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Portland Press Herald: Maine CDC shredded documents justifying grant awards

Posted: December 13, 2013

By Steve Mistler Read more here Investigators find evidence that the award to at least one program was manipulated and that records justifying...

MPBN: State Probe: Maine CDC Workers Ordered to Destroy Documents

Posted: December 13, 2013

By Mal Leary Read more here The Legislature's Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability - or OPEGA - says that some staff at the...

LAWMAKERS SEEK SOLUTIONS; STONEWALLED BY LEPAGE’S GAG ORDER

Posted: December 12, 2013

Budget writing committee grinds to halt with lack of information AUGUSTA—The state’s budget writing committee convened today to address the...

Budget Panel Urged to Reduce Tax Breaks for Corporations to Prevent Cuts to Towns, Families

Posted: December 12, 2013

Tax Expenditure Commission Chairs present $40 million road map of savings AUGUSTA--- Key lawmakers on Thursday urged the state’s budget-writing...

INVESTIGATION RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS IN CDC SHREDDING INCIDENT

Posted: December 12, 2013

Lawmakers troubled by lack of transparency and documentation AUGUSTA--Following an independent investigation into allegations that public documents...

Portland Press Herald: Maine Education Committee Hopes to Introduce School Funding Reform Bill

Posted: December 12, 2013

Several lawmakers say they will push for a bill in the January session incorporating recommendations from a study on how the state funds public...

Seacoast Online: Bill seeks answers about Anthem hospital criteria

Posted: December 12, 2013

By Deborah McDermott Read more here Six in Maine excluded from health insurance network YORK, Maine — State Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, is filing a...

SENATOR CAIN ISSUES STATEMENT ON LINCOLN PAPER MILL LAYOFFS

Posted: December 11, 2013

200 workers indefinitely laid off due to boiler explosion AUGUSTA – Democratic Senator Emily Cain of Orono issued the following statement in...

Portland Press Herald: Maine education committee hopes to introduce school funding reform bill

Posted: December 11, 2013

By Noel Gallagher Read more here Several lawmakers say they will push for a bill in the January session incorporating recommendations from a study...

Portland Press Herald: Troubled MaineCare rides broker may want more funds

Posted: December 11, 2013

By Joe Lawlor Read more here A document signaling that a request is in the works angers legislators already out of patience over the contractor’s...