Ann S. Kim

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Published
January 21, 2012

Experts: LePage can’t close schools

State officials and legal experts said Gov. Paul LePage doesn’t have the power to close the state’s schools — something he said he’d do May 1 if the Legislature doesn’t accept spending cuts in the Department of Health and Human Services budget.
Published
January 21, 2012

Most doubt LePage can close schools

State officials and legal experts said Gov. Paul LePage doesn’t have the power to close the state’s schools — something he said he’d do May 1 if the Legislature doesn’t accept spending cuts in the Department of Health and Human Services budget.
Published
January 20, 2012

Mills touts tools available to businesses

U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills says her elevation to a Cabinet-level position reflects President Obama’s emphasis on small businesses.
Published
January 20, 2012

LePage: Cut DHHS budget or I’ll have to close schools

But it’s not clear whether the governor has the legal authority to close schools.
Published
January 19, 2012

Specialty court suggested for illness, abuse

PORTLAND — An effort is under way to start a specialty court in Cumberland County for defendants with mental illness and substance abuse problems as soon as October.
Published
January 19, 2012

Special court modeled after Kennebec’s

PORTLAND — An effort is under way to start a specialty court in Cumberland County for defendants with mental illness and substance abuse problems as soon as October.
Published
January 13, 2012

Maine inmate accused of threatening to kill president

Leroy Dunn is also currently serving a three-year sentence for drug trafficking, and threatened Gov. Paul LePage last year.
Published
January 11, 2012

Court hears appeal in decapitation conviction

PORTLAND — At the heart of Chad Gurney’s appeal to Maine’s highest court is the question of whether he understood what he was doing was wrong when he strangled Zoe Sarnacki, decapitated her corpse and set it on fire.
Published
December 23, 2011

Two charged after raid at Waterboro pot house

The York County sheriff says the out-of-state men were using a house whose owner did not live there but would visit for several hours each week.
Published
December 22, 2011

More Cutler Files documents to be public

The latest development in the legal fight over a political attack website may give the public a better view into the workings of rival campaigns in Maine’s 2010 gubernatorial election.