Legislators do endorse one revamped bill on EBT card use but turn down other proposals from LePage, who is ‘appalled’ by the outcome.
Steve Mistler
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Analysis of Maine data raises questions on out-of-state welfare card misuses
Gov. LePage says cash withdrawals outside Maine show reforms are needed, but they made up fewer than 2% of all cash transactions.
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Maine Senate rejects LePage plan to ask voters about tax, budget cuts
The governor says he wants the public’s advice on tax relief and $100 million in reduced spending, but opponents call the move an election-year stunt.
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Maine’s workers comp chief says media, politics created controversy
At a hearing marked by claims of election-year maneuvering, he denies having a pro-business bias in removing a hearing officer after a complaint.
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LePage official pushes ban on out-of-state use of welfare cards
She says $14 million in 2013 transactions outside Maine show why legislators ought to pass the governor’s reform proposals.
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Guilty plea a warning that Maine is committed to protecting elvers
Officials are watching harvest numbers, as one Mainer found out when he hid some of his $770,000 income.
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Maine agency reviewing contradictions in document-shredding testimony
Some of the explanations for some of the things that were done make you ask, ‘Does that make sense?’ says one official.
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Texting banned for Maine state business
The LePage administration orders the change after it was revealed that some might be skirting public-records law.
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Maine lawmakers send Medicaid expansion bill to LePage
The bill to cover more than 60,000 uninsured Mainers faces a certain veto from the governor.
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Maine workers’ comp chief to explain claims officer removal
Paul Sighinolfi is under fire for removing an injury claims adjudicator from NewPage mill cases after company officials complained.