Tag Archives: Drew Gattine
Older Mainers agree on a lot, but not on who to vote for
LePage’s wind energy commission is picked, but he won’t say who’s on it
Returning to Augusta reminds budget panel members how deeply they disagree
Report on child protection failures spurs legislators to rethink privacy, red-flag laws
‘Last night we had a deal and he blew it up.’ Gridlock deepens in State House end game
LePage’s jail consolidation plan looks dead. Was it ever alive?
LePage echoes Trump in blaming ‘both sides’ for Virginia violence
After remaining largely silent on the past weekend’s violence in Virginia, Gov. Paul LePage erupted Thursday on the radio. Maine’s Republican governor echoed President Donald Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville conflict, assigning equal blame to white supremacists and counter-protesters who showed up to oppose a rally against removing a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. […]
A chicken in a video highlights Mark Eves’ ‘family man’ campaign theme
Former Maine House Speaker Mark Eves announced Thursday morning that he will announce Thursday night his intention to run for governor in 2018. Eves, a Democrat, teased the announcement of his entrance into the already crowded race in a video posted Thursday morning. Why the delay? Probably to build suspense for one of the least […]
Democrats emerge from budget hearings firing back at LePage
Good morning from Augusta, where things continue to be slow this week with the Maine Legislature mostly out of town on a February break. But after the Appropriations Committee began four days of hearings on the wide-ranging Maine Department of Health and Human Services portion of Gov. Paul LePage’s two-year budget proposal on Tuesday, Democrats began to fire back […]