Making marijuana legal without permitting legal sales precludes above-board investment.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: LePage’s Medicaid stance subverts the voters’ will
The governor has had his chance to obstruct expansion of health insurance coverage to about 70,000 low-income residents. Now it’s his duty to see that it takes place.
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Posted inMaine, News
Conflict erupts in Wiscasset over state’s decisions about Route 1 project
Detrimental implications for downtown parking and historic preservation have resulted in a snag over the DOT’s proposed fix to a persistent summertime bottleneck.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Regional workforce agencies will have to devote more money to job training
A state board compromises on a LePage proposal on how to use the federal money to help people find work, opting to set a goal of 45 percent for job training next year and 60 percent in 2019.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Next governor better be ready to answer to all Mainers
And if your motives are questionable, do yourself – and all of us – a favor by sitting this next election out.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Board abruptly postpones vote on LePage workforce funding proposal
The governor wants to require that 60% of the federal money be spent on training, but worker development agencies say that could destabilize a system that helps thousands of clients.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mainers know how to weather the storm, no matter how extreme
A nor’easter by the wood stove or a thunderstorm on the screened-in porch is entertainment to us.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Land for Maine’s Future board proves that conservation program has integrity
When a well-connected applicant gets turned down, it shows that Gov. LePage was wrong.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: This year’s election had 70,000 big winners
Gov. LePage has lost his four-year battle to keep health care coverage from low-income Mainers.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Maine’s ballot-box expansion of Medicaid likely to inspire referendums elsewhere
From Idaho to Utah to Kansas, where lawmakers have resisted the added health care coverage, groups now have ‘something to emulate.’