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PublishedJune 19, 2018
Maine lawmakers approve $41 million spending package that includes funding for the disabled, the elderly and opioid treatment
Lawmakers must still take up several other spending measures, including one to borrow $100 million for transportation improvements.
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PublishedMay 22, 2018
LePage bill intended to protect elderly from tax lien foreclosure in limbo
The governor, who now is working with a Caribou woman whose home was foreclosed on, vows to ensure the bill gets sponsored next year if a special session, which he has the power to convene, is not called.
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PublishedApril 16, 2018
LePage bill aiming to protect elderly from foreclosure up for votes
The House and Senate are expected this week to consider L.D. 1629, the bill inspired by the elderly Sukeforth couple of Albion who were evicted from their home.
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PublishedApril 11, 2018
LePage blasts bank’s ‘discharge’ of Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro because of tweet
Governor’s email expresses support for embattled Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro, who recently left his job at Skowhegan Savings Bank over a controversial tweet criticizing a school shooting survivor.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2018
Mid-Maine Chamber brings businesses, job hunters together at Colby
Gov. Paul LePage praised Waterville and surrounding communities for regional efforts at the annual Business to Business Showcase in Waterville.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2018
LePage joins advocates against child abuse at State House
The governor and other officials on Tuesday sought to highlight Child Abuse Prevention Day, which comes following the recent deaths of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, of Stockton Springs, and 4-year-old Kendall Chick, of Wiscasset.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2018
LePage slams municipal group as ‘enemy of elderly’ over foreclosure bill changes
In a radio address and interview, Gov. Paul LePage lashed out at legislators and the Maine Municipal Association for watering down his bill to protect the elderly from tax lien foreclosure.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2018
LePage: MaineGeneral hospital investment in Augusta ‘a massive disaster’
The governor took aim at hospitals during wide-ranging comments Thursday at a breakfast talk before the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2018
Committee tables LePage bill to prevent tax lien foreclosure on elderly
Gov. Paul LePage initiated L.D. 1629, An Act to Protect the Elderly from Tax Lien Foreclosures, after Richard and Leonette Sukeforth, an elderly couple from Albion, were foreclosed on and evicted from their home on Lovejoy Pond before the town sold it for $6,500.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2018
Democrat Mark Dion wants to add governor to his varied resume
The Lewiston native's job credentials range from melting metal at a brass foundry to practicing law.
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