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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PublishedDecember 25, 2018
York family displaced by Christmas Day house fire
Two dogs died in the blaze on Triple Oaks Drive, WGME-TV reports.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2018
Westbrook church has the recipe for making Christmas better for many
Its 74 volunteers offer food and fellowship for some 350 people.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2018
Man accused in Christmas Day stabbing in Bridgton held on $20,000 bail
The 18-year-old is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday following an altercation that left the victim with superficial cuts.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2018
Janet Mills rode a wave of Democratic fundraising and spending to the Blaine House
Final tallies put the Democratic governor-elect’s spending at more than $3 million, not including support from outside groups.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2018
Federal government approves LePage request for work requirements for Medicaid
The policy shift also could require some of the 258,000 low-income Mainers who receive health insurance under MaineCare to pay monthly premiums.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
LePage repeats discredited claim that most drug dealers in Maine are minorities
The governor first made such a claim in 2016, but it was disproved by a Press Herald analysis of the governor’s three-ring binder of drug arrest press releases.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
Mills wants turnpike official to change lanes and lead transportation department
Bruce Van Note, who has held top-level managerial positions at the state Department of Transportation, will oversee the agency if he is confirmed.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2018
To lead Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Mills picks biologist with 10 years in the department
Outdoors groups applaud the nomination of Judy Camuso, who has led the department’s Wildlife Division since 2013.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2018
LePage seeks to keep his lawsuit against Mills alive after she takes office
The outgoing governor wants to contest a judge’s ruling that Janet Mills did not exceed her authority as attorney general when she joined a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2018
Mills picks official from Attorney General’s Office to be Maine’s finance chief
The Democratic governor-elect says she will nominate Kirsten Figueroa as commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
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