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LePage cabinet may be on way to be oldest over

Posted: February 13, 2011

... Philip Congdon, 69, a retired engineer who worked in the LePage campaign, is the new Economic and Community Development Commissioner. Testifying...

Unions see threat in dues proposal

Posted: February 13, 2011

... Democrats still oppose the measure, and the state AFL-CIO has identified the fight as its top priority. "I just don't know how anyone can say,...

Public to speak on MTA audit

Posted: February 09, 2011

... The OPEGA report came out eight months after a request was made by then-Government Oversight Committee member and state Rep. Dawn Hill,...

LePage bid to adjust environmental regulations divides Maine leaders

Posted: February 09, 2011

... Supporters say the proposal simply levels the playing field that has for too long been tilted toward the environmental lobby. Detractors say...

Gov. Paul LePage's nominees for farm agency, DHHS confirmed

Posted: February 09, 2011

... Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, a former co-chair of the Appropriations Committee, congratulated Bernhardt for his commitment to finding...

Aroostook County lawmakers want hearing on foreign labor logging issue

Posted: February 08, 2011

... “It will be rescheduled,” Dorrer said. “It has to be scheduled because that is the law.” But Rep. John Martin of Eagle Lake and Sen....

Radio Address - Sen. Goodall: Environment Not Separate From Economy

Posted: February 04, 2011

Weekly Radio Address - Senator Seth Goodall - February 4th, 2011 Thank you for tuning in this morning to hear the democratic weekly address. I’m...

Offers pour in for Korean War veteran

Posted: February 04, 2011

... “I was so moved by Mr. Lyon's story,” Craven said in a prepared statement. “It is shameful that a veteran without family or financial...

Private attitude generates public mistrust for MTA

Posted: February 02, 2011

... A months-long investigation by OPEGA, instigated by Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, last year when she was a representative serving on the oversight...

Legislative Committee Endorses Mayhew to Head Maine DHHS

Posted: February 02, 2011

... Democratic Sen. Margaret Craven says she had heard a lot of discussion about Mayhew's plans for reforming the upper echelons of DHHS from the...