Paul Lepage Maine Governor

Maine Hopes To Rebuild Shrinking Deer Herd

AP | GLENN ADAMS | Posted 05.23.2012

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — With hopes of rebuilding a deer herd that has shrunk sharply in parts of Maine, Gov. Paul LePage has signed legislation to imp...

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Maine Governor Tells Unemployed To 'Get Off The Couch' And Get A Job

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- At the Maine GOP convention on Sunday, Gov. Paul LePage (R) received an enthusiastic standing ovation from his fellow Republicans for sa...

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Maine Governor Vetoes Foreclosure Protection Bill

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.30.2012

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Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) vetoed a bill on Friday designed to increase regulation of foreclosure proceedings. The bill, which passed Maine's House...

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Uncle Sam Is Maine Woods' B.F.F.

Cynthia Dill | Posted 02.11.2012

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Maine is discovering it still has what the world wants: clean water, open space and endless vistas. Enjoyment of Maine's great outdoors is just as much a part of our heritage as logging, and offers an attractive way to diversify the economy for all residents of our great state.

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GOP Governor Slams Effort By Dem Lawmaker As 'Bull****'

Posted 12.05.2011

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Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) recently characterized efforts by a state Democratic legislator to coordinate a meeting with him as disingenuous "bullshit....

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The Road That Will Make All the Difference in the Maine Woods

Cynthia Dill | Posted 10.12.2011

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Two roads are diverging in the Maine woods. Let's take the one that will make all the difference! In the final days of June, two different pieces of ...

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Anti-Government Republicans Against Jobs, the Environment and a National Park in Maine

Cynthia Dill | Posted 10.04.2011

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Philanthropist Roxanne Quimby wants to donate 70,000 acres of wilderness to create a new national park in Maine. So why are Republicans in the state's legislature -- and Maine's governor and U.S. senators -- opposed to it?

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Maine Governor Bombarded With Thousands Of Angry Emails Over Labor Mural Removal

AP | DAVID SHARP and GLENN ADAMS | Posted 08.19.2011

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AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage's decision to remove a mural depicting the history of the labor movement in Maine struck a raw nerve as critic...

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Maine Governor Never Saw Labor Mural He Ordered Removed

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.16.2011

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What did Paul LePage, Maine's Republican governor, see in a state agency's labor mural that he found so troubling that he ordered it removed and spark...

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Maine Governor Backs Loosening State's Child Labor Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is backing changes to the state's child labor laws, arguing that starting work young paid off for him. "I ...

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WATCH: Paul LePage Under Fire For 'Roll Back' Of Child Labor Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A national advocacy group fighting for the rights of lower-wage workers has a new ad out criticizing Maine's governor for trying to loos...

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EXCLUSIVE: Artists Behind Maine Mural 'Photo-Bombing' Discuss Their Stunt

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has admitted regret over ordering his Department of Labor to remove a mural depicting the state's labor histo...

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Federal Government Intervenes In Maine Mural Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The federal government is stepping into the labor mural controversy in Maine, demanding that the state either put the artwork back up at...

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Maine GOP Legislators Rebuke Gov. Paul LePage

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Eight Republican state senators have issued a rare public rebuke of Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), writing an op-ed expressing "discomfort ...

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Maine Governor Regrets Stirring Up Labor Mural Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Just days after gaining national attention for pulling down a labor mural from a state agency, Gov. Paul LePage (R-Maine) appears to be ...

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Maine Labor Mural Is GONE

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Maine Department of Labor quietly took down a mural depicting the state's labor history over the weekend, after Gov. Paul LePage (R)...

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Turning LePage in Maine

Jonathan Richards | Posted 05.27.2011

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Maine GOP Propose Dishonoring Female Labor Heroes Who Took Action After Witnessing 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011

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One hundred years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Republican leaders are leveraging an anti-labor movement to roll back many rights workers' fought for in the early 20th century.

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Maine Labor Interests Worry That Olympia Snowe May Tack Right For 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) has to strike a delicate balance as she seeks a fourth term, courting the right to ward off a more conserva...

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War Against Workers and the Middle Class in Maine

Rosa Scarcelli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maine Governor Paul LePage is part of a new class of Republican governors who would rather pick fights than find practical solutions.

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Maine Governor Orders Removal Of Labor Mural

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Governor Paul LePage (R-Maine) has sparked a fresh battle with the state's union community, ordering a mural at the Department of Labor ...

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Taking Liberties to the Extreme Right at Work in Maine

Cynthia Dill | Posted 05.25.2011

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When asked whether protests like the ones taking place in Wisconsin by state employees might come to Maine, Governor LePage misstated what the law really is.

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Maine and Bisphenol-A: Of Beards and Breasts

Jean Halloran | Posted 05.25.2011

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Somehow the Governor seems to have confused estrogen, the hormone that makes girls look like girls, with testosterone, the hormone that makes men grow beards and controls other sex characteristics.

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Kiss My Beard, Governor LePage

Cynthia Dill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Recent comments by Maine's governor have been distorted by the media, and the reporting has largely ignored his most important remarks. Yes, Governor ...

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State Workers Getting Slammed in Maine

Cynthia Dill | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's all a bunch of garbage, but the anti-government mantra has convinced lots of people that it wasn't the fat cats on Wall Street who screwed us, it was those lazy state workers!

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