LePage tells Legislature to vote for his budget or there will be a shutdown

June 26, 2017Daily Brief, Governor LePage, LegislatureAdam Cote, Betsy Sweet, Deborah Sanderson, donald trump, J.K. Rowling, Ken Fredette, Mark Eves, Mattie Daughtry, Mike Sylvester, Patrick Eisenhart, Paul LePage, Paul McCarrier, Sara Gideon, Susan Collins

By Michael Shepherd

Good morning from Augusta, where we think it’s safe to start your government shutdown clock — if you have one — after a Friday meeting between Gov. Paul LePage and the Legislature’s top Democrat that has only inflamed partisan tension at the State House. A Democratic account of that meeting was circulating around Facebook over […]

Maine Democrats make their own state government shutdown threat

May 25, 2017Daily Brief, Governor LePage, Legislature, U.S. CongressAngus King, Bruce Poliquin, Chellie Pingree, Eric Brakey, Jeff McCabe, Lawrence Lockman, Mary Mayhew, Mike Sylvester, Mike Thibodeau, Paul LePage, Roger Katz, Scott Hamann, Susan Collins, Tom Saviello

By Christopher Cousins

With less than a month left before statutory adjournment, Democrats have threatened to shut down government if state funding for schools doesn’t reach 55 percent. Fifty-two Democratic and two independent House members, along with four Democratic senators, have signed a pact to oppose any budget bill that doesn’t have “a progressive and sustainable funding source […]

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LePage tells Legislature to vote for his budget or there will be a shutdown

Maine Democrats make their own state government shutdown threat

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