Steve Mistler

Portland Press Herald

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Published
March 28, 2015

LePage has land pact officials worried

The governor plans to review all easement deals before funding them.
Published
March 27, 2015

Legislators worry LePage about to put public lands in pro-harvesting hands

Many believe he’s planning to have the same director for the forest service and the parks bureau, two agencies with different missions.
Published
March 26, 2015

LePage: I didn’t say Stephen King doesn’t pay taxes, so no apology

The governor unexpectedly drops in at a legislator budget briefing in Cumberland, denies he slighted the best selling author and Bangor resident.
Published
March 25, 2015

Maine senator who linked Obama with Islamic State resigns committee post

Sen. Michael Willette has been under fire since a March 1 Facebook post in which he said Obama would deal with the terrorist group at ‘the family reunion.’
Published
March 24, 2015

Former Maine CDC director Sheila Pinette leaving new state assignment

Pinette, who was reassigned as chief health officer at the human services department in February, will remain as a contract epidemiologist.
Published
March 23, 2015

Hacker disables maine.gov website for hours

The New Hampshire government website also is disrupted Monday morning, and the two states top a 50-state hit list posted by a hacker who claims to be Russian via Twitter.
Published
March 21, 2015

Stephen King to LePage: ‘Man up and apologize’

The author is clearly not satisfied after the governor’s radio address suggested he doesn’t pay state taxes.
Published
March 20, 2015

Portland NAACP leader calls for sanctions against lawmaker over Obama post

Rachel Talbot Ross says state Senate leadership hasn’t done enough to address a Facebook post by Sen. Michael Willette of Presque Isle that called the president kin of the Islamic State.
Published
March 20, 2015

Stephen King calls out LePage on erroneous tax statements

The governor’s office deleted a reference to the author, who has said the taxes of the rich like himself should be increased.
Published
March 19, 2015

Top House Republican says he’d work to restore $38 million to Efficiency Maine

Rep. Kenneth Fredette, a leading advocate for a 2013 energy law, agrees that a drafting error likely led to the PUC vote to cut funding and calls criticism of the agency unfair.