At a luncheon hosted by the Maine Heritage Policy Center, Deputy Education Commissioner Bill Beardsley is asked why he participated in a private commission meeting hosted by the governor that violated the state’s open-meeting law.
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Attorney general says LePage broke law by holding education task force meeting in private
Several would-be attendees of the first meeting of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Education Funding were turned away in violation of Maine’s public meetings law.
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Workers from India the hardest to understand, LePage says
Maine’s governor makes other controversial remarks at the Republican State Convention.
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Maine Republicans pick slate of delegates for national convention
In the end, 19 of the 20 delegates chosen Saturday are supported by the Cruz campaign, which could be meaningful if Trump fails to win the nomination on the first ballot in Cleveland..
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LePage veto of overdose antidote bill leaves lawmakers with hard choice, grim consequences
Advocates argue that the governor’s belief that naloxone enables addicts is the same as saying some should die.
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Maine Republicans about to choose delegates for national convention
The 23 delegates will be apportioned based on the results of the state caucuses last month, but loyalties could dissolve in a battle for delegates at the convention in Cleveland.
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LePage vetoes bill aimed at increasing access to overdose antidote
‘Naloxone does not truly save lives; it merely extends them until the next overdose,’ LePage writes in vetoing a bill to allow pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription.
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LePage tells town hall audience Maine to lose 1,200 to 1,500 jobs this summer
The comment came during a forum in Biddeford in which he also discussed his opposition to a solar energy bill and a minimum-wage referendum.
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LePage signs bill to increase officers’ pay, but veto likely on raises for mental health workers
The governor also signs a law mandating that doctors participate in a program that evaluates prescriptions of opioids while also setting limits on the strength and duration of a prescription.
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Legislature passes highway, R&D bond bills worth $150 million
The two bond measures, which are headed to Gov. Paul LePage’s desk, would appear on the November ballot.