AUGUSTA — A pair of Republican state senators rolled out a bill Tuesday that would expand the state’s Medicaid program, MaineCare, a proposal that so far has been largely opposed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage and rank-and-file members of the party. State Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, and Senate Assistant Minority Leader Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, […]
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Maine Senator, former House Speaker start TV show
AUGUSTA (AP) — Assistant Republican Leader Senator Roger Katz and former Democratic House Speaker Hannah Pingree are starting a new weekly political television program in Maine. On “Pingree and Katz, The Maine Event,” the two will discuss topics from welfare reform to gun control. The show, which will air throughout the state on Time Warner […]
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In wall of GOP Medicaid expansion opposition, a crack appears
AUGUSTA — The House’s top Democrat on Wednesday morning presented what he called a “compromise” bill to expand Medicaid in the state to roughly 70,000 of the poorest Mainers. It’s the first glimpse at what Democrats, who hold a majority in the Legislature, hope will be a bill that can gain enough Republican support to […]