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SENATE OVERRIDES LEPAGE VETO FOR EIGHTH TIME

Posted: March 20, 2014

Measure aimed at keeping qualified teachers in the classroom, especially rural Maine AUGUSTA – Today, the Senate voted 29-5 to override Governor...

Panel Unanimously Backs Bill to Address Budget Shortfall

Posted: March 19, 2014

Lawmakers reach compromise on budget, rainy day fund   AUGUSTA -- Early this morning, lawmakers on the state’s budget-writing committee...

Budget Work Delayed After LePage’s DHHS Team Refuses to Show Up

Posted: March 17, 2014

AUGUSTA -- The effort to resolve the shortfall in the state’s budget for this year slowed on Monday after officials from Governor Paul LePage’s...

Budget Panel Backs Proposal to Help Close Shortfall

Posted: March 14, 2014

Committee Passes Governor’s Plan to Replenish Rainy Day Fund and Restores Critical Education Funding and Merit Pay   AUGUSTA -- The state’s...

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...

BUDGET PANEL HEARS REVENUE IDEAS FROM GOVERNOR

Posted: March 07, 2014

Dems reject LePage’s faulty logic of holding bonds hostage   AUGUSTA—Today, Governor LePage’s top budget officer identified two new revenue...

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: 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...

Portland Press Herald: Maine bills seek clarity on hospitals left out of insurance networks

Posted: February 24, 2014

By Alanna Durkin Read more here The sponsors want patients who sign up for Obamacare and the providers to be fully informed of exclusions like...