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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PublishedJune 29, 2018
LePage plans to veto Medicaid expansion funding bill
Advocates are urging 70,000 eligible Mainers to apply for benefits, even though the program is shrouded in uncertainty.
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PublishedJune 28, 2018
Citizens group sues LePage to try to force release of Clean Election funding
The lawsuit urges a court to require the governor to sign an order freeing up campaign money that has already been set aside and promised to candidates.
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PublishedJune 27, 2018
Commission decides Clean Election candidates will get only partial payments
Lawsuits may be next, after the panel that oversees the program is forced to limit disbursements because political wrangling has left the account short of money.
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PublishedJune 26, 2018
Clean elections fund running dry amid partisan wrangling
More than 100 candidates might get only 28% of what they’re due as a fix for a typographical error eludes Democrats and Republicans.
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PublishedJune 25, 2018
LePage stalls voter-approved bond package; House speaker says he’s putting jobs at risk
Maine’s governor asks the state treasurer for more time to decide if he will sign off on $117 million in new debt for the state, a tactic House Speaker Sara Gideon calls irresponsible.
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PublishedJune 24, 2018
In governor’s race full of uncertainty, only sure thing will be LePage
The Nov. 6 election will be all about him, and whether voters want someone to carry on the Republican’s legacy or blaze a new trail.
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PublishedJune 21, 2018
Lawmakers put off votes on 3 borrowing bills until next week
Maine voters would have to approve the $200 million in state debt to fix roads and bridges, renovate college classrooms and help municipalities improve wastewater treatment.
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PublishedJune 20, 2018
Maine Legislature approves funds for Medicaid expansion opposed by governor
The approval could affect LePage’s court fight over implementing the change, and he could veto the measure intended to finally advance the voter-passed expansion.
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PublishedJune 19, 2018
Lawmakers pass $41 million package with funding for disabled, elderly, opioid treatment
The Legislature must still take up several other spending measures, including one to borrow $100 million for transportation improvements.
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PublishedJune 19, 2018
Shawn Moody tells Republicans at rally he’d carry on LePage’s legacy
The Gorham businessman and Republican nominee for governor said he would build on LePage’s policies.
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