Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Friday he won’t release $4.9 million that lawmakers budgeted for Democratic Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Janet Mills’ office until she provides him legal bills that are as detailed as those of private law firms.
Independent candidate for the 2018 Maine governor’s race Alan Caron of Freeport launched a statewide campaign tour at the America’s First Mile monument in Fort Kent on Thursday morning.
Good morning from Augusta. A poll released on Wednesday by the AARP shows something interesting, but probably not unsurprising:
Top company officials from two of the largest social media platforms in the world were grilled Wednesday by members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, including Maine’s Susan Collins and Angus King.
Some trees are displaying bright fall colors early in Maine this year, which may mean an extended fall foliage season.
Good day from Augusta, where Gov. Paul LePage’s move to submit a Medicaid expansion plan to the federal government while asking the feds to reject ithas advocates pondering their next move in light of an ongoing case on the issue in Maine courts.
Maine’s Republican governor has urged the federal government to reject the proposal that his administration submitted Tuesday to start rolling out Medicaid expansion as demanded by voters.
Good morning from Augusta, where the State House is again relatively quiet as Maine’s political world turns its attention to events in Washington and on the campaign trail.
The Maine Legislature voted Thursday to enhance the state’s embattled child welfare system with $21.2 million in funding, marking the first legislative response to the deaths of two girls who died allegedly at the hands of their caregivers.
The Maine Legislature is back in Augusta on Thursday for the first of a planned two final days of the 2018 legislative session. Lawmakers will handle a ream of proposed child welfare reforms from Gov. Paul LePage, conforming Maine to the federal tax code and other issues.
