Michael Shepherd

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Published
February 6, 2013

State lays bare how it spends Mainers’ tax money

The site is praised by one analyst, but he also says it could give more details about certain departments, including who receives $660 million in state grants and tax credits.
Published
February 6, 2013

New state website shows taxpayers how dollars are spent

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage wants you to know that Maine taxpayers spent more than $32,000 on food served last year at the Blaine House, the governor’s mansion.
Published
February 5, 2013

LePage less combative at second State of the State

The governor says he will fast-track natural gas proposals and start grading public schools on an A-B-C-D-F grading system to hold them accountable.
Published
February 5, 2013

Maine panel rejects voter IDs, backs early voting

The state commission that studied Maine’s elections says there is little or no history of voter fraud.
Published
February 4, 2013

LePage ally named director of Maine Republicans

Jason Savage, who ran the governor’s political organization in 2010, has a ‘keen political mind.’
Published
February 4, 2013

New state GOP boss signals shift toward LePage re-election support

AUGUSTA — The man who led Gov. Paul LePage’s political arm is the Maine Republican Party’s new executive director.
Published
February 3, 2013

Content of Tuesday’s State of the State address known only to LePage

With the exception of Gov. Paul LePage and his confidants, nobody knows what the governor will say when he delivers his State of the State address Tuesday night.
Published
January 31, 2013

Republicans and Democrats agree on limiting governor’s bond authority

AUGUSTA — Some top Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature agree on one of the hot button issues around the capital: The governor should not be able to hold up bond issues for improvement projects and economic development.
Published
January 30, 2013

LePage rebuffs offer to extend liquor deal

Maine Beverage Co. included a $320 million guarantee, but state officials believe the contract is worth more.
Published
January 30, 2013

Bucking trend, 7 lawmakers introduce no bills in Maine House

While most of the legislators without bills to their name are freshmen who want to learn the ropes first, one is a State House veteran who just doesn’t want to submit a bill that “isn’t going to go anywhere.”