It lets him suspend rules during the government shutdown, but how it helps potentially laid-off workers is unclear.
Steve Mistler
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
State workers prepare for worst as politicians exchange blame in Washington
As Democrats and Republicans in Washington, D.C., continue exchanging blame, the effects of the partial shutdown of federal government are pushing into state governments where operations are intertwined with federal money.
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Posted inNews, Politics
LePage selects funding expert as education chief
Jim Rier, longtime Department of Education finance director, becomes acting commissioner.
Posted inNews, Politics
Republican leader seeks to end Maine sales tax increase a year early
Rep. Kenneth Frenette, R-Newport, would offset lost revenue with cuts to DHHS and education.
Posted inNews
Feds pull estimated $20 million in Riverview funding
The state plans to appeal a decision of the federal government to terminate funding for Riverview Psychiatric Center, which it says was “inappropriate and unwarranted.”
Posted inNews, Politics
For LePage’s departed education chief, reform was a rocky road
Stephen Bowen, who has quit, had similar ideology, but memos show inner turmoil over slow progress.
Posted inBusiness, News
Amazon curtails program in Maine
Blaming a state law to boost tax collection from online sales, the company severs ties with Maine ‘associates.’
Posted inNews, Politics
Eliot Cutler announces gubernatorial run
The independent who came within 2 percentage points of winning the Blaine House in 2010 says: ‘This time we will.’
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Cutler releases book retooling policy ideas
Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler moved closer to his imminent campaign kickoff Wednesday, releasing a 104-page book that retools some of his policy ideas from his 2010 bid.
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Maine Medicaid debate rolls on in battle of oversized checks
Gov. LePage’s hospital visit to tout his debt payback effort is disrupted by a MaineCare expansion supporter dressed as ‘Uncle Sam.’