PORTLAND (AP) — Democratic lawmakers disagree with the facts behind Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s most recent call for a special session, but leaders in both parties say they’ll meet with him to discuss his funding concerns.
A special session would cost $43,000 on the first day and $37,900 a day thereafter.
Republican Senate President Michael Thibodeau, of Waldo, and Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves, of North Berwick, say they’re willing to meet with LePage.
In a letter to Thibodeau and Eves released Friday, LePage claims there’s no funding for a $75,000 needle exchange program and an up-to-$100,000 ambulance study.
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