WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders are throwing their collective weight behind a hard-won, two-year bipartisan budget plan aimed at heading off a looming government debt crisis and forestalling a government shutdown in December. The pact, which would take these volatile issues off the table until after the 2016 presidential election, emerged in behind-the-scenes negotiations late Monday […]
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No shutdown: U.S. Senate, House pass temporary spending bills
WASHINGTON — Just hours before a midnight deadline, a bitterly divided Congress approved a stopgap spending bill Wednesday to keep the federal government open — but with no assurance there won’t be yet another shutdown showdown in December. Democrats helped beleaguered House Republican leaders pass the measure by 277-151 — a lopsided vote shrouding deep […]
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Turner taxes to rise slightly
TURNER — At a special meeting Monday night, selectmen set the 2016 tax rate at $15.90 per $1,000 property evaluation. They were able to hold the increase over last year’s rate to 1.3 percent. Town Manager Kurt Schaub said the primary reason for the increase was the Rescue Department budget. At a special town meeting, […]
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Maine’s high court hears LePage case against Legislature’s adjournment
PORTLAND — A set of questions that — depending on how they are answered — could tip Maine government on its ear were heard by the state’s highest court Friday. The justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court seemed to be carefully considering both sides as they prepared to give an advisory opinion to Republican […]
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Jay recreation committee wants more guidance, budget
JAY — The Recreation Committee would like selectpersons to give additional guidance on its charge to develop a plan for recreational areas and how much money it will have, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Monday. The committee met July 21 with two selectpersons and LaFreniere attending. Selectpersons had asked the committee to develop a plan […]
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RSU 4 budget goes to referendum vote
WALES — Superintendent Jim Hodgkin presented a revised Regional School Unit 4 budget of $18,564,945, reduced $51,000 from the budget rejected last month, to approximately 44 voters at the town meeting Wednesday evening. Hodgkin opened the meeting with a short presentation explaining how the reduced budget had been configured and expressed his satisfaction in the […]
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RSU 9 voters set $32 million school budget to go to referendum
FARMINGTON — Just over 200 Regional School Unit 9 voters set a $32 million budget Tuesday that will now go to voters in a yes or no validation referendum in each of the 10 towns on Tuesday, July 28. Only two articles passed unanimously in the district-wide vote that lasted an hour. The meeting was […]
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RSU 9 sends $32 million school budget to voters
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors approved a $32.04 million budget for 2015-16. The weighted vote was 633-339. The proposal goes to voters at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the Forum at the Mt. Blue Campus. The new amount is about $1 million more than last year. Voters rejected a $32.25 million spending […]
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RSU 9 considers second budget vote
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors Tuesday will consider setting a proposed budget for 2015-16 to send to voters for a second time. The board will meet at 7 p.m. July 7 in the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. with an executive session for […]
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Lawmakers pass Maine $6.7 billion budget despite LePage veto
AUGUSTA – In a show of bipartisan strength Tuesday, the Maine Legislature stood up to Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a new $6.7 billion state budget that cuts the state’s income tax rate and stretches the sales tax in an attempt to shift more of the state’s costs to visitors. The House voted 109-37 […]