Five committees are meeting in the State House on Tuesday to take up dozens of the governor’s nominations.
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Lawmakers to vet LePage’s new labor chief
Deputy Labor Commissioner Jeanne Paquette is tapped to replace outgoing chief Robert Winglass.
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LePage leading trade mission to China next week
The seven-day trip will be LePage’s first overseas trade mission.
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Maine GOP Committee now faces convention fallout
Analysis: Exposed in Tampa, Fla., the deep divide within the Maine Republican Party is coming home.
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Feds still mulling LePage’s Medicaid waiver request
Gov. LePage would like to remove 24,000 low-income parents and 1,800 elderly people from the program, as well as all 19- and 20-year-olds.
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Maine GOP’s disunity cuts into the partying
The Maine Republican Party’s disunity at the Republican National Convention appears to have taken a toll on a tradition among delegations at political conventions: the partying.
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Maine elections panel holding Portland hearing today
The panel wants to know how Mainers view the state’s voting process and how they think it can be improved.
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Maine’s contentious Paul backers distract some, puzzle others
About 100-plus Ron Paul supporters from Maine and other states walked out of the convention Wednesday night shouting, “As Maine goes, so goes the nation.”
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Brunswick superintendent apologizes for way he attacked LePage
Paul Perzanoski says he used the wrong forum to criticize the governor’s policies.
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LePage picks controversial commissioner for Board of Education
Bill Beardsley, who faces questions about his handling of sex-abuse allegations at Husson College, now faces a Sept. 5 confirmation hearing.