Good morning. Today the years-long fight to strengthen Maine’s Kid-Safe Products Act continues with a renewed effort to force manufacturers to disclose their use of phthalates in products for children and pregnant women. Assistant House Majority Leader Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, will introduce what she calls her Healthy Kids Bill this afternoon at a press conference […]
Gov. Paul LePage said his message to Verso Paper Corp. executives is to “get out of the state of Maine” and echoed allegations from one of the millworkers’ unions that the company sold the mill for scrap to prevent competition. “Get out of the state of Maine,” LePage said Thursday morning in response to a reporter’s question. “Those […]
Gov. Paul LePage does not often call groups of reporters to the Blaine House to chat, but I’m told (by our State House bureau) that it’s not unprecedented when an issue strikes him. Well, I wasn’t aware of that Thursday morning and, so, was surprised at the impromptu invitation for a morning audience with LePage, […]
In the first gubernatorial debate, featuring six topic-based questions that candidates had not received in advance, the facts and figures about Maine’s economy, government and people were flying fast — sometimes too fast. I’ll echo debate moderator and Portland Regional Chamber President Chris Hall’s caution that it’s difficult to juggle those kinds of numbers for questions not presented in advance. Below, I’ve added some […]
Maine’s Senate Majority Leader, who is also running for Maine 2nd Congressional seat, suggested Tuesday that the Legislature convene in special session as soon as possible and dip into the state’s cash reserves to soften the effects in Maine of the federal government shutdown. Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, also suggested that Gov. Paul LePage is […]
