Gov. Janet Mills asks the agency in charge of providing legal defense to low-income Mainers if it has done enough to recruit attorneys to address an ongoing shortage.
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After trying to overturn his election loss in 2018, Poliquin won’t say if he’ll respect the results this year
The former 2nd District congressman is seeking is old office after falsely claiming he was denied victory in the 2018 election by a ‘black box computer algorithm.’
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In reliably Republican town of Oxford, rising prices are voters’ top concern
In 2014, Paul LePage earned 66 percent of the vote in the town of 4,000. He’ll need the support of Oxford, and towns like it, if he wants to win again.
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First Maine gubernatorial debate kept fact checkers busy
Former Gov. Paul LePage made several false claims while Gov. Janet Mills used spin, and independent Sam Hunkler asserted he didn’t know the answers and made few factual claims at all.
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LePage, sportsmen’s group tussle over $40 million fish hatchery
The Republican gubernatorial candidate says he lost the group’s support by refusing to promise funding for a $40 million fish hatchery. The group says it does not pressure any candidate and stands by its election guide, which gave an A rating to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
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Citing emergency, Maine’s legal service for the poor requests $13.3 million
Faced with a dwindling roster of attorneys, the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services wants to increase the hourly rate from $80 to $150 for lawyers who agree to represent low-income Mainers.
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‘Duke’ Dulac, Augusta barber and political pollster ahead of his time, dies
The Augusta barber who polled his clients to predict political outcomes gained notoriety after being the only one to forecast the upset election of James Longley as Maine’s governor in 1975.
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Maine politicians scramble to show support for lobster industry
Long seen as emblematic of Maine’s hardworking ethos, lobstering holds an outsized influence on the state’s electorate and politicians from both parties want to show voters that they are on board.
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Virginia Gov. Youngkin stumps for LePage
Virginia’s first-term governor says Republicans have a winning formula on education: empower frustrated parents.
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LePage, other leading Maine Republicans, silent on revelations Trump had trove of secret documents
Paul LePage, Bruce Poliquin and the state party decline to address recent developments, including possible obstruction, while Sen. Susan Collins condemns violent threats against FBI and federal prosecutors.