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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PublishedFebruary 5, 2018
For 11 months, LePage administration dodges public records request for travel receipts
A request made under Maine’s open records law in March 2017 remains in limbo, and the costs to taxpayers for the governor’s international travels is unknown.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2018
Republican bill would allow more drug testing of Maine workers
Now that marijuana is legal, the proposed overhaul of workplace impairment law seeks to give companies more powers to maintain safety, but critics say the plan goes too far.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2018
Sens. Collins, King urge caution in possible release of ‘very partisan’ intelligence report
Collins says a dissenting memo from Democrats should also be released, and she joins King in expressing concern about compromising the nation’s security.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2018
LePage says long-delayed opioid antidote rules don’t need his OK
He appears to be letting the sales guidelines sent to him in August move forward, even though he opposes giving 18-year-olds access to lifesaving naloxone.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2018
Maine falls behind other states in efforts to prevent overdose deaths
As states from New Hampshire to California expand access to the overdose antidote naloxone, the LePage administration delays action that could save Maine lives.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2018
Primary candidates raking in cash for Maine governor’s race
Democrats and Republicans are battling for supremacy in primary fundraising, but it takes more than money to win.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2018
Democrats call on LePage to approve overdose antidote naloxone
Over-the-counter sales were approved in 2017, but rules for implementing the law, which the governor opposed, have languished in his office. Meanwhile, addicts die at the rate of one a day.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2018
Scarborough lawmaker’s bill would make coerced labor a crime
The measure takes aim at those who exploit vulnerable populations such as refugees or people reliant on drugs or alcohol.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2018
Democrat Adam Cote leads Blaine House candidates in campaign fundraising
But he had a head start on fellow Democrat Janet Mills, who raised the most during the last 6 months of 2017. Shawn Moody leads the Republican field, contributing $150,000 of his own money.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2018
Republicans decry timing of attorney general’s bill to expand abortion access
Reacting to a lawsuit, Democrat Janet Mills wants to let non-doctors perform the procedure, but Republicans say she’s wooing far-left votes in the governor’s race.
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