Because of the veto, cities and towns can require superintendents to live in their district. Numerous Republicans changed their votes to support LePage.
Michael Shepherd
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Maine panel: 911 confidentiality bill shouldn’t pass
Maine is already one of five states that places restrictions on 911 recordings, and this would make those restrictions even stricter.
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Statehouse Notebook: Junk food, grades, abortion on Augusta agenda
Also, the Government Oversight Committee opens an investigation into possible improprieties at the Maine Center for Disease Control.
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Maine bill would make more 911 info secret
Maine is already one of only a few states to keep 911 recordings fully confidential, and it also places restrictions on transcripts of the calls.
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LePage bill for school choice hits resistance
He wants some religious schools to be partly funded by the public, as well as allow an unlimited number of publicly funded charter schools.
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Maine bill proposes yearly check of hospital finances
Sen. Geoffrey Gratwick of Bangor, a physician, also wants to appoint a special panel to review the data.
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Maine panel hears about high cost of hospital care
A proposed bill would allow the publishing of hospital financial data so consumers can compare pricing from hospital to hospital.
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Lawmakers at odds with LePage administration over charter schools
Democrats say they want equitable funding for charter schools.
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Praise for bill to add public election funds
Although no foes attend a hearing, Gov. LePage opposes strengthening the Clean Election Act.
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No opposition to strengthening Clean Election Act surfaces at hearing
The LePage administration, however, has made it known that it considers taxpayer funding for candidates to be ‘welfare for politicians.’