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HOLDING BACK BONDS PUTS SUMMER CONSTRUCTION JOBS AT RISK

Posted: March 11, 2014

Summer construction projects in danger of cancellation, says state’s top budget officer AUGUSTA—Top Democratic leaders learned that...

Majority of State Chamber of Commerce Board Backs Medicaid Expansion Proposal

Posted: March 10, 2014

Health care expansion is good for business   AUGUSTA—A majority of the members of the Maine Chamber of Commerce supported two to one to...

BUSINESS ZONES WOULD HURT MAINE’S ECONOMY

BUSINESS ZONES WOULD HURT MAINE’S ECONOMY

Posted: March 10, 2014

LePage’s New Business Gimmick Drives Down Wages  AUGUSTA—Top Democrats dismissed Governor LePage’s failed and divisive initiative to undercut...

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...

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: 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...

SENATE REPUBLICANS FLIP-FLOP, KILL EARLY VOTING BILL

Posted: March 06, 2014

Measure would have increased access to the ballot AUGUSTA— After initially supporting a measure to increase access to early voting in Maine,...

SENATE APPROVES BILL TO PROTECT FUNDING FOR YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTERS

Posted: March 06, 2014

Homelessness in Maine up 26% in past year  AUGUSTA— In a party-line vote, the Maine Senate initially approved a bill sponsored by Democratic...