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Paul LePage wants to help Maine cope with COVID-19
“I would offer my services to fly back right now and to sit” with Janet Mills to work to deal with unemployment claims and more, LePage said.
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Cautious but vigilant, Janet Mills navigates a time of crisis
Conscious of Mainers’ independence and protective of constitutional rights, the governor comes to strict distancing orders deliberately, even as they extend to the state’s highest office.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Stacey Abrams, who called loss in Georgia race tainted, warns Maine audience of voter suppression
Abrams, the first black woman in U.S. history to win a major party gubernatorial nomination, speaks to 900 in Portland.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Gov. Mills leading the way as clean-energy transition comes to Maine
The installation of solar panels at the Blaine House is a symbolic welcome to an industry that will inspire investment and job creation statewide.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine government should lead on asylum seeker aid
Helping today’s refugees is an investment in tomorrow’s workforce.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
State ethics board fines Mills’ inaugural committee for late fundraising
The board also fines Unite Portland, a political action committee, for filing late reports of expenditures from its campaign opposing the re-election of Ethan Strimling as Portland mayor.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Higher wages, bigger labor force at center of Maine’s 10-year economic plan
The state’s first long-range economic plan in 2 decades will go to the Legislature for consideration of its recommendations.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Mills releases bill to boost funds to Maine nursing homes
The governor had held the bill to boost pay of frontline workers over concerns that it might jeopardize federal Medicaid funding.
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Gov. Mills orders state agencies to step up Maine’s fight against climate change
The governor announces her executive order at the Blaine House, where solar panels designed to meet 25 percent of the electricity demand at the governor’s residence have been installed.