Tag Archives: Adrienne Bennett
LePage floats acting education commissioner for permanent post
Gov. Paul LePage’s office said Tuesday that he has notified a state board that he intends to nominate Acting Education Commissioner Robert Hasson for that permanent position.
The long march to block LePage’s new welfare reforms starts today
Room 228 at the State House will be the center of activity today as the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee begins hours and days and weeks of deliberations over Gov. Paul LePage administration’s latest proposals for the Department of Health and Human Services. The committee will gather to hear testimony beginning at 10 a.m. The […]
Trump, Sanders and Clinton still owe Portland money for rallies
Good morning from Augusta, where the Fourth of July lull means a much quieter political week than last week’s day of Donald Trump in Bangor. But we’re learning some new things about the presumptive Republican nominee’s March trip to Portland, along with other trips to Maine by Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton and her main […]
Democrats reveal details of LePage’s $38 million tax plan
Two Democratic representatives who say they’re tired of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration concealing from the public how he wants to pay for a $38 million tax conformity bill revealed Thursday to the Bangor Daily News what they say he has proposed. The Republican governor’s administration declined to answer questions from the BDN on Thursday about the proposal […]