Michael Shepherd

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Published
April 25, 2013

LePage challenges cities, towns to offer budget solutions

In a letter to Maine municipal leaders, the governor says he welcomes “any suggestions town officials have to cut elsewhere in the state budget, but it is time for everyone to set complaints aside and offer solutions.”
Published
April 24, 2013

Maine Senate also OKs hiding gun data

Personal information on permit holders will be confidential, but general statistics will be available.
Published
April 24, 2013

Maine Senate passes bill to shield concealed-gun data

The measure passes 27-8, giving it the two-thirds recommendation necessary for the bill to take effect upon Gov. LePage’s signature.
Published
April 24, 2013

Maine Democrats defeat two right-to-work bills

The proposals to prohibit mandatory union membership now go to the Senate.
Published
April 23, 2013

Legislators scrutinize Democrats’ tax ideas

Republicans stand firm against rate hikes for the wealthy as a week of hearings begins in Augusta.
Published
April 23, 2013

Panel backs bill to restrict gun magazines to 10 rounds

But Republicans says the proposal will hurt Mainers who want to protect themselves.
Published
April 23, 2013

In Maine, privacy for gun permit data likely

The bill would shield data that has been public for more than 30 years.
Published
April 22, 2013

Maine panel may craft 1 or 2 gun bills out of about 20

Meanwhile, the panel votes 6-6 in a work session on a bill to limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds each.
Published
April 21, 2013

LePage sees no shame in going by the letter grade

Who’s “attaching shame”? Gov. Paul LePage, in his weekly radio address, foreshadowed the pending release of his proposed A-F grading system for Maine’s public schools and took a swipe at Democrats in the process. The Maine Department of Education has said it will roll out plans for the system, which LePage announced in his State […]
Published
April 21, 2013

LePage shifts shame to Dems on school letter-grading system

Gov. Paul LePage takes a swipe at Democrats in his weekly radio address; the governor uses the Boston Marathon bombing suspects search to oppose gun-control measures; and taxes take center stage at the State House this week.