Bill to address budget shortfall, replenish rainy day fund sent to Governor AUGUSTA -- The Maine House and Senate gave strong backing to a...
Lawmakers reach compromise on budget, rainy day fund AUGUSTA -- Early this morning, lawmakers on the state’s budget-writing committee...
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...
Committee Passes Governor’s Plan to Replenish Rainy Day Fund and Restores Critical Education Funding and Merit Pay AUGUSTA -- The state’s...
Dems reject LePage’s faulty logic of holding bonds hostage AUGUSTA—Today, Governor LePage’s top budget officer identified two new revenue...
By AJ Higgins Read more here The LePage administration is offering more detail today on what's driving a projected $119 million shortfall in the...
AUGUSTA—Top Democratic lawmakers released the following statements in response to Governor Paul LePage’s release of a $119 million shortfall in...
By AJ Higgins Read more here Last spring, a legislative committee approved a plan requiring Gov. Paul LePage to identify nearly $34 million in...
Read more here It was a good day to be a Mainer on Wednesday. Republicans, Democrats and independents in the Maine Legislature joined forces to...
Republicans join Democrats to support responsible balanced budget AUGUSTA—In a vote of 26--9, the Maine Senate voted to override Governor...