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  • Published
    April 14, 2011
    Paul Violette

    Turnpike Authority spent nearly $1M on meals, travel in 4 years

    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.

  • Published
    April 14, 2011

    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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    April 13, 2011

    Peaks Island secession rejected in Legislature

    Lawmakers say secession leaders did not follow the process as spelled out in state law.

  • Published
    April 9, 2011

    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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    April 9, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    April 8, 2011

    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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    April 8, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    April 6, 2011

    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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    April 6, 2011

    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.

  • Published
    April 5, 2011

    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.