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Paul LePage

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Paul LePage served Governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, LePage served two terms as a city councilor in Waterville before being elected Mayor of Waterville in 2004, serving until 2011.

Gov. Paul LePage — Photo Robert F. Bukaty, BDN

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Lawmakers look to rebalance power amid an extended state of emergency

Mainers have lived in a state of emergency for the past year — the longest period in at least 24 years. Republicans are now looking to change how governors can apply their emergency powers.

BySamantha Hogan Jordan Wolman Rose Lundy

March 28, 2021

5 min

Maine governor won’t fund defense reforms without accountability

Maine’s defense agency lacks the oversight structures and staffing to provide "high-quality representation" to the state’s poorest defendants. Maine's democratic governor says more money won't fix accountability problems.

BySamantha Hogan

November 11, 2020

5 min

Ineffective financial oversight, missed obligations of Maine’s public defense agency detailed in new report

The Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services lacks established financial policies, a strong oversight structure and adequate staffing to meet its constitutional obligations to provide high-quality representation to criminal defendants who are too poor to afford an attorney, the state's watchdog unit detailed in a report released on Monday.

BySamantha Hogan

November 9, 2020

11 min

Grappling for a Golden opportunity

A spokesperson in former Gov. LePage’s administration, a former state senator and a former state representative are competing to take on Jared Golden in the general election

ByJohn Blodgett

July 8, 2020

With Gov. Janet Mills in the Blaine House, there’s some belief that Maine will ramp up renewable energy production, with communities seeing more operations like this Madison Business Gateway solar farm. Finished in 2017 in the Somerset County town of Madison, it covers more than 20 acres, features 26,000 solar panels and powers more than 700 Maine homes. Photo by IGS Solar.

10 min

Petition threatens to derail solar incentives across New England

Filed while the solar industry is reeling from the economic impacts of the coronavirus and state governments are focused on the pandemic, the petition could roll back net metering and unravel one of Gov. Mills’ key efforts to boost clean energy in Maine.