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.
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Gov. LePage expects Fairchild sale will lead to hundreds of job losses
He says they’re among the 1,200 good-paying positions that he predicted in April will be gone from southern Maine when major employers leave the area.
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Democrats to hold public session on plan for a ‘Better Maine’
The meeting Tuesday in Topsham follows an 18-month town hall-style campaign by Republican Gov. Paul LePage.
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The ‘LePage effect’ looms in battle for State House
The governor’s personality and policies likely will play a role in November, especially in the dozens of tight House and Senate seats.
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Major welfare program in Maine about to be privatized
The LePage administration is finalizing a $62.5 million contract with a New York company to oversee ASPIRE employment assistance.
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Artists praise, others decry LePage mural in Portland amid free-speech debate
The graffiti depicting the governor in Ku Klux Klan robes has been altered, but the controversy continues.
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Lawmaker apologizes for insulting email to Massachusetts woman
Rep. Stephen Wood said he lost his temper when he responded to a woman who had criticized Maine Republicans for failing to hold Gov. Paul LePage accountable for recent actions.
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Maine lawmaker sends insulting email to woman calling for action on LePage
Rep. Stephen Wood tells a Massachusetts woman offended by the governor’s comments that ‘we have … (enough) mass holes here. … Thanks for not coming to Maine.’