3 hrs ago | Sun Journal
A requiem for Lewiston's tenements
In the span of one week from late April to early May, three arson fires destroyed nine tenement buildings in downtown Lewiston, displacing their nearly 200 occupants.
7 hrs ago | Kennebec Journal
Teen's suicide highlights issue's painful complexities
Shapleigh resident Rebecca Liberty discovered the body of her 16-year-old daughter Haley Plaisted after taking her own life in the garage.
11 hrs ago | The Harbor Times Soup
Education "Reform" in Maine, Part 3: Changing the Ending
Governor LePage's spokesperson, Adrienne Bennett, thinks poverty is no barrier to education.
15 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News
LePage bars others' testimony, setting up too strange for fiction scene
I've heard political news so bizarre that it seemed like if someone wrote it into a script, no one would make that movie.
17 hrs ago | Kennebec Journal
Federal education waiver threatened by teacher evaluations dispute
A split among policymakers over the terms of educator evaluations could sink Maine's request for a waiver from federal education regulations, Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen is warning.
21 hrs ago | Kennebec Journal
Augusta council braces for worst on city, school budgets
City councilors are concerned local taxpayers will be hurt by the ongoing state budget battle and escalating conflicts between legislators and Gov.
Mainea s Department of Professional and Financial Regulation Advises...
Citing reports of bogus charities springing up in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the school shooting in Connecticut, Governor Paul R. LePage and Commissioner Anne Head from the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation are encouraging Maine residents to check the legitimacy of unknown charities, particularly those that seem to ... (more)
No change of heart on Maine hospital debt
Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic lawmakers had no change of heart Friday on a bill to repay a $484 million debt to Maine hospital s and expand Medicaid.
Governor LePage Requests Aid from U.S. Small Business Administration for Lewiston Fire Victims
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today asked the U.S. Small Business Administration to make emergency low-interest loans available to affected property owners and residents who had major damage from the recent fires in the City of Lewiston.
Now that the governor has vetoed the bill combining hospital debt repayment with Medicaid expansion, lawmakers must decide what to do next.
Battlefield Cross Memorial Ceremony to Take Place in Augusta
Gov. Paul LePage will join Maine military leaders in a Battlefield Cross Memorial Ceremony at the Maine State House.
What we would have asked LePage
Phil : So, at least we both agree that Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, should have allowed Gov.
Lawmakers favor limits on use of ethanol in motor fuel
A long-debated bill that could have banned the use of corn-based ethanol in motor fuel in Maine passed unanimously through the Senate Thursday evening.
Presque Isle celebrates business-friendly designation by state
In just the past year, Tim Lavin, president and chief executive officer of Balance BPO in Presque Isle, said that he has watched the downtown undergo a wonderful transition.
Controversial LePage education proposals earn bipartisan opposition in committee
Gov. Paul LePage's latest attempts to broaden school choice and lift a cap on charter schools failed to gain much support at the Legislature's committee level Thursday.
Strimling & Harriman on the State House fight over a TV
There's been another dustup at the State House between democrats and Governor LePage -- over, of all things, a television set.
Maine Medicaid expansion passes but governor sets veto
Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill to expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's Republican governor, who immediately began veto procedures.
How the omnibus energy bill will benefit Maine
There's no arguing Mainers are paying too much for energy - significantly more than elsewhere in the country.
LePage, Democrats locked in State House TV feud
Democratic legislative leaders said Thursday that an angry Gov. Paul LePage told them that he was moving out of his office in the State House.
Enough is Enough: College material, hospital debt and welfare expansion
Enough is enough. The following is a list of our local lawmakers that are holding up meaningful welfare reform.