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Category: Appropriations and Financial Affairs

Hill to lead Maine appropriations committee

Posted: December 21, 2012

... The Legislature's Appropriations Committee, which will face intense pressure to balance a state budget riddled with repeated shortfalls, will be...

GOP tax cuts nearly double structural gap

Posted: October 19, 2012

Dems say unfunded GOP tax cuts deepen budget whole by $400 million   AUGUSTA – Democratic lawmakers on the State’s Appropriations and...

Dems question AG on illegal cuts to health care for seniors, families

Posted: October 19, 2012

AUGUSTA – Democratic lawmakers on the State’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee today questioned State Attorney General William...

Democrats say LePage must take responsibility for $4.8 million compliance error

Posted: September 27, 2012

Letter from USDA to Maine DHHS AUGUSTA—Top Democratic lawmakers released a statement after learning that another error by Maine’s Department of...

Feds still mulling LePage's Medicaid waiver request

Posted: August 31, 2012

Gov. LePage would like to tighten eligibility requirements and remove 24,000 low-income parents and 1,800 elderly people from the program. Source:...

MPBN: Maine Democrats Challenge Medicaid Cut Plan

Posted: August 18, 2012

MPBN In a letter to federal officials, two Democratic Maine lawmakers dispute Gov. Paul LePage's claims that the cuts were needed to forestall a...

Statement: Democratic response to DHHS State Plan Amendment to cut MaineCare

Posted: August 01, 2012

Democrats reiterate opposition to Mainecare cuts for Maine seniors, families   Augusta – Top Democratic state lawmakers said they opposed the...

MAINE SENATE GIVE FINAL PASSAGE TO “ECONOMIC SHOT IN THE ARM” WITH PUBLIC INVESTMENTS

Posted: May 16, 2012

AUGUSTA—The Maine Senate today passed five jobs bond bills supporting the state's public investments in transportation, research and development,...

Maine Senate GOP passes social service cuts

Posted: May 15, 2012

Kennebec Journal, Susan M. Cover, May 15, 2012  AUGUSTA — Republican lawmakers in the Senate passed a budget today that...

Senate, House approve state budget; Democrats call bill a ‘sham’

Posted: May 15, 2012

By Glenn Adams, The Associated Press, Posted May 15, 2012 AUGUSTA, Maine — A state budget rewrite that makes up for an $80 million shortfall...