AUGUSTA — A man on trial on a charge of attempting to murder a sheriff’s deputy told investigators he struggled mightily to get the guns away from his father the night of May 19, 2017, and hide them from him. An audio recording of Scott Bubar’s interview by officers five days after his father was shot and killed by police, and Bubar himself was wounded, was played on Friday, the third day of Scott Bubar’s trial, at the Capital Judicial Center.Bubar, 41, of Brunswick, who is being held at the Kennebec County jail, left the courtroom when the 59-minute interview recording started to be heard. He left during the courtroom several other times as well when other evidence was introduced. From his hospital bed in Lewiston on May 25, 2017, Bubar tells Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office Detective John Bourque and a second officer that his father, Roger Bubar, asked if he could pick up Scott and bring him to stay for the night in Belgrade. “I could tell … [Read more...] about Scott Bubar told police he tried to wrestle the guns away from his father in Belgrade standoff
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VT Insights: Stern won’t back Scott, Ehlers misses unity rally
April McCullum Burlington Free Press Published 9:12 p.m. UTC Aug 16, 2018 Vermont's primary elections are over, but both the Democratic and Republican parties have defeated candidates still holding out. Gov. Phil Scott's primary challenger is still fighting. Keith Stern, the Springfield grocer who argued the governor was not sufficiently conservative on gun rights and government spending, has yet to conceded Tuesday's Republican primary nor has he endorsed Scott. "I'm considering all options except endorsing the governor," Stern said in a telephone interview Thursday. Stern is considering throwing his support behind Joseph Barney, an independent candidate for governor who shares some of Stern's concerns about the state's new gun restrictions. More: Barney joins Vermont governor's race as independent Stern has also begun to talk about breaking off from the Vermont Republican Party and starting another group. "I think we have the potential … [Read more...] about VT Insights: Stern won’t back Scott, Ehlers misses unity rally
Matt Jones and Scott Jennings expect Bevin to run for re-election
By The Bottom Line Concluding the first day of the Kentucky Chamber’s Business Summit Thursday, business leaders heard a panel on Kentucky politics between two high profile names on both sides of the political spectrum. Moderator Jacqueline Pitts, managing editor of The Bottom Line, started the conversation with political pundits CNN correspondent Republican Scott Jennings and host of Kentucky Sports Radio and Hey Kentucky Democrat Matt Jones asking their thoughts on the 2019 Governor’s race, specifically asking if Gov. Matt Bevin will run for re-election. Jennings said Bevin will run and believes he will be re-elected, stating it would be hard for a Republican incumbent in a conservative state, with a low unemployment rate, to lose. He also stated that there is not a Democrat currently considering running that would be able to beat Bevin. Jones stated that he agrees Bevin will run but stated he might be vulnerable due to his rhetoric dealing with the pension issue, which … [Read more...] about Matt Jones and Scott Jennings expect Bevin to run for re-election
Scott Pruitt Just Resigned
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Scott Pruitt is out as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a coal lobbyist who was recently confirmed by the Senate, will succeed him as acting administrator. Wheeler is likely to continue down the path of rolling back the agency’s environmental regulatory work and changing the scope of its science; Senator James Inhofe (R-Ok.) recently described the personnel change as a “good swap.” Pruitt has been a lightning rod for controversy throughout his 17 months as EPA administrator, and for much of that time, he’s been a star in Trump’s cabinet bygoverning the EPA as a “practical implementation of the president’s wrecking-ball rhetoric.” He lobbied the president to pull the US from the Paris climate agreement; began the process of unwinding … [Read more...] about Scott Pruitt Just Resigned
Scott Pruitt enlisted an EPA aide to help find his wife a job – at Chick-fil-A
Three months after Scott Pruitt was sworn in as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, his executive scheduler emailed Dan Cathy, chairman and president of the fast food company Chick-fil-A, with an unusual request: Would Cathy meet with Pruitt to discuss “a potential business opportunity”? A call was arranged, then canceled, and Pruitt eventually spoke with someone from the company’s legal department. Only then did he reveal the “opportunity” on his mind was a job for his wife, Marlyn.“The subject of that phone call was an expression of interest in his wife becoming a Chick-fil-A franchisee,” company representative Carrie Kurlander told The Washington Post via email. Marlyn Pruitt never opened a restaurant. “Administrator Pruitt’s wife started, but did not complete, the Chick-fil-A franchisee application,” Kurlander said. But the revelation that Pruitt used his official position and EPA staff to try to line up work for … [Read more...] about Scott Pruitt enlisted an EPA aide to help find his wife a job – at Chick-fil-A