AUGUSTA — From 2005 to 2009, the head of Maine Turnpike Authority billed his agency more than $200,000 for hotels, meals and other expenses, according to documents obtained by the Legislature’s oversight office.
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Documents detail agency spending
AUGUSTA — From 2005 to 2009, the head of Maine Turnpike Authority billed his agency more than $200,000 for hotels, meals and other expenses, according to documents obtained by the Legislature’s oversight office.
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Peaks Island secession rejected in Legislature
Lawmakers say secession leaders did not follow the process as spelled out in state law.
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LePage’s shoreline defense
AUGUSTA — A bill that would roll back development buffers around Maine’s lakes and rivers found an unexpected opponent at a public hearing Friday: the LePage administration.
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Administration opposes shoreland bill
AUGUSTA — A bill that would roll back development buffers around Maine’s lakes and rivers found an unexpected opponent at a public hearing Friday: the LePage administration.
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Fewer MTA employees to get credit cards
AUGUSTA — The Maine Turnpike Authority is reducing the number of credit cards it issues to employees, from 51 to 15, as part of an effort to improve financial oversight.
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Turnpike Authority cuts access to credit
AUGUSTA — The Maine Turnpike Authority is reducing the number of credit cards issued to its staff, from 51 to 15, as part of an effort to improve financial oversight.
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Activists, officials voice concerns about child vaccine bills
AUGUSTA — Parents who question the safety of vaccines are battling with Maine’s medical establishment about two bills that could have the effect of lowering vaccination rates.
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Vaccine bills challenge medical establishment
AUGUSTA — Parents who question the safety of vaccines are battling with Maine’s medical establishment about two bills that could have the effect of lowering vaccination rates.
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No mural, no money, says U.S. Department of Labr
AUGUSTA — The U.S. Department of Labor says Gov. Paul LePage violated the terms of a federal grant when he removed a labor-themed mural from a state office building last month. Now the federal government, which paid most of the mural’s $60,000 cost, wants its money back.