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SMALL BUSINESS BOND APPROVED IN SENATE

Posted: April 17, 2014

Provides $12 million through FAME for small biz to expand   AUGUSTA – Today, in a 27-3 the Senate enacted a small business bond to help small...

Kennebec Journal: OUR OPINION: Jobs bond package a good investment for Maine

Posted: April 14, 2014

Funds for infrastructure, venture capital and research would help start and expand small businesses.   Every year, Maine fishermen catch tons...

Bangor Daily News: Debate about state borrowing likely to consume final weeks in legislative session

Posted: March 29, 2014

By Chris Cousins Read more here AUGUSTA, Maine — There are few issues in Augusta that have caused as much controversy in recent years as...

Weekly Radio Address: Senator Valentino says: Jobs bond builds off of Maine’s competitive advantages and will get Mainers working again today

Posted: March 29, 2014

  Jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Perhaps the only other topic discussed more than jobs is the weather!   Good Morning. This is State Senator...

MAINE BUSINESS LEADERS URGE PASSAGE OF SMALL BUSINESS JOBS BOND

MAINE BUSINESS LEADERS URGE PASSAGE OF SMALL BUSINESS JOBS BOND

Posted: March 28, 2014

AUGUSTA  –  Dozens of business leaders testified in support of the Legislature’s workforce panel’s small business jobs bond during a marathon...

MPBN: Maine Lawmakers Consider $100 Million in Bond Proposals

Posted: March 28, 2014

By AJ Higgins Read more here The bond proposals lawmakers are considering total more than $100 million and have the potential to infuse the state's...

DEMS TO LEPAGE: “NO MORE EXCUSES--RELEASE THE BONDS”

Posted: March 17, 2014

Gov got everything he wanted; now he must keep promise and release the bonds AUGUSTA -- Top legislative leaders called on Governor Paul LePage to...

DEMS TO LEPAGE: RELEASE BONDS TODAY

Posted: March 13, 2014

Release Jobs Bonds, Stop Manufacturing Crisis Augusta, Me. -- Top Democratic leaders in the Maine Legislature are calling on Governor Paul LePage to...

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...

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...