Final story of a four-part series Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed budget restores to the state judicial system a position that in the past helped to improve the hiring and training of state bail commissioners. According to Leigh Saufley, chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, the governor has agreed to fund a criminal processMore
AUGUSTA — In 2001, True’s Pharmacy in Oakland, owned by incoming Speaker of the House Robert Nutting, bought medical gloves for $4.39 per package. By the time True’s sold them to a Medicaid provider, the price had gone up to $11.11. That markup — 153 percent — was much more than was allowed by Maine’sMore
AUGUSTA — The state is tired of waiting for a former state official to voluntarily pay the $4,314 he has owed for more than two years for bills he ran up on a state credit card. The state attorney general’s office is going to take Jimmy Cook, who got his state job with the helpMore
Editor’s note: The following is the second of a two-part series by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting examining the campaign resumes of the candidates for governor. Part 1 was about the Republicans. Today, the Democratic candidates. One takes credit for leading the fight to save the Maine forests. One takes credit for loweringMore
Editor’s note: The following is part 1 of a two-part series by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting examining the campaign resumes of the candidates for governor. The Republican candidates are examined first. One candidate says the Navy gave him a medal for spying on the Soviets. And another tells a Dickensian tale ofMore
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