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PublishedJanuary 5, 2012
Election to fill state Senate seat set for Feb. 14
The special election will fill the District 20 seat vacated by David Trahan.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2012
Unions balk at bills to tighten benefits
As the 2012 Legislature opens, the GOP says it’s time to improve the business climate so companies will locate here. But unions say workers’ comp benefits aren’t the problem.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2012
Republican state Sen. Trahan officially resigns
As the new executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, he will lobby legislators on fish and wildlife bills.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2012
Republican lawmakers reject cuts to Maine group homes
GOP and Democratic opposition to the plan will keep facilities for the elderly and disabled open and force lawmakers to seek cuts elsewhere.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2012
Key Republicans oppose LePage on funding cut
The proposed $60 million cut to help balance the DHHS budget would end funding for private non-medical institutions.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2012
For thousands of Maine residents, LePage proposal a ‘disturbing’ plan
About 6,000 people who live in private non-medical institutions will need to find somewhere else to live if the facilities close.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2012
New laws affect everyone from pilots to smokers
State and federal rules touch on pilots’ sleeping habits, public-housing residents’ puffing habits and more.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2011
The Year in Maine Politics 2011
A new Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature, a continuing economic slump and controversy in the Maine Turnpike Authority highlighted a fast and furious year.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2011
Bill aims to expand gun-in-vehicle law
Guns — and whether they can be stored in vehicles at work — will once again be debated by lawmakers in the upcoming session.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2011
Waivers for cuts to be hard to get, Pingree says
She’s not as confident as Gov. LePage that the U.S. would allow some of his MaineCare savings.
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