The Senate president explains the vote to kill a bill making phthalates a priority chemical.
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Maine tax panel will release suggestions for savings Monday
Lawmakers must cut $40 million to meet the state’s balanced budget requirement and it won’t be easy.
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Michaud wins Sierra Club backing
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate secures the endorsement as he seeks to build a broad coalition of progressive voters and donors.
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Defense chief tours ‘stealth’ ship at Bath Iron Works
Secretary Chuck Hagel tells Maine shipyard workers that they will continue to play a vital role in U.S. defense plans.
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Maine hires controversial Medicaid reformist
The state will pay $925,000 to The Alexander Group to help with fraud detection and assess the potential cost of expansion.
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Higher costs, same problems for MaineCare rides system
A DHHS official tells legislators that service is better, but admits some low-income patients may have just given up.
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N.H. lawmakers deliver blow to Maine modified-food labeling bill
Four nearby states have to join in for Maine’s law to go into effect, but a committee just voted down a bill in New Hampshire.
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LePage, ‘man of action,’ launches re-election bid
Touting his successes against the ‘status quo,’ Gov. LePage officially begins his re-election campaign.
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Maine elver fishermen targeted for welfare fraud
What triggered the ‘Elver Project’ is unclear, and the probe itself is a well guarded secret.
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Maine Medicaid expansion among 100 bills on table next session
Lawmakers will also debate pesticides in medical marijuana and a proposal to overhaul the troubled MaineCare rides program.