He wants justices to issue an opinion on deadlines for acting on bills – and whether 70 measures have become law – but the Legislature is likely to adjourn before the court rules.
Steve Mistler
Referendum may target Maine’s new asylum-seeker law
If Maine’s Supreme Court rules that Gov. Paul LePage failed to veto the immigrant aid bill on time, three lawmakers and an activist say they’ll try to kill it at the ballot box.
Some hits, lots of misses as Maine’s legislative session winds to a close
Republicans and Democrats watched some key policy initiatives fail, but packed priorities into the state budget.
Maine watchdog agency to investigate LePage’s funding threat in Mark Eves hiring
The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee approves the investigation unanimously after the governor’s attorney says the agency lacks jurisdiction over LePage.
Good Will-Hinckley will pay Mark Eves $30,000 to sever contract
The employment agreement called for a one-month severance payment, but the nonprofit will pay for three months.
Oversight committee set to rule on investigating Maine governor in Mark Eves case
A Republican co-chairman calls for a ‘rational, bipartisan venue’ where allegations of an abuse of power can be examined.
After long, fierce fight, Maine gets a budget and avoids a shutdown
Legislators override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of the two-year, $6.7 billion plan, which contains modest property and income tax cuts.
LePage fulfills vow to veto state budget; Maine lawmakers set for override votes
The governor accuses lawmakers of passing a ‘business-as-usual budget’ and failing to understand his own proposal, while Democrats highlight tax cuts and education funding.
Four Maine legislators ask for investigation of LePage in Mark Eves’ loss of job
They want an oversight panel to look into possible abuse of power, as the governor says he threatened to pull funding from the school that hired the House speaker.
House Democratic leaders study options for response to Gov. LePage
Leaders wouldn’t rule out impeachment, but said legal research, and finishing legislative work, come first.