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PublishedFebruary 5, 2013
The State of the State, on social media
Mainers react on Twitter and Facebook.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2013
Maine panel rejects voter IDs, backs early voting
The state commission that studied Maine's elections says there is little or no history of voter fraud.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2013
Family, schools big themes in LePage’s speech tonight
The Governor's Office released pieces of the speech on Twitter, making it the first time a Maine governor has used social media to promote the State of the State address.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2013
Maine AG wants hospitals to allow public into meetings
The boards of those that rely mostly on taxpayer funding should be more open to scrutiny, the attorney general says.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2013
Governor’s second State of the State comes under very different circumstances
With Democrats now in the majority, Gov. LePage needs to win their support to advance his agenda.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2013
LePage ally named director of Maine Republicans
Jason Savage, who ran the governor's political organization in 2010, has a 'keen political mind.'
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2013
LePage finally meets with top Democrats
The leaders discuss various issues in a session long delayed by a dispute over 'tracking' of the governor.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2013
Time for LePage speech and talk turns to tone
With the exception of Gov. Paul LePage and his confidants, nobody knows what the governor will say when he delivers his State of the State address Tuesday night. Governors sometimes use the annual address to reveal a new set of policy initiatives or re-emphasize old ones. LePage offered a mix of both during his 2012 […]
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2013
Bill Nemitz: Connecting to State House with bunny slippers on
Need a break from all the debate over virtual schools in Maine? State Rep. Alan Casavant, D-Biddeford, offers Legislative Resolution 1729 for your consideration: “Resolve, To Create a Study Group to Research the Possibility of a Virtual Legislature.” Stay away from that delete button. As much as this might sound like one of those weirdly […]
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2013
Politicians strive to stay in hospitals’ good graces
But the partisan tension over who gets credit for paying the state’s debt to medical institutions reveals that industry’s outsized clout.
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