Lawmakers must cut $40 million to meet the state’s balanced budget requirement and it won’t be easy.
Steve Mistler
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Michaud wins Sierra Club backing
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate secures the endorsement as he seeks to build a broad coalition of progressive voters and donors.
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J.D. Irving gets exemption on Maine clear-cutting rules
The deal with the state exempts Maine’s largest landowner’s 1.25 million acres of forest land from some regulations.
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Defense chief tours ‘stealth’ ship at Bath Iron Works
Secretary Chuck Hagel tells Maine shipyard workers that they will continue to play a vital role in U.S. defense plans.
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Maine hires controversial Medicaid reformist
The state will pay $925,000 to The Alexander Group to help with fraud detection and assess the potential cost of expansion.
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State House Notebook: Outside groups spending big on Maine elections
The state’s 2012 legislative election was a record year for spending by outside groups, topping $3.7 million.
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Higher costs, same problems for MaineCare rides system
A DHHS official tells legislators that service is better, but admits some low-income patients may have just given up.
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Health-care website problems also affecting Medicaid enrollment
Maine officials say technical glitches with healthcare.gov means they have received no information on applications.
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N.H. lawmakers deliver blow to Maine modified-food labeling bill
Four nearby states have to join in for Maine’s law to go into effect, but a committee just voted down a bill in New Hampshire.
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Changes loom for Maine elver fishery
State regulators are poised to impose catch limits and require swipe-card monitoring of elver sales, while moving ahead with a welfare fraud prevention project aimed at fishermen