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Maine Gov. Paul LePage speaks at the 23rd Annual Energy Trade and Technology Conference in Boston, Massachusetts November 13, 2015. The two-day conference hosts some of North America’s leading policy leaders, public utility executives and energy technology authorities. Photo by Gretchen Ertl/REUTERS

Politics Jun 14

Republican Paul LePage looks ahead to Main’s November governor race against Gov. Janet Mills

By David Sharp, Associated Press

Politics Jun 13

2020 U.S. presidential election in Maine
2022 Maine Primary Election Results

Maine's election results and maps for the 2022 midterm primary elections…

By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press

Health Dec 28

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Why Maine’s governor and voters are in a fight over Medicaid expansion

Voters in Maine overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to expand Medicaid to most low-income adults -- that's at least 70,000 residents who stand to gain health insurance. But the law's fate is still unclear because Gov. Paul LePage says lawmakers…

By Sarah Varney, Jason Kane

Health Nov 09

Jennie Pirkl campaign manager for "Yes on 2" announces victory on 2017 Election Day in Portland, Maine. Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images
Why Maine voted to expand Medicaid — and what’s next

Maine voters said they want to offer Medicaid to more people in the state, but in the face of opposition from Governor Paul LePage and the Trump administration, will it happen?…

By Laura Santhanam

Politics Nov 08

Maine governor says voters wrong to approve Medicaid expansion

Maine's governor says residents of his state made an expensive mistake when they voted to expand access to Medicaid, and he is hesitant to implement it at all.

By Associated Press

Nov 07

Maine voters approve measure to expand Medicaid

By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press

Tuesday's referendum represented the first time since the law took effect that the question of expansion had been put in front of U.S. voters.

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Oct 13

GOP’s Susan Collins to stay in Senate and ditch governor run

By David Sharp, Associated Press

Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, introduces Senator Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, not pictured, at the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Sessions will warn at…

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Jul 06

Maine governor says ‘the sooner print press goes away, the better society will be’

By Associated Press

LePage told a media outlet on Thursday: "I just love to sit in my office and make up ways so they'll write these stupid stories because they are just so stupid, it's awful."…

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Sep 27

Maine governor’s claim that 90 percent of drug dealers are ‘black or Hispanic’ is unsubstantiated

By Patrick Whittle and David Sharp, Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage on Monday released his informal documentation on drug arrests and they don't back up his claim that out-of-state blacks and Hispanics account for "90-plus percent" of Maine's trafficking arrests for heroin and similar drugs.

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Jan 08

Maine governor sorry for remark about ‘young white’ girls

By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Republican Gov. Paul LePage apologized Friday for his remark about out-of-state drug dealers impregnating "young white" girls, calling it a slip of the tongue and saying he didn't mean to inject race into discussion of Maine's heroin…

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