AUGUSTA — A bill that would allow state workers to store concealed weapons in their locked vehicles while they are at work gained initial approval Monday from the Maine House.
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House OKs allowing state workers to store weapons in cars
AUGUSTA — A bill that would allow state workers to store concealed weapons in their locked vehicles while they are at work gained initial approval Monday from the Maine House.
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LePage plans trade mission to China
The Sept. 9-15 mission will begin in Hong Kong and include a visit to Shanghai and surrounding areas.
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House gives initial OK to allow stored guns on state property
The bill would allow state workers to store concealed weapons in a locked vehicle on state property, a right granted to private sector workers last year.
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Double dipping back in spotlight
AUGUSTA — Ten Maine public employees took in an average of $168,000 each last year by collecting a salary and a state retirement pension at the same time, data from the Maine Public Employees Retirement System shows.
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Double dip debate before Legislature
AUGUSTA — Ten Maine public employees took in an average of $168,000 each last year by collecting a salary and a state retirement pension at the same time, data from the Maine Public Employees Retirement System shows.
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ON MAINE POLITICS: Bill says show me the money
Legislators who make money from state contracts will be required to disclose more information to the public under a bill that the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee is considering today.
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Johnson settling into office
AUGUSTA — Just two weeks after Democrat Christopher Johnson won a surprise victory in a state Senate election, a Republican challenger has emerged to take him on in November.
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Judge hears oral arguments in labor mural case
BANGOR — A lawsuit challenging the governor’s decision to remove a mural from the Maine Department of Labor’s headquarters is politically motivated and should be dismissed, an attorney representing Gov. Paul LePage told a federal judge Thursday.
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Judge: Labor mural suit is question of ‘whose art is it?’
BANGOR — A lawsuit challenging the governor’s decision to remove a mural from the Maine Department of Labor’s headquarters is politically motivated and should be dismissed, an attorney representing Gov. Paul LePage told a federal judge Thursday.