Tag Archives: Avery Day

Lawyers for York County casino backers: We don’t know about China-linked PAC

Three lawyers representing backers of the York County casino referendum on Maine’s 2018 ballot said Thursday they didn’t know in advance about a political committee with ties to China joining the race to pass their proposal. The Maine Ethics Commission is already investigating a political committee run by Lisa Scott — the sister of U.S. Virgin Islands developer […]

This book was LePage’s Christmas gift to Maine lawmakers

Good morning from Augusta, where the Daily Brief is on a holiday schedule through this week. A reminder: We’ll be posting in an infrequent and abbreviated fashion this week before returning to the normal daily cycle next week, when the Maine Legislature returns to work for the 2017 session. But before that, lawmakers got a Christmas present from […]

LePage allowed to pay lawyer $5,000 to fight potential $500 fine

Attorney General Janet Mills’ office has given Gov. Paul LePage permission to pay a lawyer up to $5,000 to defend him in an open-meeting lawsuit filed by Mills. The maximum penalty if the Republican governor loses? $500. The LePage administration’s request to hire Bangor-based municipal lawyer Erik Stumpfel for no more than $5,000 was granted in a […]