MADISON — A dying paper mill drew Gov. Paul LePage to Madison on Wednesday, where he said the town “can reinvent itself” but not if the state impedes it with what he sees as job-killing energy and tax policies. It was an extension of a long-standing battle between the Republican governor and his Democratic opponents, […]
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Legislature kills Gov. Paul LePage’s immigrant status bill
AUGUSTA — A proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to force municipalities to share information about immigrants was killed by House Democrats in a rare parliamentary maneuver practically before it saw the light of day on Tuesday. Republican Rep. Ellie Espling, the House minority leader, said she was furious with the move. LD 1652, which was […]
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Democrats playing election year games
Maine Democrats have decided they want to increase taxes on Mainers by nearly $40 million. As Rep. Jeff McCabe expressed in a Sun Journal guest column (Feb. 17), Democrats don’t want to allow 4,000 Maine small business filers to continue having access to a tax credit that encourages investment in our state. The Maine Capital […]
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GOP plan unproven, could hurt public
No one wants to get a bigger property tax bill while getting fewer services for their hard-earned money. No parent wants to see their kids’ classroom sizes grow while their school’s offerings shrink. This is what I am my fellow Democrats keep in mind as we debate tax conformity at the State House. The Maine […]
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Jeff McCabe, Troy Jackson to run for Maine Senate seats
AUGUSTA — House Majority Leader Jeff McCabe and former Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson announced Maine Senate campaigns on Monday, kicking off the Democratic campaign to take back the chamber in 2016. Their entries aren’t a surprise: For months, both have been publicly mulling bids to run in districts held by Republicans, who hold a […]
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J. McCabe: Get real with welfare reform
Welfare fraud is simply unacceptable. That’s why Democrats have pushed Republicans to step up and prosecute rather than politicize the issue. In his June 17 letter, Eric Brakey seems unaware of how these issues played out in the legislative session. Republicans pushed policies they knew were not enforceable or would push struggling families further into […]