from the Maine Development Foundation and state Chamber of Commerce says the economy will suffer if Maine fails to attract, integrate and train newcomers in a time of growing worker shortages..
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LePage joins multistate Republican lawsuit over new federal overtime rule
In the court challenge to a U.S. Department of Labor overtime rule for salaried workers, LePage joins as an individual plaintiff, not in his capacity as Maine governor.