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LePage: I don't support higher tobacco taxes
Portland Press Herald, MaineGov. Paul LePage wants everyone to know that he is not in favor of raising taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products. LePage issued a statement Wednesday night after his office said he was swamped with phone calls from people angry about an "outdated...Tags: Paul LePage, Politics, Tobacco Products, Government, Regional Authority
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Portland leaders call out LePage, state government as local school budget vote looms
Bangor Daily News, MaineMayor Michael Brennan and Portland Public Schools Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk had strong words for Gov. Paul LePage on Monday morning as they called for city voters to back their proposed school budget at the polls Tuesday and rally the public behind...Tags: Students, Teachers, Polls, Regional Authority, Elections
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LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law
Bangor Daily News, MaineGov. Paul LePage wants to strip from state law goals for increasing the state's wind energy capacity over the next two decades. LePage's energy director, Patrick Woodcock, made recommendations Thursday to rewrite the state's 2008 Wind Energy Act,...Tags: Market and Exchange, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Commodity Markets
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Bangor woman found competent to stand trial for allegedly slaying husband in bathtub
Bangor Daily News, MaineA local woman accused of brutally slaying her husband in the couple's bathtub in June 2011 is competent to stand trial, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday. Justice Ann Murray also ordered that Roxanne Jeskey, 49, of Bangor be committed to Riverview...Tags: Defendants, Court Preliminary, Judges, Trials, Prosecution
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EDITORIAL: Consolidation isn't working. Let it go.
Sun Journal, Lewiston, MaineLet's just call former Gov. John Baldacci's 2007 directive to consolidate jails a fail. There's no point in tiptoeing around it any more. The consolidation plan -- in which the state would take over control of the jails -- was pitched as a way to ease...Tags: Criminals, Paul LePage, Prisons, Punishment, Politics
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Pingree rules out run for governor in 2014
Portland Press Herald, MaineU.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine said Friday that she will not run for governor in 2014, narrowing the field of big-name Democrats who are considering challenging Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Pingree's decision clears the way for U.S. Rep. Mike...Tags: Michael H Michaud, Chellie Pingree, Democratic Party, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Regional Authority
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