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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PublishedOctober 12, 2017
Legislator Mark Dion joins crowded field of Democrats in 2018 governor’s race
The practicing attorney and former Cumberland County sheriff cites his long experience in law enforcement and an ability to listen and lead.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2017
Key House Republican Ellie Espling announces bid for state Senate
The assistant House minority leader, who has served four terms and cannot run again, is seeking the District 20 Senate seat.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2017
Stephen Bannon’s reported interest in Ann LePage candidacy stirs speculation
Maine’s first lady has kept a low, apolitical profile, but a New York Times report that Bannon sees her as a prospective challenger to Sen. Angus King casts her in a different light.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
PAC has spent over $1.5 million to persuade Mainers to support a York County casino
The campaign, which has incurred over $1 million more in debt, received all of its donations from a company headed by the only person who would be eligible to apply for a casino license.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
Old Orchard Beach campground and mobile home park a potential casino site
A development study identifies 25 acres of neighboring parcels, but the campaign calls it a test-case location and some people living there are skeptical.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2017
Casino referendum battle intensifies with website attacking ‘Shady Shawn’
Opponents try to paint the potential developer of a York County gambling facility and some of its financial backers as unethical, and their targets fire back.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2017
Supporters hope Collins will skip run for governor, stay in Senate
She’ll decide next week whether to make a bid to succeed Paul LePage, but her backers don’t want Congress to lose a powerful moderate and a check on President Trump.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2017
Lucas St. Clair enters race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat
The son of conservationist Roxanne Quimby has become the face of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and is the sixth Democrat to enter the district primary.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2017
LePage was to meet with Trump today in Washington
The president’s daily calendar included a brief meeting with LePage and 3 other governors, on an undisclosed topic.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2017
Bill to make sale of recreational marijuana legal in Maine faces uncertain fate
A Republican legislative leader says he’s uneasy with the bill because it’s an ‘all-or-nothing’ measure. If it doesn’t pass, the marijuana ballot question that voters approved will become law.
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