AUGUSTA —Bills addressing issues ranging from slot machines to renewable energy to revamping a state-sponsored health care rides program await lawmakers Wednesday at the State House. The first week of the “short session,” which is set to end in April, starts this week. But topping the list is what appears to be a more than […]
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Rotundo continues to press LePage administration on supplemental budget
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s refusal to submit a budget revision bill this fiscal year has spurred Democrats in the Legislature to take the lead in crafting a supplemental budget, something that hasn’t happened in Maine in recent memory. But by taking the budget reins, Democrats drew strong criticism from Republicans. Sen. Dawn Hill, D-Cape […]
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LePage threatens to sue Legislature over state budget
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has threatened to sue the state’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee if they do not balance the state budget in the next session. Speaking to a group of Kiwanis Club members in Dexter on Nov. 15, the governor lamented “gimmicks” used to balance the budget approved by the Legislature in July. LePage […]
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Peggy Rotundo: Legislators worked together for the people of Maine
State lawmakers recently lived up to the biggest challenge of this legislative session. We enacted a bipartisan state budget that is fair, responsible and a true compromise, and then overrode the governor’s veto of that budget. The override of the governor’s veto averted a massive property tax shift and a shutdown of state government, which […]