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PublishedJuly 30, 2015
House Speaker Mark Eves sues LePage, claiming governor used power ‘to bully and intimidate’
Eves seeks damages and hopes to prevent similar steps by the governor, who says he doesn’t regret threatening to pull state funding to dissuade Good Will-Hinckley from hiring Eves as president.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2015
‘Secretive’ budget talks? LePage had senior staff involved, records show
The governor has said that legislative leaders lacked integrity for negotiating in private, but his high-level staff assisted in crafting the final product.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2015
LePage, Legislature file counter arguments in court battle over 65 disputed laws
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments Friday before deciding whether to take up the governor’s claim that he should have been allowed to veto the laws.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2015
Clean Election referendum includes call to end $6 million in Maine corporate tax breaks
The money is key to paying for the campaign finance overhaul, but legislators have struggled to find savings in the past.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2015
Referendum push a plus, and risk, for Maine Republicans
Votes on tax reform and welfare cuts will draw out conservative voters, but the effects of losing the revenue could hurt the party.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2015
Denied public funds, Maine Republican House leader to tap private funding for lawyer in veto case
Rep. Kenneth Fredette of Newport will support Gov. Paul LePage and oppose the Legislature’s argument that 65 disputed bills are now law.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2015
LePage’s top administrators receiving pay raises ranging from 7% to 23%
The salary increases for 11 of 12 Cabinet members and other top-level employees are part of a 2014 initiative to achieve pay parity with legislative staff, the administration says.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2015
Maine Supreme Judicial Court to fast-track LePage request to resolve veto dispute
The request will be reviewed by the court during oral arguments on July 31.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2015
Probe begins on LePage threat to withdraw school funds if House Speaker Mark Eves is hired
The Legislature’s watchdog agency says it hopes to submit findings in September on the governor’s move to keep Good Will-Hinckley from hiring Eves.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2015
LePage asks Maine high court to intervene in veto conflict
Maine’s governor asks the court to determine whether the 65 bills he tried to veto have become law.
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