DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will vote on several committee and employee appointments at their Monday, June 22, meeting. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of Ludden Memorial Library. The selectmen will vote on appointing the new board members, the Town Manager, a municipal Bureau of Motor Vehicles agent and Road […]
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Maine lawmakers move ahead despite Paul LePage’s historic veto actions
AUGUSTA — Probably the only thing liberal about Republican Gov. Paul LePage has been his use of the veto pen, but state lawmakers continue to rebuff him, voting time and again to overturn vetoes in recent weeks. In 47 minutes on Friday, the Republican-controlled state Senate took 128 votes, each one overturning, by broad margins, […]
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Senate overturns Paul LePage’s budget line vetoes in 47 minutes
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s effort to strike out $60 million in state spending failed Friday when the Senate — controlled by members of his own party — easily overrode each of his 64 line-item vetoes. The Senate rejected LePage’s attempt to cut funding in the $6.7 billion proposed budget for education, special drug […]
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House makes short work of Paul LePage’s line-item vetoes
AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives on Thursday night easily overturned $60 million worth of line-item budget vetoes from Gov. Paul LePage, who had pledged to gum up the works in the Legislature as lawmakers attempt to finish their work for the year. LePage delivered a copy of the nearly 700-page, $6.7 billion budget […]
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LePage vetoes 64 lines worth $60 million in $6.7B budget
AUGUSTA — Angry that lawmakers presented him with a “business-as-usual budget” at the last minute, Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday vetoed 64 items listed in the two-year, $6.7 billion state spending plan the Legislature has approved that includes income tax cuts and more money for schools. The governor vetoed about $60 million worth of […]
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LePage uses toy pig, Christmas tree to protest secret budget deal [Video]
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage called on the people of Maine to hold state lawmakers accountable for crafting secret budget deals in closed-door meetings and beyond the view of the public. LePage on Wednesday stood before a small artificial Christmas tree decorated with the photos of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who LePage said […]
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How LePage could use line-item vetoes on budget [Analysis]
AUGUSTA — Despite the fact that most of Gov. Paul LePage’s budget priorities were pushed out of consideration weeks ago, his influence over negotiations was evident even in the final moments before the House and Senate took their long-awaited enactment votes early Wednesday morning. And now that the budget is back in LePage’s hands, he […]
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Budget in LePage’s hands after Legislature passes $6.7 billion plan
The deal, finalized around 12:30 a.m., culminated months of sometimes acrimonious negotiations over the contentious two-year spending plan, which began in January when Gov. Paul LePage proposed sweeping changes to the state’s tax code and social safety net programs. The final deal approved by the Legislature is significantly less broad than LePage’s plan, but Republicans […]
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Legislature takes first steps toward passing budget, avoiding shutdown
AUGUSTA, Maine — By late Tuesday night, the Legislature had taken the first steps toward approving a two-year, $6.7 billion spending plan and averting a government shutdown. Representatives in the House gave the compromise unanimous support in an initial vote Tuesday evening, and the Senate unanimously passed a slightly modified version several hours later around […]
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RSU 9 to begin second round of budget deliberations
FARMINGTON – Regional School Unit 9 directors will meet Tuesday, June 23, to develop a second budget for 2015-16 that supports children’s educational needs and takes into consideration the effect on taxpayers’ pockets. Voters rejected a proposed $32.25 million budget by a 741 to 1,045 vote on June 9. It was a 3.9 percent increase, […]