But Democratic lawmakers argue they should be granted immediate access.
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LePage vetoes 2 unemployment insurance bills amid system probe
Calling legislators ‘ignorant’ and accusing them of ‘collusion,’ Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed the bills even as a state watchdog agency investigates the bungled rollout of the ReEmployME unemployment insurance system.
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LePage adds 13 more vetoes to his pile, including CMP audit and opioid treatment
The governor also rejects a bill that would require utility shareholders to bear the costs of audits.
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Senate panel backs up intelligence agencies’ finding that Russia aimed to help Trump win election
The Intelligence Committee spends 16 months reviewing the work in the joint agency assessment and reaffirms its conclusions.
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Sen. Collins on treacherous middle ground in Supreme Court fight
The Maine senator says she knows that, regardless of how she votes, ‘there are going to be people who are furious at me.’
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Trump interviews Supreme Court candidates as political fight intensifies
The president says he will meet with two or three more prospective justices before making an announcement July 9.
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Gov. LePage vetoes 23 bills, including funds for Medicaid expansion, ‘direct care’ workers
Also among the vetoed bills was one spurred by state government’s failure to investigate the deaths of 133 developmentally disabled Medicaid patients.
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As LePage digs in against Medicaid expansion, advocates urge newly eligible Mainers to apply for coverage
A law passed by voters in 2017, which set Monday as the day applications could begin, makes as many as 70,000 more people eligible for state and federally funded health care coverage.
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Trump’s former personal lawyer says he’ll put ‘family and country’ first
Michael Cohen told ABC News he would “not be a punching bag…”
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Where the candidates stand on wind power development
Two of Maine’s four candidates for governor are coming out strongly in favor of developing more wind energy, while two others are making distinctions about the degree to which they would support it.