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LePage vetoes anti-BPA bill

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage vetoed a bill on Monday designed to provide information about food packaging that contains the toxic chemical bisphenol-A. The bill vetoed by the Republican governor would have required companies with $1 billion or more in gross annual sales to report to the state if they use chemicals like […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn

LePage school construction veto won’t affect Auburn

AUGUSTA — A school construction bill vetoed Tuesday by Gov. Paul LePage will not mean future state funding for Auburn’s Edward Little High School will be further delayed, Maine Department of Education Deputy Commissioner Jim Rier said. In LePage’s veto letter to state lawmakers Tuesday, LePage wrote that L.D. 1235, “An Act Regarding School Construction” […]

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