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PublishedMarch 2, 2016
Ballot question to increase education spending will go to voters
The Secretary of State certified the campaign, which is attempting to impose a 3 percent tax on upper-income households to increase education funding.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2016
Maine business groups stand behind $10 minimum wage proposal
Backers pledge to campaign for the initiative, which competes with a ballot question to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2016
Bill to toughen Maine’s citizen referendum process makes no headway in House
Lawmakers vote 93-52 to approve the measure, but it needed two-thirds support to advance to voters.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2016
Questions linger about LePage’s endorsement of Trump
Some see the influence of New Jersey Gov. Christ Christie in the Maine governor’s about-face.
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PublishedFebruary 29, 2016
Referendum efforts to learn whether they qualify for November ballot
On Wednesday, the Maine Secretary of State’s Office will rule on campaigns to legalize marijuana, tax upper-income households to increase school funding, and create a casino.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2016
Ratepayers save big, jobs triple under dramatic solar plan for Maine, advocates say
A coalition lays out the strategies and benefits of increasing power projects by more than tenfold and ending net metering.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2016
Riverview superintendent says only a few patients would be moved to Maine State Prison unit
Lawmakers have resisted efforts by DHHS to improve conditions at the Augusta hospital by relocating some violent or disruptive patients who have been sent there by the courts.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2016
Maine lawmakers back higher reimbursement rates for state’s methadone clinics
The Health and Human Services Committee voted to support an amended bill that supporters say will increase access to treatment and counseling.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2016
After legislative raids and funding delays, Maine’s public campaign-finance money could run out
Lawmakers have raided the program regularly, taking nearly $12 million since 2002. This year, it may just go broke.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2016
Ousted Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler once led Maine Republican Party
Tyler, who resigned Monday as Ted Cruz’s national spokesman, was executive director of the Maine Republican Party from 1995-1999.
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