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LePage to make case for his budget in State of State speech
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage will continue his campaign for his proposed budget during his State of the State address this week. LePage’s speech on Tuesday before a joint session of the politically divided House and Senate is expected to focus on his plan to overhaul the tax code. The Republican says the only […]
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Obama submits $4 trillion budget to Congress
Read online: Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget Monday that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporations, pushing past tight federal spending caps to fund an ambitious public works program and provide middle-class tax relief. Obama’s budget, which will set […]
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Espling focuses on women’s leadership, charter school reform, tax elimination for seniors
AUGUSTA — For state Rep. Ellie Espling, R-New Gloucester, serving in the Maine Legislature is a matter of making sure that “normal, regular, everyday people” have a voice in their government. Espling, serving her third term in the Maine House, was recently elected by her colleagues to the position of assistant minority leader. She represents […]
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Romney says he won’t run for president in 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a three-week flirtation with another run for president, Mitt Romney said definitively on Friday that he will not seek the White House in 2016. The Republican Party’s 2012 nominee plans to tell supporters about his plans to pass on another national campaign during a conference call. He first let his staff […]
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Maine Senate confirms McLean’s nomination to PUC
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate has confirmed Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s pick for the Public Utilities Commission. The Republican-controlled Senate voted unanimously in favor of Carlie McLean’s nomination to the board on Thursday. She was unanimously endorsed by the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee last week. The three-member PUC is in charge of regulating electric […]
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Top Maine lawmakers hear from cities and towns on proposed budget squeeze
AUGUSTA — In the first of what will likely be many long discussions, top State House leaders met Thursday with representatives from Maine’s nearly 500 cities and towns. Members of the Maine Municipal Association’s Executive Committee, made up of town and city officials from across the state, told lawmakers they want to be a part […]
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LePage asks Maine high court to rule on AG’s refusals to represent
AUGUSTA — The ongoing dispute between Gov. Paul LePage and Attorney General Janet Mills will reach the state’s highest court in February, thanks to the governor’s “request for opinion” about Mills’ refusal to represent him in court on two separate occasions. The Republican governor wants the state’s Supreme Judicial Court justices to weigh the “proper […]
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Maine lawmakers eye bill to merge state’s higher education boards
AUGUSTA — State Rep. Peggy Rotundo, D-Lewiston, says she wants the Legislature to consider the idea of creating a single board to guide the state’s higher education systems. On Monday, the University of Maine System Chancellor James Page announced plans to consolidate the administrative functions for the system’s seven campuses, but Rotundo and her supporters […]
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UMaine chancellor explains vision for ‘mission-oriented’ campuses
BANGOR — The University of Maine System won’t do anything as dramatic as shutting down a campus to make itself fiscally sound, but it will change the focus of those institutions and force cooperation. System Chancellor James Page laid out a “rather complex set of high-level directives” aimed at breaking down barriers between the system’s […]