AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Some Ron Paul supporters, acknowledging defeat within their own party at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., returned to Maine on Wednesday, and others planned to duck the big crowning events. But one of the Paul acti
Read Full Article atAUGUSTA – A pair of Democratic-backed adjustments to the Republicans' 2011 health care reform law received initial approval Monday in both houses of the Maine Legislature. In this January 2011 file photo, demonstrators rally in Portland's Lincoln Park ag
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage on Monday vetoed legislation to expand Maine’s Medicaid program, turning the focus back to majority Democrats to try and rally enough Republican votes to override it. In his veto message, LePage wrote Maine has expanded
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill to expand Medicaid for a second time. LePage first vetoed a Medicaid expansion that was tied to repayment of hospital debt. On Monday, he vetoed a standalone Medicaid bill. In a message to la
Between the “sorting out” that took place in the past four elections and a redistricting process that maximized the number of safe seats for both parties—but especially for Republicans—the bulk of the 2014 congressional election action won’t be in the Ho
AUGUSTA — The Legislature sustained five more vetoes issued by Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Monday. So far Democratic lawmakers have been unable to overturn 17 LePage vetoes. In separate votes in the House and the Senate on Monday, lawmakers were unabl
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers have failed to get the two-third majority needed to override five vetoes from Republican Gov. Paul LePage . One of the measures considered Monday would have barred the state from contracting for timber harvesting on
The fact that he was able to get more people to the (state) convention doesn't mean he has the support of a majority of the people...