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PublishedMay 6, 2015
Maine House gives initial approval to restore funds for energy efficiency program
The House voted 138-1 to approve the bill, but Gov. Paul LePage has indicated that he plans to veto it.
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PublishedMay 5, 2015
LePage, Republicans shift tactics on eliminating Maine’s income tax
With a deal on the tax reduction plan in the governor’s budget still elusive, the leaders push harder for a constitutional amendment and ratification.
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PublishedMay 5, 2015
Maine Democrats block bill to require voters to show photo ID
They say the Republican-backed bill is voter suppression. Passage is now unlikely.
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PublishedMay 3, 2015
As rhetoric heats up, politics takes combative tone in Maine
Comments from a Westbrook city councilor are the latest example of discourse hitting a sour note.
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PublishedApril 29, 2015
Maine’s revenge porn bill wins approval of legislative committee
The criminal justice panel endorses a proposal that would criminalize the nonconsensual publishing of sexual images.
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PublishedApril 28, 2015
Maine Democrats tout tax plan as ‘middle class economics’
The plan is their counterproposal to Gov. Paul LePage’s massive tax overhaul.
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PublishedApril 28, 2015
Westbrook councilor’s public remarks about governor stun crowd
City and Democratic officials denounce comments by Paul Emery, who says at a town hall in Scarborough that he wouldn’t be hurt ‘if (LePage) goes to see his maker.’
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PublishedApril 28, 2015
LePage administration wants to make it easier for employers to get tax breaks under state-backed jobs program
The plan to further encourage business investment would lower the wage and benefit levels needed to qualify for the tax credits, despite the program’s questionable track record.
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PublishedApril 26, 2015
Payments flowed in attempt to create tax credit program
Investors and their partnerships funneled $46,000 into lobbying and political campaign contributions for Maine legislators and the governor.
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PublishedApril 22, 2015
Support, caution greet Maine effort to criminalize revenge porn
Victims’ advocates praise a bill that would penalize abusers; the ACLU warns it could also chill expression.
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