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PublishedMay 21, 2013
LePage vetoes smoking ban on college campuses
If lawmakers want to be consistent, they should submit a bill to 'outlaw tobacco altogether' instead of just banning smoking in certain places, he says.
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PublishedMay 21, 2013
Maine police chiefs: Keep gun permit requirement
They oppose a bill that would allow carrying concealed weapons without a permit, which would also do away with background checks.
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PublishedMay 21, 2013
Early in-person voting bill gets Maine Senate approval
The bill needs more action in the House, which did not pass it in a preliminary vote Monday.
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PublishedMay 21, 2013
Hospital payback, Medicaid expansion hinge on LePage
The House and Senate approve a bill that would pay state hospitals back $186 million, and give basic health coverage to 60,000 Mainers using federal dollars.
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PublishedMay 21, 2013
Wind power’s grip on Augusta weakening
Rural Maine communities protest turbines, which they say deface 'God's country,' but wind developers say they've invested too much money to be shut out now.
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PublishedMay 21, 2013
Officials plan to act on Maine restaurant oversight
Legislators will look into fixes after the Sunday Telegram reported that the state's inspection program is one of the least rigorous in America.
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PublishedMay 20, 2013
LePage: Let’s eliminate Maine income tax
The governor says he'll focus on that effort if the people of Maine re-elect him to a second term, but he won't support the current bipartisan plan to cut the tax in half.
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PublishedMay 20, 2013
Maine Senate backs bill to expand Medicaid, pay hospital debt
The bill, fiercely opposed by Republicans, is designed to combine one of the Democrats' leading policy initiatives with Gov. LePage's payback plan.
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PublishedMay 20, 2013
Enhanced early voting? Maine a few votes short
The bill passed overwhelmingly, 90-50, but it still fell shy of the two-thirds majority it will need to go to a voter referendum.
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PublishedMay 17, 2013
Maine committee deeply split on dental care bill
By authorizing hygienists to do more, the bill might benefit rural children, but dentists object.
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