LePage previously had stalled the sale of a $117 million bond package in a dispute with the Legislature over state borrowing and a package of new spending bills.
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At chaotic hearing, FBI agent clashes with Republicans over Russia probe
Peter Strzok, testifying publicly for the first time on the issue, said he has never allowed personal opinions to infect his work.
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LePage says he’ll go to jail before he lets Maine expand Medicaid without funding
The governor vows he won’t ‘put the state in red ink,’ but the Democrat who wants to succeed him, Janet Mills, says she’d act on expansion during her first day in office.
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Mayor and councilor pushing to give non-citizens the right to vote in Portland
The proposal calls for letting legal residents participate in municipal elections, but it faces legal and other hurdles.
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Trump’s Supreme Court nominee works Capitol Hill
Judge Brett Kavanaugh met separately Wednesday with at least five members of the Judiciary Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings this summer.
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Parties seek more than 30 replacement candidates in State House races for 2018
The withdrawals among so-called “placeholder” candidates occur in every election, but this year’s candidates may not have access to Maine Clean Elections Act funding because of a so-far uncorrected legislative error.
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Fairfield councilor, Democratic House nominee staying put
Aaron Rowden, who will take on Shelley Rudnicki for the House 108 seat in the fall, will not be leaving even though his wife is taking a job in California.
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Waterville council approves emergency funding for city, schools
Councilor Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday night urged the city and schools to cut $100,000 from their budgets, but resident Tom Ferris called the effort ‘complete politics’ and said the cuts would mean only cents for taxpayers.
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Bills to borrow for transportation and higher education go to governor
Although voters must still sign off, the measures send a wave of relief through the construction industry, which says the road and bridge funds will support more than 3,000 jobs.
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Reunited immigrant children scooped up into parents’ arms
The Trump administration was expected to meet a Tuesday deadline for only about half of the youngest children separated from their parents.