AUGUSTA — Bottoms up. The Maine House of Representatives on Thursday voted 83-62 along party lines in favor of a bill that would require bars and restaurants that advertise pints of beer to serve those pints in 16-ounce glasses. The bill, LD 122, authored by state Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, was approved unanimously by the […]
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Democrats say latest LePage vetoes put lakes, jobs at serious risk
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage vetoed two more bills Wednesday that would protect Maine lakes from pollution and strengthen a revolving loan program for small business. The two new vetoes brings the total that face the Legislature on Thursday to 48. LePage said in his veto letter for LD 1744, An Act to Protect Maine […]
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LePage vetoes Democrats’ welfare bill, two others
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would direct the administration to report on efforts to combat welfare fraud. The bill introduced by Democratic Rep. Drew Gattine of Westbrook requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report annually to the Legislature on its efforts to investigate fraud […]
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LePage vetoes nine bills
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage vetoed teacher evaluation rules that have been under development for more than two years as well as a bill that calls for a redo of controversial large-scale metallic mineral mining rules amid a crop of nine new vetoes issued Friday afternoon. Education proponents said LePage’s veto of the teacher evaluation […]
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Maine Senate sustains veto, pulls blinds on solar energy rebate bill
AUGUSTA — The state Senate on Wednesday, by sustaining the governor’s veto, pulled the blinds on a bill that would have allowed homeowners to get rebates for installing solar panels. Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed the bill that also created a rebate program for low-income families who install electric heat-pump systems because it funded the […]
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GOP unlikely to back Medicaid expansion
AUGUSTA — An early-morning fix Wednesday to the state’s 2015 budget shortfall, which included a way to drastically reduce the numbers on a state waiting list for Medicaid coverage, may have little effect on the ongoing debate about whether Maine should expand MaineCare, its low-income health care program. Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday afternoon […]
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Maine House votes to override veto on health care price bill
AUGUSTA — Maine’s House of Representatives has voted to overturn Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that makes changes to the law requiring health care providers to make available a price list of common procedures. The House voted 138-4 on Friday in favor of overriding the bill that requires providers to tell patients […]
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Maine House votes to overturn three vetoes
AUGUSTA— The Maine House has voted to overturn three of Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s vetoes. The Democratic-led House and Senate overturned LePage’s veto of a bill Wednesday creating a study group aimed at strengthening laws to protect children from abuse and neglect. LePage said the Department of Health and Human Services already volunteered to do […]
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Maine Senate sustains virtual charter school veto
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Democratic-controlled Senate has sustained Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that would direct the state to work toward creating a state-run virtual charter academy. The Senate voted 23-12, falling short of the two-thirds support needed to override the veto. In his veto message, LePage said he opposed the part of […]
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LePage vetoes bill to restrict fireworks
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would’ve placed some limits on fireworks use. LePage said the bill that would’ve restricted the use of fireworks before noon and clarified that their irresponsible use could represent disorderly conduct represented “heavy-handed regulations.” He also said the bill “seeks to roll back […]