Paul LePage

WASHINGTON With the Affordable Care Act set to debut in January, state legislators debated dozens of measures related to the historic health care law from overhauling insurance laws and designing health "exchanges," to shoring up anti-fraud protections...

The pending sale of Maine's largest power plant is expected to contribute to rising property taxes in Yarmouth, but town officials are more concerned about the long-term impacts of the transaction now that talks have broken down with the corporate...

Four years ago, Gloria L. Noyes found herself at the pinnacle of her teaching career. Noyes, who was teaching fifth grade at Westbrook's Congin Elementary School, was chosen by her peers and the Maine Department of Education as the 2009 Maine Teacher of...

Maine Gov. Paul LePage's administration is actively courting gunmakers and ammunition manufacturers to relocate to that state, focusing on companies that have threatened to leave states that have passed new gun control measures. In an op-ed column for...

NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds cheered and bagpipes bellowed as New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade kicked off Saturday, and people with a fondness for anything Irish began a weekend of festivities from the Louisiana bayou to Dublin. With the...

Republicans are anti-Obama-- no question. But now they are comparing his requiring folks to buy health insurance to Nazi tactics.  In his weekly radio address Saturday, Paul LePage, governor of Maine (and a Republican) said, "We the people have been told...

The latest local and state elections results suggest that voters have second thoughts about the tea party’s political agenda. Consider the following: • In Ohio, unions scored a victory. Voters elected tea party-backed John Kasich as their...

The Transport Workers of America are sponsoring a not-quite-tongue-in-check contest to select “The Worst Governor Ever” — and a video put together by the group is submitting Gov. Rick Scott as an early favorite. The video has actors...