Ocean Properties Ltd. has loaned nearly $780,000 to the Putting Maine to Work ballot question committee.

The task force looking to save $25 million wants to study one proposal that would affect Head Start.

The proposals are scheduled to be reviewed by a panel charged with recommending at least $25 million in cuts from the state budget.

Ocean Properties is listed as the sole contributor to the Putting Maine to Work campaign for Question 2 on the November ballot.

The total doesn’t include bills from the governor or state departments, which can be submitted anytime.

AUGUSTA – When the task force that’s looking for millions of dollars to cut from the state budget returns to Augusta on Thursday, it will spend the day reviewing proposals to trim spending for K-12 education, higher education and the Department of Health and Human Services. It promises to be a long — and interesting […]

Cut funding for the arts? Grants to help young entrepreneurs? A state panel finds that trimming $25 million won’t be easy.

The state and the Maine State Employees Association are still negotiating a new contract, three months after the last contract expired.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June about matching money for candidates is forcing Maine to make changes in its system.

Passage of an emergency bill makes prison and big fines possible results of selling or using the drug.