SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce and county legislators are hosting a public forum about Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed state budget from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, South Paris. The public is encouraged to attend so that they might learn more about the […]
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LePage Administration proposes almost $34 million in budget cuts
AUGUSTA — Maine schools and municipalities, as well as a range of other programs across state government including a childhood immunization program, will bear the brunt of more than $33 million in new cuts recommended on Monday by the LePage administration. Three months of work to propose the cuts to the state budget this year […]
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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 […]