Budget to erase shortfall approved
State House: The plan fills a $190 million hole without broad tax increases or use of state 'rainy day' savings.
Maine gets a two-day reprieve on Real ID law
Maine residents could be barred from using driver's licenses to board planes or enter federal buildings.
Starting today, buckle up or risk a fine
Changes in state law mean that failure to use seat belts can bring fines ranging from $50 to $250.
Mainers' personal incomes lag behind nation
Few high-wage industries and an aging population are among the reasons.
City to state: Run terminal
Portland officials say the city can't afford necessary repairs to the International Marine Terminal.
Editorials: Pier project deserved state lease exception
Concerns about setting a bad precedent don't make sense in light of the project's uniqueness.
Not wearing a seat belt? Watch out for blue lights
Real tickets with real fines are now legal, with fewer deaths and injuries as the real payoff.
Bangor Daily News
Dems push new budget package
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine - After regrouping over the weekend, Democratic lawmakers were trying to meet a Monday deadline by advancing their own budget-balancing measure again - minus a provision opposed by Republicans and unwelcome to Democratic Gov. John Baldacci.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine - After regrouping over the weekend, Democratic lawmakers were trying to meet a Monday deadline by advancing their own budget-balancing measure again - minus a provision opposed by Republicans and unwelcome to Democratic Gov. John Baldacci.
Lawmakers enact state budget rewrite
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine - The Legislature gave final approval Monday night to a state budget rewrite that offsets a $190 million shortfall in Maine’s $6.3 billion two-year General Fund budget by making a range of cuts with no new broad-based taxes.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine - The Legislature gave final approval Monday night to a state budget rewrite that offsets a $190 million shortfall in Maine’s $6.3 billion two-year General Fund budget by making a range of cuts with no new broad-based taxes.
$28M in Transportation cuts approved
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine - While lawmakers dithered on a budget to address a General Fund revenue shortfall, they gave final approval Monday to a measure cutting $28 million from the Transportation Department budget as gas tax revenues continue to fail to meet projections.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine - While lawmakers dithered on a budget to address a General Fund revenue shortfall, they gave final approval Monday to a measure cutting $28 million from the Transportation Department budget as gas tax revenues continue to fail to meet projections.
Opponents mobilize against toll plaza sites
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
YORK, Maine - Opponents of a plan to relocate and expand the toll plaza at the southern end of the Maine Turnpike are gearing up for a meeting with Maine Turnpike Authority officials.
Has anyone ever met a politician who did not campaign against waste and inefficiency in state government?
Letters:
Don't worry about middle class, it soon will be gone
Regarding Liz Soares' commentary about the middle class (March 6): Perhaps the "garden-variety middle-class" hasn't come to the Statehouse to complain because its members are not about to lose their funding lifeline, as are the foster parents, the elderly and those in need of mental health services, who are merely trying to survive.
Sun Journal
Legislature enacts budget
AUGUSTA - The Legislature gave final approval Monday night to a state budget rewrite that offsets a $190 million shortfall in Maine's $6.3 billion two-year General Fund budget by making a range of cuts with no new broad-based taxes.
Maine gets 2 days on Real ID
AUGUSTA - The only state that failed to get an extension to Monday's Real ID deadline was given a couple of more days to satisfy federal concerns about driver's license security.
Energy company urges lawmakers to approve Redington wind project
AUGUSTA - Harley Lee stood before lawmakers on the Utilities and Energy Committee at the State House on Monday, once again making the case for a Redington Township wind farm permit. Lee is the developer of a proposed wind power project for mountains in unorganized Redington Township near Sugarloaf Mountain in Franklin County.
Buckle up, police set to crack down
AUGUSTA - Maine has a seat belt law, but police have just been issuing warnings to violators since it was bolstered last September. As of Tuesday, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Compliance up
More Maine motorists have been using safety belts as the laws have become strict over the last five years.
MPBN
Wind Energy Legislation Draws Broad Support
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
YORK, Maine - Opponents of a plan to relocate and expand the toll plaza at the southern end of the Maine Turnpike are gearing up for a meeting with Maine Turnpike Authority officials.
