Local News: Ashburn, VA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

John Baldacci News Editors

News Widget

Display the John Baldacci news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

John Baldacci News

News on John Baldacci continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

Wednesday May 15 | State of Maine

Governor LePage Sets Record Straight: a oeI do not support new taxes on tobacco products.a - 5/15/2013

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage announced today that he is not favor of raising taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Paul LePage, Maine Government, Maine

Mon May 13, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Redirecting Maine's wind energy policy

University of Maine, Orono unveiled the base for its 1/8 scale wind turbine which will be floated down the Penobscot River and out to the Gulf of Maine where it will become the first floating wind turbine off the coast of the U.S. Buy Photo We agree with Patrick Woodcock, director of the Governor's Energy Office, that it's time for a comprehensive ... (more)

Comment?

Related Topix: Maine, Maine Government, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, University of Maine, Orono, ME, US Governors, Opinion

Sat May 11, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Proposed redevelopment bill incites war of words between Brunswick legislator, town councilors

A bill sponsored by freshman Rep. Matthea Daughtry, D-Brunswick, has fiercely divided Brunswick's legislative delegation and town officials, further inflaming years of conflict over redevelopment of the former Navy base.

Comment?

Related Topix: Brunswick, ME, Topsham, ME, US Governors, Paul LePage

Fri May 10, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Democrats to LePage: "Let's deal!"

Ethan : I have to say, I think the Democrats' move to tie Gov. Paul LePage's hospital payment plan with a demand that he agree to expand health care coverage is brilliant.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Governors, Paul LePage, Maine Government, Maine, Tax

Thu May 09, 2013

Sun Journal

Stumping to fix the debt: Bennett, Baldacci visit local chamber

Rick Bennett of Oxford talks about fixing the national debt to several hundred people gathered at the monthly breakfast meeting of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce at Lost Valley in Auburn on Thursday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Androscoggin County, ME, Auburn, ME, US Governors

Bangor Daily News

LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law

Gov. Paul LePage wants to strip from state law goals for increasing the state's wind energy capacity over the next two decades.

Comment?

Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Maine, Maine Government, US Governors, Paul LePage

Mon May 06, 2013

Sun Journal

Bill to create Maine presidential primary, adopt ranked-choice voting comes with hefty price tag

Maine would replace party caucuses with a nonpartisan presidential primary and elect its governor, legislators and federal officials with ranked-choice voting under a system proposed Monday in the Legislature.

Comment?

Related Topix: Kittery, ME, US Governors, Paul LePage, Eliot, ME

Sat Apr 27, 2013

Kennebec Journal

Chellie Pingree says she won't run for Maine governor

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine said Friday that she will not run for governor on the Democratic ticket in 2014.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Chellie Pingree, Maine, Maine Government, US Governors, Paul LePage

Fri Apr 26, 2013

Daily Kos

As More than 70 Maine Towns Pass Resolutions Opposing LePage Budget, Gov Urges Towns "Work Together"

At long last, Governor LePage has finally chosen to directly address the ever growing number of local municipal and school district voter passed resolutions against his administration's biannual budget with its zero revenue sharing scheme- by essentially throwing his hands in the air and telling the towns to figure out the problems among ... (more)

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Paul LePage, Maine, Healthcare Law, Law, Bar Harbor, ME

Kennebec Journal

Maine Democrats link hospital paybacks with Medicaid expansion

AUGUSTA Democratic legislative leaders told Gov. Paul LePage that they'll pass his plan to pay back Maine's hospitals.

Comment?

Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Maine, Maine Government, US Governors, Paul LePage, North Berwick, ME

Sun Journal

Report: Pingree will not run for governor

Pingree, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud and former Gov. John Baldacci have publicly considered running for the Democratic nomination for governor against Republican Gov.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Governors, Maine Government, Maine, Paul LePage