LEWISTON — Saying they’d like to do more to reduce class sizes, Lewiston School Committee members approved a $64.7 million budget Monday night, a 5.8 percent increase from the current budget. The proposed budget includes 32 new positions, most of them special ed to keep pace with growing special ed students. About 10 educators would […]
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Turner voters OK spending for rescue service, longer Town Office hours
Editor’s note: This story was corrected and updated after the original ran on April 14. TURNER — More than 100 residents at town meeting Saturday approved a budget that will boost the rescue operations and keep the Town Office open five days a week. The municipal budget approved by 111 residents at Boofy Quimby Memorial […]
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Dixfield residents question budget-approval process
DIXFIELD – Residents at the annual town meeting Thursday were told they could recommend changes to the budget, but the amounts on the June 9 warrant will be the selectmen’s recommendations. “If (voters) want to change the budget that’s proposed, they’ll have to vote it down at the polls,” he said. “They can’t change the […]
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Analysis: Budget showdown doesn’t have to lead to shutdown
AUGUSTA — About three months after Gov. Paul LePage first unveiled his two-year budget proposal, there’s still a lot of room for disagreement in the capitol. Democrats say much of the colossal tax reform package in the plan, including the elimination of the estate tax and cuts to the corporate income tax, are a handout to […]
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Maine Democrats unveil tax plan
AUGUSTA — Democratic legislative leaders fired a shot directly at Gov. Paul LePage’s tax reform proposal Thursday with the release of their own plan, which includes lower income tax cuts than the governor proposes but is more aggressive in its effort to soften Mainers’ property tax burden. “While Democratic leaders commend the governor for initiating […]
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Taxation Committee votes to keep revenue sharing, kill nonprofit tax
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on a legislative committee are unanimously recommending that the state maintain revenue sharing and throw out Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to tax nonprofits. But Republicans and Democrats on the Taxation Committee are divided over other pieces of LePage’s budget plan. The committee outlined its recommendations to the Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. The […]
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Chin says ‘anytime, anywhere’ to debate with LePage on budget
Gov. LePage has challenged MPA to a public debate on his regressive budget proposal, which cuts health care and education to give a $10,000 average tax break to the top 1%. We accept. Posted by Maine People’s Alliance on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 AUGUSTA — Ben Chin, a candidate for the Lewiston mayor’s office and […]
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Review on proposed RSU 9 budget continues
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors Tuesday will continue to review a proposed $32.27 million budget for 2015-16. The proposal represents about a 3.9 percent increase, or $1.2 million, over the current budget. The budget review begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, in The Forum at Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road in […]
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LePage blames MPA for budget forum disruption
The exchange between Joanne Twomey and Gov. Paul LePage starts about the 2:00 mark. LePage; Twomey should not be charged. First Amendment protects her, I’m happy to have the debate. #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/0WEfZiqBiM — Mario Moretto (@riocarmine) April 3, 2015 “It wasn’t the woman (who was out of control). It was the Maine People’s Alliance in […]
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Legislative panel rejects LePage Department of Conservation overhaul
AUGUSTA — A key legislative committee has rejected a proposal by the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage that sought to dissolve the state’s Bureau of Public Lands and fold its functions into two other agencies within the state’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. As part of his two-year, $6.57 billion state budget proposal, […]