AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday will present to the Legislature a state spending blueprint for the next two-year budget cycle, and it is expected to reflect the austerity of the times and the governor’s promises not to raise taxes. The Republican governor will present his budget for the period starting July 1 to […]
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LePage touts proposed budget
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage says his proposed supplemental budget covering the remainder of fiscal 2011 includes tax breaks and helps the state to pay long-overdue bills. In his weekend radio address, LePage says his supplemental budget adjusting Maine’s finances through June 30 pays Maine’s hospitals $250 million in unreimbursed MaineCare expenses going […]
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Inmate charged with threatening Gov. Paul LePage
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine (AP) — An inmate in a Maine jail is facing charges he threatened to kill Gov. Paul LePage. Twenty-nine-year-old Leroy Dunn of Bangor was charged with terrorizing after officials say he wrote a note describing how he planned to kill the governor. Dunn is being held at the Piscataquis County jail on drug […]
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Governor’s proposal draws concerns
AUBURN — There was no screaming Thursday at a forum on regulatory fairness. No chairs where flung and voices barely got above the levels necessary to be heard in a school auditorium. There was, however, passion. One by one, business owners, outdoor enthusiasts, environmental activists and ordinary people stood at a podium to address the […]
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Former governor candidate Chandler Woodcock seen as Maine game chief
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A former Maine state senator and Republican candidate for governor is reported to be Gov. Paul LePage’s choice for fish and game commissioner. The Portland Press Herald says Chandler Woodcock of Farmington, who ran for governor in 2006 but lost to John Baldacci, is expected to be nominated as commissioner of […]
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Maine Democrats upset by LePage memo pledging to put “11,000 bureaucrats to work getting Republicans re-elected”
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Democrats and the head of the state employees’ union are upset by what they see as a plan by the administration of GOP Gov. Paul LePage to use state employees to help get Republicans re-elected. An internal memo written last month by LePage spokesman Dan Demeritt concluded with the phrase […]
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Groups upset over LePage proposals
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Environmental activists are upset by Gov. Paul LePage’s proposals to revise dozens of laws protecting the air, water and land. At a news conference in the State House on Thursday, speakers said they are especially outraged by a proposal they say weakens protections from toxic substances in consumer products. They referred […]
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Maine welfare advocates wary of cuts, anecdotes
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Upcoming legislative debates over proposed restrictions and reforms in Maine’s welfare programs should be based on facts, not anecdotes suggesting widespread cheating and long-term reliance on assistance, advocates said Wednesday. Researchers, advocates and recipients of assistance programs released a report based on questionnaires completed in 2010 by more than 1,000 families […]
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Street Talk: If Marden’s is open, Maine’s open. Sissies.
So, let me get this straight. You’re mad at the governor because he wants to keep state offices open when it’s snowing outside. This causes me great confusion. I could have sworn you were the person who, just a few months ago, stood with your hands on your hips declaring that Mainers have become soft. […]
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Maine medical students decry scholarship cuts
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Some Maine medical students are decrying a plan to cut $125,000 in scholarship money from a program for the state’s future doctors. In Monday testimony before the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, students from a number of Maine communities told lawmakers the proposal could hurt the state’s ability to get and keep doctors. […]