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PublishedAugust 11, 2015
LePage reiterates plan to use National Guard in drug epidemic ‘if necessary’
The governor did not provide specifics during an interview with a Bangor radio station, but federal law limits the use of militia in domestic law enforcement.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2015
Among 65 new laws is measure requested by Maine Drug Enforcement Agency but rejected by LePage
The new law outlaws acetyl fentanyl, a powerful opioid linked to the heroin epidemic.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2015
Maine’s highest court: LePage’s vetoes came too late, so 65 laws stand
The unanimous ruling supports the Legislature, bruises the governor and leads to Republican calls for him to end his divisiveness.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2015
LePage calls for summit to address heroin epidemic as debate over treatment, enforcement looms
Officials from Portland and other cities hope the state will increase treatment funding, but the state says spending is adequate.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2015
Maine ends fiscal year with $59.1 million surplus
The surplus will pad the state’s rainy day fund to $111.1 million, which Gov. Paul LePage warns is not enough.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2015
Susan Collins taking heat for Planned Parenthood vote
Critics accuse the Maine senator of abandoning her constituents to support a Republican effort to defund the organization, following the release of secret video recordings of discussions about handling fetal tissue donations.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2015
Anti-gay-marriage group suffers another loss in bid to conceal donors to Maine campaign
The state’s highest court refuses to issue a stay, setting up the next NOM effort to avoid naming those who gave to a 2009 referendum drive.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2015
LePage says he was “in the dark” on private Maine budget talks despite his staff’s involvement
The governor tells a Portland radio station he did not read budget analyses produced by his deputy finance chief.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2015
House Speaker Mark Eves sues LePage, claiming governor used power ‘to bully and intimidate’
Eves seeks damages and hopes to prevent similar steps by the governor, who says he doesn’t regret threatening to pull state funding to dissuade Good Will-Hinckley from hiring Eves as president.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2015
‘Secretive’ budget talks? LePage had senior staff involved, records show
The governor has said that legislative leaders lacked integrity for negotiating in private, but his high-level staff assisted in crafting the final product.
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