No joke: Seat belt law offenders facing fines
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine has a seat belt law, but police have been issuing only warnings to violators since it was bolstered last September. As of Tuesday, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Legislature meets deadline after approving $190 million supplemental budget
AUGUSTA -- The House and Senate Monday night approved the $190 million supplemental budget that cuts funds from many social service programs and schools.
DAVID B. OFFER : Notes from the ever-present political past Tuesday, April 1, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine has a seat belt law, but police have been issuing only warnings to violators since it was bolstered last September. As of Tuesday, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Editorial: Fasten your seat belts
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
For the last six months, police have issued warnings to motorists who failed to use seat belts as required by state law.
Kennebec JournalTuesday, April 1, 2008
For the last six months, police have issued warnings to motorists who failed to use seat belts as required by state law.
John Buell: Current tax system unfair to working class
Many American citizens are concerned about the growing disparities in wealth and income. Even middle-class Americans feel extraordinarily insecure.
Many American citizens are concerned about the growing disparities in wealth and income. Even middle-class Americans feel extraordinarily insecure.
Sen. Douglas Smith: Chemical regulation a risky path
As people and newspapers around the state are beginning to notice, Maine is apparently trying to lead the way among states taking action against chemicals alleged to cause harm to the population.
As people and newspapers around the state are beginning to notice, Maine is apparently trying to lead the way among states taking action against chemicals alleged to cause harm to the population.
Legislature meets deadline after approving $190 million supplemental budget
AUGUSTA -- The House and Senate Monday night approved the $190 million supplemental budget that cuts funds from many social service programs and schools.
Seat belt crackdown starts today
AUGUSTA -- Maine has a seat belt law, but police have just been issuing warnings to violators since it was bolstered last September. As of Tuesday, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.
AUGUSTA: Survey faults fire facilities
AUGUSTA -- Response times to get to fires and accidents in the city are slower than national standards, a consultant told city councilors Monday.
Editorials:
Senate race should turn on real issues
The last time attendance was a big issue for us was high school organic chemistry class, to which we had to drag ourselves at 8 A.M. -- and often didn't make it. We scraped by, but barely.
Hallowell fence legal, but not nice
We don't know the exact latitude or longitude of the disputed boundary line between state-owned property and the Hallowell home of Andrea Lapointe and Michael Barden. We don't know or understand the finer details of the legal fight between the couple and the state. But we don't have to know any of those things to conclude that the state did the couple wrong when it constructed a seven-foot-tall wooden fence within 10 inches of their clapboard garage.
Has anyone ever met a politician who did not campaign against waste and inefficiency in state government?
Letters:
Don't worry about middle class, it soon will be gone
Regarding Liz Soares' commentary about the middle class (March 6): Perhaps the "garden-variety middle-class" hasn't come to the Statehouse to complain because its members are not about to lose their funding lifeline, as are the foster parents, the elderly and those in need of mental health services, who are merely trying to survive.
Sun Journal
Legislature enacts budget
AUGUSTA - The Legislature gave final approval Monday night to a state budget rewrite that offsets a $190 million shortfall in Maine's $6.3 billion two-year General Fund budget by making a range of cuts with no new broad-based taxes.
Maine gets 2 days on Real ID
AUGUSTA - The only state that failed to get an extension to Monday's Real ID deadline was given a couple of more days to satisfy federal concerns about driver's license security.
Energy company urges lawmakers to approve Redington wind project
AUGUSTA - Harley Lee stood before lawmakers on the Utilities and Energy Committee at the State House on Monday, once again making the case for a Redington Township wind farm permit. Lee is the developer of a proposed wind power project for mountains in unorganized Redington Township near Sugarloaf Mountain in Franklin County.
Buckle up, police set to crack down
AUGUSTA - Maine has a seat belt law, but police have just been issuing warnings to violators since it was bolstered last September. As of Tuesday, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.
Compliance up
More Maine motorists have been using safety belts as the laws have become strict over the last five years.
MPBN
Wind Energy Legislation Draws Broad Support
Maine is quickly becoming New England's leading wind energy producer. But conflicts over the siting of wind turbines prompted Governor John Baldacci to create a wind power task force last year. The task force drafted a report recommending streamlined permitting, and other regulatory changes. Today, a legislative committee heard testimony on a bill to implement the changes. It's got broad support, but, as Murray Carpenter reports, not everybody likes it.
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