4:58 PM

LePage vetoes Medicaid expansion, hospital payback bill

The governor says he has filed a bill to separate the two issues.

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Madison knocks off Oak Hill

MADISON — It was Madison’s 15th win of the season, and the first loss for Oak Hill since April 24. It was a great pitching matchup between Emily McKenney and Kortni Michaud, and yet it also had some offense.

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May 20

STILL LIFE: Dandy of a day

Some see dandelions as a weed, but Ben Bernier and neighbor Isabella Devanna apparently saw the flowers in a different light, as they walk through a field in Oakland on Monday.

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6:13 PM

LePage, Democrats locked in State House TV feud

Video clip included After Democratic leadership said the governor told them he was vacating his offices because of the flap, LePage says he has no plans to move, yet works out of his residence – and blasts Democrats for 'censorship.'
Hear comments from Justin Alfond and Mark Eves
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5:52 PM

IRS official who took the Fifth has been replaced

A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave.
Conservatives struggling to expand IRS scandal – so far

5:45 PM

Rome sues “Business Person of the Year,” for allegedly violating shoreland zone ordinance

Rome town government is suing Scott and Lauren Bolduc of Rome and contractor Keenan Farwell of Mount Vernon, who operates Finishing Touch Landscape. for allegedly violating the town’s shoreland zone ordinance in a building project on Long Pond.

9:14 AM

North Pond Hermit court hearing delayed for mental health evaluation results

Christopher Knight, 47, the man known as the North Pond Hermit, will not be in Kennebec County Superior Court Wednesday as scheduled, on charges of burglarizing Pine Tree Camp in Rome.
SPECIAL SECTION: Maine's North Pond Hermit

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5:31 PM

Mt. Blue Regional School District voters to consider $29.7 million budget Thursday

Mt. Blue Regional School District voters will consider the $29.7 million budget articles and have the option to increase or decrease proposed amounts during the 7p.m. meeting at Mt. Blue High School Thursday.

4:25 PM

Brighton Plantation residents to vote on withdrawal from Madison-based SAD 59 Tuesday

Brighton Plantation and Madison are the only communities left in the Madison-based School Administrative District 59 after Athens and Stark previously withdrew.

4:38 PM

Maine Turnpike to keep volume discount for commuters

Maine E-ZPass account holders who take at least 40 one-way trips a month get an additional 50 percent off their entire bill for that month.

3:53 PM

N.H. Senate votes to keep stand-your-ground law

New Hampshire residents can continue to use deadly force as a first option when responding to a threat in a public place.

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Madison knocks off Oak Hill

MADISON — It was Madison’s 15th win of the season, and the first loss for Oak Hill since April 24. It was a great pitching matchup between Emily McKenney and Kortni Michaud, and ye ...

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Maine manufacturer accused of firing workers trying to unionize

ALCOM, a Winslow trailer manufacturing company, calls the claims by labor groups "very false."

Nation & World

 Survivors recount the tornado's wrath

'I've only been knocked down once. No storm is going to scare me off,' says one man from Moore.

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