An MDOT spokesman said David Bernhardt’s change of plans does not stem from the governor’s new restrictions on administrators’ speaking to legislative committees.
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LePage sends allegorical gift book to (some) Republicans
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Maine GOP chairman says details of income tax, welfare referendums coming soon
Party Chairman Rick Bennett won’t address speculation that the party will push for a 4 percent income tax rate instead of full elimination.
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SIGH-NAY, SIGH-NEE? Maine high court delves into obscure legislative vernacular
A footnote buried deep within the Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s 55-page ruling on the governor’s veto dispute with the Legislature highlighted another longstanding bone of contention. What is sine die? What does it mean? How the heck do you pronounce it? Sine die is Latin for the phrase “without a day.” It was mentioned frequently […]
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LePage crashes local budget forum, denies saying Stephen King doesn’t pay taxes
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8lVMs5B9ZQ?rel=0] So that must have been interesting. Gov. Paul LePage made an unexpected appearance Wednesday at a state budget forum with state Sen. Cathy Breen, D-Falmouth. The forum is one of several that Democratic lawmakers are hosting in their local districts across the state, an effort designed to deliver their take on the budget directly to constituents. […]
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LePage, Mills split divides budget committee
The Legislature’s budget writing committee engaged in its first public tussle Monday evening with a vote that wouldn’t have been necessary if not for the ongoing dispute between Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills. At issue was whether lawmakers should circumvent the governor’s authority to issue a $28,000 financial order that’s needed […]
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Morning Briefing 3.23.15: King demands a ‘sorry,’ Pennywise, Randall Flagg at the ready
No apology from Governor LePage. Some guys are a lot better at dishing it out than taking it back. — Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 22, 2015 Anyone else getting the sense that Stephen King isn’t going to let Gov. Paul LePage wait out this tax/residency dustup in the bunker of silence? First the bestselling horror […]
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King to LePage: ‘Man up and apologize’
Governor Paul LePage implied that I don’t pay my taxes. I do. Every cent. I think he needs to man up and apologize. — Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 20, 2015 Clearly, the Master of Horror is not satisfied with a corrected weekly radio address. Bangor resident Stephen King sent the above tweet Thursday […]
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Stephen King: LePage ‘full of the stuff that makes the grass grow green’
Author Stephen King turned Gov. Paul LePage’s effort to kill Maine’s income tax into a horror show for the governor Thursday. In a weekly radio address LePage’s office released on Wednesday, the governor erroneously said that King, who owns property in Florida, had moved to the Sunshine State, presumably to avoid paying income taxes to […]
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