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Category: Appropriations and Financial Affairs

Lawmakers raise doubt on LePage’s federal waivers for budget cuts

Posted: December 21, 2011

Democrats warn against rolling the dice on the backs of vulnerable AUGUSTA – Lawmakers on the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial...

Seacoast Online | Sen. Hill critical of LePage plan to slash Medicaid funding

Posted: December 20, 2011

Source: Seacoast Online, Deborah Mcdermott, December 20, 2011 There’s no doubt that Maine’s Medicaid system, called MaineCare, needs to be...

Lawmakers query LePage for facts, plan for shortfall

Posted: December 19, 2011

Democrats release detailed questions to DHHS on budget AUGUSTA – Democratic members of the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial...

Weekly Radio Address: Sen. Goodall-When Ideology Wins, We All Lose

Posted: December 09, 2011

Democratic Radio Address-Sen. Seth Goodall Good Morning. This is State Senator Seth Goodall of Richmond.   This week Governor LePage...

EDITORIAL: Safety net should be shrunk, not shredded | Bangor Daily News

Posted: December 08, 2011

Source: Bangor Daily News, Editorial, December 07, 2011 The growing shortfall in the budget of the Department of Health and Human Services is a...

OUR OPINION: LePage got our attention; now how about a real plan? | Kennebec Journal

Posted: December 08, 2011

Source: Kennebec Journal, December 8, 2011 Gutting MaineCare not responsible Gov. Paul LePage likes to talk about personal responsibility, but his...

WABI TV | Governor Proposes Big Changes To Medicaid Amidst Budget Shortfall

Posted: December 06, 2011

Source: WABI TV, Rob Poindexter, December 6th 2011 Click here to view video. Augusta - People enrolled in Maine's Medicaid program could see...

BDN | State budget task force agrees on $25 million in cuts

Posted: November 29, 2011

By Eric Russell, Bangor Daily News, Nov. 28, 2011 AUGUSTA, Maine — A state task force created to identify $25 million in budget cuts to address a...

MPBN | Maine 'Streamlining' Task Force Explores Cost-Cutting Potential of Natural Gas

Posted: November 28, 2011

Gov. Paul LePage's streamlining task force has signed off on a proposal that generates just over $25 million in savings in the current state budget....

LePage orders $100 million in cuts

Posted: August 05, 2011

BY MAL LEARY, Capital News Service AUGUSTA -- With federal budget cuts looming, Gov. Paul LePage has ordered state agencies to come up with ways to...