Good morning, hope you like the white stuff because there’s a little bit more on the way. Legislative offices will open late and and hearings are postponed Wednesday after the blizzard wiped out everything on Tuesday. It will be relatively quiet at the State House, but that should begin to change next week. First […]
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Morning Briefing 1.26.15: Twenty-six days in office, a taxing trend & a song against mispronunciation
Gov. Paul LePage said Friday that the transfer of power is one of the reasons he wants to change the Secretary of State position into a lieutenant governor. The Maine Constitution says that the President of the Senate assumes power in the event that a sitting governor resigns or dies. This is a problem, LePage […]
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Morning Briefing 1.23.15: Dems’ dilemma, Gov. Giants Fan & timely meetings
A lot has been written about Republican lawmakers’ silence on the governor’s two-year budget proposal and tax overhaul. Overlooked, however, is that Democrats aren’t saying much about it, either. Or doing much, really. At least publicly. On Wednesday Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves and Senate minority leader Justin Alfond kicked off their jobs tour. The […]
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Morning Briefing 1.22.15: Yummy & Mitch, mapping property tax relief & the SCOTUS kissoff
> Good morning. We’re just going to leave this here: Met with Yummy and Mitch from “Down East Dickering” to discuss domestic violence awareness. #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/1F0e2LPJfx — Paul R. LePage (@Governor_LePage) January 21, 2015 You’re welcome. Now, on to the Briefing … As the Kennbec Journal’s Mike Shepherd reported Wednesday, Gov. Paul LePage called […]
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Morning Briefing: 1.21.15: LePage, Eves fire up message machines
.@Governor_LePage has activated his Hall of Flags TV to push tax proposal #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/RRNzayQFXB — Steve Mistler (@stevemistler) January 20, 2015 Gov. Paul LePage’s budget and tax proposal continue to dominant politics news. As you can see, the governor has activated his once disputed TV to broadcast political messages into the Hall of Flags. […]
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Morning Briefing: 1.19.15: The Reverse Kansas, explanations & doggy dilemma
Republicans and Democrats have fundamentally different approaches to changes in the tax code and we’re lucky that two big proposals are on the table to highlight the contrast. Exhibit A is Gov. Paul LePage’s big overhaul that he’s embedded in his two-year budget proposal. There’s been a lot written about the tax package, but at […]
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Morning Briefing 1.16.15: Rounding up, cutting costs & getting antsy
An abbreviated edition of the Briefing today. The Legislature is in recess until next Tuesday and most lawmakers blew out of here on Wednesday because of a retreat and the long weekend. Also, I’m getting the sense that we’ve exhausted some of the interest in the governor’s two-year budget. – S.M. * * * I […]
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Morning Briefing 1.15.15: LePage’s tax tab & profiles in avoiding, feeling the wrath
The LePage administration’s budget primer tour continued Wednesday. Richard Rosen, the governor’s budget chief, and Michael Allen, the tax policy chief, held media briefings and public presentations designed to fill in some of the information gaps in the $6.3 billion budget. There are still some gaps, but the administration provided some information new information, including […]
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Morning Briefing 1.13.15: Clown taxes, meat sticks and the politics of tax reform
We’re still unpacking Gov. Paul LePage’s budget. However, at a glance, it’s beginning to look like a document that contains a smorgasbord of policy initiatives that overlap and intertwine and pretty much put would-be opponents in a variety of uncomfortable positions. There appears to be a give and take in every major initiative, which could make […]
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Morning Briefing: 1.12.15: LePage’s tax bombshell
Raise your hand if you ever thought Gov. Paul LePage would propose raising the sales tax. Anyone? No. Me either. But there it was, smack dab in the middle of a $6.2 billion budget bill that pairs a massive tax code overhaul with many other significant policy initiatives deserving of examination. But for now, wow, where […]
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