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Lewiston Sun Journal: CDC officials in document-shredding probe want questions behind closed doors

Posted: March 12, 2014

By Lindsay Tice Read more here Five Maine Center for Disease Control officials subpoenaed to appearFriday before a legislative committee in a...

Seacoast Online: Maine Residents are urged to claim cash

Posted: March 10, 2014

By Deborah McDermott Read more here York woman alerting people to money in their names sitting in state coffers About 18 southern York County...

Forecaster Forum: Health-care expansion in Maine shouldn't be a partisan issue

Posted: March 10, 2014

By Senator James Boyle and Senator Rebecca Millett Read more here For more than a year, the Legislature has been talking about the need to accept...

Bangor Daily News: Will a jobs bond give Maine businesses what they need to grow?

Posted: March 07, 2014

By Matthew Stone Read more here Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic lawmakers continued their salvo this week over the governor’s refusal to issue...

Bangor Daily News: Details on LePage plan to restore Maine’s rainy day fund emerge

Posted: March 07, 2014

By Scott Thistle Read more here AUGUSTA, Maine — Details of Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to restore about $21 million to Maine’s...

MPBN: Complaints Prompt Review of DHHS Day Care Licensing Division

Posted: March 03, 2014

By Patty Wight Read more here The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee today also voted to launch a review of the Department of Health and...

MPBN: Legislative Committee Seeks to Probe Maine Labor Department

Posted: March 03, 2014

By AJ Higgins Read more here Despite initial resistance from some Republican members, the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee has...

Sun Journal: Group to look into child care licensing, regulation

Posted: March 03, 2014

By Lindsay Tice Read more here AUGUSTA — The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee on Friday directed a watchdog group to look into how...

MPBN: LePage: More Funds Needed or Some County Jails Will Close

Posted: February 24, 2014

By AJ Higgins Read more here Gov. Paul LePage is warning lawmakers that failure to find an additional $2.4 million by April 1 could result in some...

MPBN: Subpoenas Issued in Maine Document Shredding Scandal

Posted: February 24, 2014

By Patty Wight Read more here Several officials of the Maine Center for Disease Control are being subpoenaed to appear before the Legislature's...