The Republican presidential candidate plans a visit to Bangor on Oct. 15 as he tries to take at least one of Maine’s electoral votes.
Scott Thistle
Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine.
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LePage says he will focus on funding reforms for Maine public schools in his next state budget proposal
During a talk radio interview, the governor repeats his concern that public schools are top heavy with administrators
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LePage administration faces new question of whether it followed open meetings law
The administration paid a $500 fine for violating the law with a secret meeting in June.
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Poll suggests Mainers open to changing the way they vote
Forty-eight percent support ranked choice voting, but with 23-percent undecided, it’s clear many voters are still trying to make up their minds and may not understand the proposal yet.
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Black pastor urges Mainers to forgive LePage for comments on race and drugs
The Rev. Steve Craft, a former heroin addict, visits the state to offer his guidance and to also advise the governor to ‘button your lip’ on the subject.
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New Jersey minister heads to Maine to defend LePage on drug crisis approach
A spokesman for the Rev. Steven Craft, an African-American and a recovering heroin addict, said the ‘media is playing the race card’ in its coverage of LePage’s comments on the race of drug dealers.
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LePage said his ‘drug dealer’ binder was 90% black or Hispanic. It’s not even close
The governor had used the binder to back up claims that people of color were responsible for Maine’s heroin epidemic.
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For the first time, it looks like Maine’s electoral votes will be split
Trump is leading by double digits in rural regions, while Clinton has the same lock on the more urban south.
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Like Trump, Maine’s congressional delegation says ‘no’ on tax returns for public review
In an unusual joint statement, Sens. King and Collins and U.S. Reps. Pingree and Poliquin say the congressional financial disclosure information is enough to go on.
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Ex-President George H.W. Bush reportedly intends to vote for Hillary Clinton
A Kennedy family member says she got it first-hand from the Republican, the father of ex-candidate Jeb Bush, but the elder Bush isn’t confirming it.