Michael Shepherd

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Published
June 14, 2013

LePage signs Maine hospital debt payment plan

The governor says he’ll also issue $105 million in voter-approved bonds dating back to 2009.
Published
June 14, 2013

Maine House OKs bill to help needy out of poverty

The ‘ticket to work’ aims to address employment issues for people who receive public assistance.
Published
June 13, 2013

Plan to repay Maine hospital debt approved

The bill, passed unanimously by the state House and Senate, now awaits Gov. LePage’s signature.
Published
June 11, 2013

Maine Senate agrees to allow more appeals in school-choice decisions

A bill that would create one more layer of appeal on decisions about whether students can be placed in schools outside their districts got final passage unanimously in the Senate on Tuesday.
Published
June 10, 2013

2 superintendents deny banning military recruiters from schools

Superintendents of two southern Maine high schools are disputing allegations by Gov. Paul LePage’s administration that they don’t allow military recruiters to wear uniforms in the schools.
Published
June 7, 2013

LePage vows veto of proposed $6.3B state budget

Gov. Paul LePage said Friday that he plans to veto a $6.3 billion state budget that the Legislature’s budget-writing committee crafted overnight, and which contains increases to the meals, lodging and sales taxes.
Published
June 6, 2013

Bill to expand confidentiality of 911 emergency calls dies in House with a roll call vote

A bill to expand the confidentiality of records from 911 emergency calls was killed Thursday as the House rejected it without a roll-call vote.
Published
June 6, 2013

Senate rejects mining law changes

A bill that would add environmental safeguards to Maine mining laws was rejected by a single vote in the Senate on Thursday, with lawmakers from northern Maine opposing it.
Published
June 5, 2013

Legislature OKs new district maps citing ‘compromise’

Both houses of the Legislature overwhelmingly approved new maps for Maine’s legislative districts Wednesday.
Published
June 5, 2013

Senate nixes keeping 911 calls confidential

The Maine Senate voted Wednesday to reject a confidentiality bill filed in response to the Portland Press Herald’s public-records request for a 911 transcript relating to a double homicide last year in Biddeford.