Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine. @thisdog
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2019
First 4 Mills Cabinet nominees get unanimous committee support at Legislature
The nominees to lead the departments of transportation, marine resources, community and economic development and administration and financial services must now be approved by the state Senate.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2019
Confirmation hearings for governor’s Cabinet start this week
The 14 nominees picked by the state’s new Democratic governor to head Maine’s government departments will appear before legislative committees starting Tuesday.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2019
Mills backs bill to have state guarantee loans to unpaid federal employees
The emergency bill aims to ease financial pressures on 1,100 Mainers who are working during the government shutdown but haven’t been paid.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2019
Maine House bans members from taking videos, photos during floor debate
Republicans say the ban is unnecessary, but the majority leader says the rule change is meant to prevent distractions.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2019
Mills names former House Speaker Hannah Pingree to head new office of innovation
Pingree says Maine’s Office of Innovation and the Future will look for solutions in early-childhood education, the opioid crisis, broadband expansion and other areas.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2019
This year’s legislative session may pit Mills against her own party on taxes
Maine’s new governor has vowed not to raise taxes in her first 2-year budget proposal, but Democratic lawmakers’ agenda calls for more state spending.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2019
Mills releases bonds for senior housing that LePage blocked for 3 years
The $15 million package would create an estimated 200 new affordable housing units, with $500,000 earmarked for home repairs for low-income seniors.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2019
Maine Legislature poised to debate legalized sports betting
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2018 opened the door for states to regulate wagering on sporting events, and at least 30 states are taking up the issue.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2019
Thousands have applied for Medicaid, Mills says, and the state is processing claims
The new governor says her administration is working to provide coverage to applicants rejected by the LePage administration.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2019
Debate brewing over gun control bills pending in Maine Legislature
But the state’s newly elected Democratic governor says she won’t support a universal background-check measure that voters have already rejected at the ballot box.
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