Maine’s Revenue Forecasting Committee met Monday to finalize its next forecast, which suggests the state revenues will be about $75 million more than planned for the two-year budget cycle.
Scott Thistle
Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine.
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Money for all: Panel to explore idea of basic income payments for Mainers
A special legislative panel that’s set to hold its first meeting Friday will consider the kind of system that other nations and states are trying to combat poverty.
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New tax on internet sales boosts Maine’s budget further into the black
The tax, approved after the recent two-year budget was finalized, is one of several that contributed to an increase in state revenue.
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Trump administration rule would double asylum seekers’ wait for work permits
The proposal would make asylum applicants wait 1 year before they could apply for work permits, a move that critics say could affect hundreds of new arrivals in Maine and add to the burden on taxpayers.
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Advocates highlight high stakes for some Maine immigrants in Supreme Court case
Elected officials and business, religious and educational leaders are warning that nearly 150 Mainers could be deported if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Maine lawmakers eye ways to boost their own pay
The state’s citizen legislators are among the lowest paid in the nation, but a special commission has been looking into how that might be changed.
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Senate opponents find common ground in their military experience
Sens. Brownie Carson and Brad Farrin served in different wars and belong to different parties, but both have been behind bills to help their fellow veterans.
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Libertarians sue Maine secretary of state for decertifying their party
The party failed to turn out 10,000 voters in the 2018 election, the minimum for party status under state law.
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As jails run in the red, Maine lawmakers look to reduce inmate populations
A legislative committee is considering ways to reduce jail populations and increase the likelihood that inmates will find stability and support when they are released.
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Committee that organized Mills’ inauguration still owes Augusta $60,000
Gov. Janet Mills’ inaugural committee could face penalties under a new state ethics laws, but the Maine Ethics Commission wants the debt paid before it considers whether to levy a penalty.