As states from New Hampshire to California expand access to the overdose antidote naloxone, the LePage administration delays action that could save Maine lives.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
Posted inMaine, News
Shielded Maine wind energy commission receives pushback
The law was unanimously passed in 1996 but opponents question its ethical ramifications.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Adam Cote: Energy moves will crush thousands of Maine jobs, hurt Maine people
Gov. LePage has done us a disservice by blocking wind and solar power opportunities.
Posted inMaine, News
LePage wins battle in fight over workforce development funding
The Maine State Workforce Board supports his plan to require that the agencies devote 70 percent of their federal funding to job training.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report, News, Politics
LePage likely to veto bill to extend pot sales moratorium – and seek longer delay
House Minority Leader Ken Fredette says the proposed April 18 target date doesn’t allow enough time to write market rules, and he and the governor want the moratorium to last until January 2019.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: LePage pick for environmental board would have obvious conflict of interest
Mark Dubois represents a company whose activities would be reviewed by the very board he’d sit on.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage says Trump administration blocking ban on food stamps for junk food
The governor plans to submit a revised request, after being told by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that Maine can’t prevent the use of food stamps to buy soda and candy.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: LePage irresponsible to keep lifesaving drug naloxone from opioid users
The governor’s outdated and disproven opinions deprive people of the chance to survive an overdose, enter recovery and make something of their lives.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: LePage rightly opposes biomass subsidy bond
Maine should be looking to the future for forest products, not clinging to the past..
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Cynthia Dill: Democrats, let Medicaid work rules ride until you’ve got that seat
Getting elected, and gaining the power to oppose such hot-button issues, is what’s important.