Scott Thistle

Portland Press Herald

Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine.

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Published
May 11, 2020

Maine attorney to represent Trump before U.S. Supreme Court in tax case

Patrick Strawbridge will make oral arguments by telephone Tuesday from his home in North Yarmouth.
Published
May 7, 2020

OSHA investigating complaints that reopened salons, barbershops aren’t protecting workers

The federal agency has received 3 complaints that some shops that reopened Friday are not following the protocols established to protect workers from exposure to COVID-19.
Published
May 5, 2020

Mills postpones second-quarter tax-payment deadline to July 15

The move will allow those who pay estimated taxes on their income to delay those payments for a month.
Published
May 4, 2020

Mills rebuffs Republican criticism over administration’s pandemic response

Gov. Janet Mills says she has consulted with lawmakers from both parties in developing a reopening plan, and a Republican effort to call the Legislature back so it can revoke her emergency powers is unlikely to win enough support.
Published
May 3, 2020

Are hair salons low-risk? Maine says yes; other states disagree

Unlike dozens of other states, Maine’s four-stage plan to restart sectors of the state economy puts some businesses that have close contact with their customers at the top of the list.
Published
April 29, 2020

Maine’s most popular parks and beaches to remain closed

Ten of Maine’s state parks along the coast will remain closed until at least June 1 under a new order by Gov. Janet Mills that looks to gradually reopen the state’s economy.
Published
April 27, 2020

Maine may struggle to claim federal pandemic funding for elections

The CARES Act would provide Maine with $3.2 million to cover extra election costs, but the Legislature can’t appropriate $658,000 in matching funds because it is not in session.
Published
April 27, 2020

State budget crisis looms in Maine as pandemic rages

Gov. Janet Mills and the Legislature will soon be facing what’s likely to be the largest state revenue shortfall in the last 30 years.
Published
April 20, 2020

Republicans urge governor to share coronavirus information, ease some business restrictions

The letter to Gov. Janet Mills was signed by all but three of the Legislature’s 70 Republicans.
Published
April 20, 2020

Maine Labor Department holds line on teen work hours during pandemic

Some employers have asked for looser rules on teen work permits, but the state says limits on hours that apply during the school year remain in effect.