A long-awaited report says consumers wouldn’t benefit from the $75 million annual outlay because of low oil and gas prices, pipelines under construction and other market conditions.
Paul LePage
Republican Governor of Maine, 2011 to present.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage offers to meet with leader of Natural Resources Council of Maine
But the way the invitation is announced – and the response from the group’s executive director – highlights the chilly relations between the governor and Maine’s largest environmental group.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Pending bond sale gives green light to stalled state projects
The law requires Maine’s governor to advance all voter-approved borrowing proposals – but Paul LePage has shrugged off this duty.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Natural Resources Council says LePage letter to donors was ‘harassment’
The governor escalates his attacks with a mailing to 200 members suggesting they end their support for the ‘job-crushing, anti-business’ environmental organization.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Speakers invited to congressional hearing air opposition to North Woods national monument
Gov. Paul LePage, a critic of the proposal, tells two members of the House Natural Resources Committee that the family of Roxanne Quimby is just ‘seeking to create its own legacy.’
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Columnist Harmon makes misstatement – LePage, not state, suing over school bathroom directive
M.D. Harmon’s May 27 Press Herald column stated that “11 states, including Maine (at Gov. LePage’s behest), filed suit against the administration on this issue,” referring to the Obama administration’s school bathroom access directive. That is a misstatement. Gov. LePage joined the suit as a private individual. The state has nothing to do with the […]
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LePage joins lawsuit by 10 states seeking to void Obama’s transgender directive
His action in the debate over school bathroom access, taken in a personal capacity without involving the state itself, upsets Maine’s LGBT advocates.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Here’s a slightly shocking idea for ending Gov. LePage’s lies
All that may be needed is an electrical device that gently zaps him every time he wanders away from the truth.
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Portland chief says LePage mistaken in account of overdoses at Deering High
Michael Sauschuck says the incident that LePage uses to oppose more access to Narcan involved a non-student at Deering Oaks, and lawmakers want an apology.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine municipalities pull back on solar projects after veto kills bill
Large-scale generation projects are being reviewed or delayed, without legislation to make them more financially viable.