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PublishedJanuary 9, 2015
LePage’s budget aims to make big changes in the state’s tax code
The $6.3 billion, two-year plan would cut income taxes and increase and broaden the sales tax.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2015
Maine’s three constitutional officers sworn in for two-year terms
Gov. Paul LePage administered the oaths, but only state Treasurer Terry Hayes received hers in public.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2015
In second term, ‘we’re going after the income tax’ and other reforms, LePage says at inauguration
The governor caps his second swearing-in with a speech pledging to work for reduced welfare, better jobs and lower taxes, and implores the Legislature to help him.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2015
Cut Maine’s income tax? Not without anguish
An ideological clash is inevitable over how to offset any plan that eats into almost half of the state’s $3 billion annual revenue.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2015
Uber won’t run under the radar if new bill passes
Ride-share drivers in Maine would have to satisfy license and insurance requirements.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2014
LePage picks adviser to be Maine’s next education commissioner
Tom Desjardins, a senior policy adviser to the governor in education and natural resources, would replace James Rier, who has been on medical leave.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2014
Maine lawmakers to consider requiring public agencies to disclose political activity
The bill follows controversy over a state agency’s efforts to defeat a proposed ban on bear baiting.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2014
Mike Michaud reflects on loss, strategy, Eliot Cutler
With parting criticism of his independent rival, Paul LePage and the media, the Democrat prepares to end 34 years in elective office.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2014
Maine’s legislative leaders form committees for coming session
Two key picks are Rep. Margaret Rotundo, D-Lewiston, and Sen. James Hamper, R-Oxford, as co-chairs of the influential Appropriations Committee.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2014
Maine public in dark on local-issue lobbying
Disclosure rules govern efforts to influence state legislation, but there’s less lawmaking transparency on municipal proposals like a tar sands ban or raising the minimum wage.
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