After years of failing to raise base pay, some now want to interfere with what the voters passed.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: As LePage scorns newcomers, cities welcome them to Maine’s workforce
Efforts in Portland and Bangor to help immigrants access job services could benefit both businesses and the state’s budget.
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Posted inMaine, Politics
LePage said ballot referendums are just ‘recommendations.’ Legal experts say he’s wrong.
The governor’s latest claims are called into question following his appearance on Bangor radio.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Three Maine companies win governor’s excellence awards
Geaghan’s Pub and Craft Brewery of Bangor, Systems Engineering of Portland, and Landry/French Construction Co. of Scarborough are honored.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s opioid crisis too big for small programs to handle alone
The Scarborough Police Department can’t fill a leadership role better suited to the state.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine needs permanent education commissioner
Gov. LePage should put aside his differences with the Legislature and tap ex-SAD 51 chief Robert Hasson for the post.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Despite assurance to the contrary, services to disabled worsening
Maine’s cost-cutting can only be accomplished at a huge cost to the intellectually challenged.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage urges lawmakers to alter voter initiatives on minimum wage and tax surcharge
The governor makes the remarks before administering the oath of office to the newly elected members of the 128th Legislature.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
LePage says unit for forensic mental-health patients may be built in Freeport
He says the secure treatment facility also could be located ‘down south’ or in the Bangor area so Democrats can’t block it under an obscure law affecting construction on state grounds in Augusta.
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LePage’s Christmas wish: Dogs named Sustain, Override
In his weekly radio interview he criticized a newly approved 3 percent surtax on Maine individual incomes above $200,000.