Paul LePage

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has changed his plans and attended a Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast just days after saying critics of his decision to skip other holiday weekend events could "kiss my butt." LePage attended the...

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...

Hours after Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage, couples officially began receiving state licenses as Washington became the latest state to allow members of the same sex to marry. King County opened the doors to its...

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...

Gov. Rick Scott is off to an early lead in “The Worst Governor Ever” race. The Transport Workers Union posted a video earlier this week featuring actors portraying four Republican governors — Scott Walker of Wisconsin, John Kasich of...

WASHINGTON - Their states on the brink of financial catastrophe, governors pleaded Saturday for the divided federal government to avoid doing anything that would hamper the tenuous economic recovery back home. Their message to Washington: prevent a...

Maine governor faces public mural controversy...

Controversial Maine mural removed by Gov. Paul LePage continues to stoke public debate...