With time to avoid a shutdown running out, legislative leaders expect to continue negotiations Saturday.
Scott Thistle
Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine. @thisdog
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Maine budget talks at an impasse, lawmakers say
House Speaker Sara Gideon blames House Republicans, saying they are refusing to compromise on school spending.
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After congressman’s shooting, LePage says he might start carrying a gun
Rep. Richard Cebra of Naples, another Second Amendment advocate, has asked the governor to allow lawmakers with concealed-weapons permits to carry guns at the State House.
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Negotiators still far apart on state budget agreement
A special panel meets for hours but continue to disagree on how to increase state funding for public schools.
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Maine’s legislative leaders form panel to negotiate budget deal
They form a six-member conference committee in a last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown.
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Maine House passes bill to restore tip credit to minimum wage law
It now looks likely that lawmakers will reverse the decision by voters to end the tip rule, but the credit might not be revived until October.
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Maine finance chief Richard Rosen resigns
Rosen’s departure comes as the Legislature struggles to agree on a two-year budget deal by a June 30 deadline.
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LePage ashamed to be part of ‘this government’
If the Legislature passes a $7 billion budget, ‘they get a veto,’ the governor says.
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State budget impasse triggers new negotiation strategy as deadline looms
State House leaders take the unusual step of moving to a smaller conference committee in hopes of striking a deal.
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Ranked-choice voting bills go to full Legislature for debate
A committee of lawmakers was sharply divided on the election system that voters approved in November and the state’s top court recently ruled unconstitutional.