LePage labor, tech, housing picks clear 1st hurdle

Following resignations of three top state officials, a legislative committee on Tuesday gave the first nod to appointments of three of Gov. LePage's nominees to head the state's Labor Department and its housing and technology agencies.
Out of those hearings, Newcastle resident Robert Martin cleared the first hurdle toward an appointment as head of the Maine Technology Institute, which directs state grants and loans to companies researching and de ...