Steve Mistler

Portland Press Herald

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Published
October 30, 2013

MaineCare officials offer more promises while ride complaints continue

Patient advocates dispute the accuracy of apparent declines in missed rides, saying the data omit patients who have simply given up
Published
October 28, 2013

Maine lawmakers await progress report on MaineCare rides

Legislative leaders have remained mostly in the background as reports detail deeply flawed program.
Published
October 28, 2013

Republican effort to tie welfare to work search may stall in Maine

The lawmaker behind the measure expects Democrats to kill the bill on a technicality.
Published
October 22, 2013

LePage’s ‘47% don’t work’ claim draws fire

State labor statistics show his assertion is incorrect, as 60 percent of Mainers who are eligible to work are employed, and many others are retired, caregivers or going to school.
Published
October 21, 2013

Maine kept in dark on health care sign-up data

U.S. officials won’t provide numbers until November, leaving a state panel unsure if more public-awareness efforts are needed.
Published
October 18, 2013

LePage lifts civil emergency order

His political opponents had questioned why the order was in effect after the federal shutdown ended. 
Published
October 17, 2013

Maine workers, parks are ‘back in business’

But Gov. LePage’s civil emergency edict is still, inexplicably, in effect.
Published
October 17, 2013

Secret surplus? Nope, Gov. LePage just kidding

That’s what his spokesman says after the governor told a conservative group he had hidden $47 million from Democrats.
Published
October 10, 2013

LePage declared emergency to help state workers, he says

He says it will help laid-off workers get benefits faster, but the union is skeptical of his motives.
Published
October 10, 2013

Funding loss for Maine psych center scrutinized

Lawmakers question Maine state officials, with one denying the federal government’s claims that his auditors were too lenient.