Maine Government News

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage released a statement today after the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee refused to let him speak at an emergency meeting held Sunday to discuss a shortfall in welfare spending.

They came from the townships and plantations of Concord, Lexington, Highland, Carrying Place and Pleasant Ridge.

For the third time in a week, Democrats in the Legislature prevailed Monday on a vote to link an expansion of Medicaid eligibility in Maine to a plan to repay the state's Medicaid debt to its 39 hospitals.

In an hourlong briefing to media Monday, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said his goal, if re-elected in November, would be to eliminate the state's personal income taxes entirely by the end of his second term.

Every legislative session comes to a point where Kabuki drama enters - the stylized theatrical moments where speakers feign surprise, express outrage, and then do what they knew that had to do all along.

In early June, the University of Maine will launch a small-scale offshore demonstrator of a floating wind turbine, fabricated in its lab with a lightweight concrete foundation and composite tower.

Augusta - House Speaker Mark Eves says a Democratic proposal to expand Medicaid while paying off hospital debt is a deal that Governor LePage can't refuse.

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage announced today that he is not favor of raising taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products.

A new analysis by the state economist says Maine had 103 more deaths than births in 2012.

With just a few weeks to go in the legislative session, the focus in Augusta is once again on the $484 million debt Maine owes to its hospitals.

After fires have devastated downtown Lewiston in recent weeks, the state is stepping in to help out with the cleanup effort.

Gov. Paul LePage accused the Maine State Employees Association on Monday of lying to try to scare people with talk of a possible government shutdown.

Gov. Paul LePage accused the Maine State Employees Association on Monday of lying to try to scare people with talk of a possible government shutdown.

Bicycle rides will be taking place in Maine and across the country as a silent protest against traffic fatalities involving bicyclists.

Maine's official state motto is Dirigo, which means "I lead." The phrase is a fitting one for a state that prides itself on its independence.

University of Maine, Orono unveiled the base for its 1/8 scale wind turbine which will be floated down the Penobscot River and out to the Gulf of Maine where it will become the first floating wind turbine off the coast of the U.S. Buy Photo We agree with Patrick Woodcock, director of the Governor's Energy Office, that it's time for a comprehensive ... (more)

"JAP SOLDIERS SWARM IN WOODS OF MAINE? Yellow Peril Threatens New England and New York - Startling Disclosures by Disgruntled Agent of the Mikado" This astonishing headline appeared in the Bangor Daily News on May 15, 1913, a century ago this week.

Maine has an opportunity to finish paying back the hospital debt and accept federal health care dollars to cover more uninsured Maine people right now.

Each of us knows many special qualities that make Maine recognizable across the country and around the world.

For Immediate Release: May 10 Contact: Ed Upham, Bangor CareerCenter, 561-4064; Julie Rabinowitz, Maine Department of Labor, 621-5009 BANGOR-The sixteenth Annual Spring Job Fair will be held on May 14, 2013, at the Spectacular Event Center, 395 Griffin Road in Bangor, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The first hour, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., is dedicated to job ... (more)