WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending on Thursday, bestowing bipartisan support on the first major compromise between the White House and newly empowered Republicans in Congress.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Athletes hope to get season started today
When the Messalonskee High School girls lacrosse team opens the season today, the players won’t be the only ones who need to shake any first-game jitters. First-year head coach Katie Gorham will have them, too.
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LePage blasts legislators for lack of action
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage responded Thursday to partisan criticisms of his first 100 days in office, blaming his lack of recent accomplishments on the slow pace of the Republican-controlled Legislature.
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GOP presents Maine business-focused tax cuts
AUGUSTA — Republicans unveiled a tax-cut package Thursday that would lower the income tax, create an annual sales tax holiday and eliminate the sales tax on fuel used in all commercial vessels in the Gulf of Maine.
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Toll collectors feel drivers’ wrath
AUGUSTA — Jay Colby, who has worked as a toll collector for the Maine Turnpike Authority for 32 years, said he has never seen motorists so angry.
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NFL DRAFT: Business as usual for Pats
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The 2011 NFL season may still be in limbo, as billionaire owners and millionaire players struggle to find common ground for a new collective bargaining agreement, but the league and teams are still forging ahead.
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Yard waste drop-off set for April 19
WATERVILLE — The Waterville Department of Public Works announces that City residents may dispose of yard waste beginning April 19. Yard waste, such as garden trimmings, small branches, leaves and grass clippings, can be dropped off at the Public Works Department at 6 Wentworth Court.
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UMF announces Michael D. Wilson Research scholars
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Undergraduate Research Council recently named 17 students as spring 2011 Michael D. Wilson Research Scholars — celebrating the fifth consecutive year of the successful undergraduate research program.
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Kennebec Historical Society program set
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Historical Society presents “Men from Maine in the Civil War” by Authors Ned and Diane Smith. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Augusta City Center Learning Gallery, 16 Cony St. in Augusta.