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1 hr ago | Lincoln County News

Governor Talks Elder Abuse In Damariscotta

By J.W. Oliver Governor Paul LePage visited Damariscotta June 12 for a lunchtime speech about elder abuse awareness to a capacity crowd at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center.

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Related Topix: Damariscotta, ME, US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen), Kids

4 hrs ago | Sun Journal

Maine hospitals being repaid millions, but patients unlikely to see lower rates

Last week Gov. Paul LePage signed a bill to pave the way for Maine to cover its $183.5 million tab to 39 hospitals for services provided over the years to patients enrolled in the state's Medicaid program.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Bar Harbor, ME

9 hrs ago | The Hill

Internet sales tax measure splits GOP

House Republicans are under intensifying pressure to pass an online sales tax measure from leading GOP governors who have promised to use the revenue it would unleash to cut taxes elsewhere.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Steve King, Terry Branstad, US Governors, Scott Walker, Representative Reid Ribble

13 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News

Democrats advance repeal of 2-year cap on treatments for addicts on Medicaid

A bid by Democrats to repeal the 2-year limit on methadone and suboxone treatments that are paid for by Medicaid passed Tuesday night in the Senate but could face a veto by Gov. Paul LePage, who has voiced support for the initiative since his campaign for office.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, US Governors, Jay, ME, Bangor, ME

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Kennebec Journal

LePage threatens veto of wide-ranging energy bill

The governor wants to support a UMaine offshore wind pilot project over that of a Norwegian company, but a sponsor says failure to pass the bill would undermine other energy initiatives as well.

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Related Topix: Norway, ME, Maine, US Governors, University of Maine, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Kennebec Journal

LePage administration: No more comments for newspaper

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage 's administration will no longer comment in stories published by the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, his spokeswoman said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, Maine, US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Journalism

Bangor Daily News

Minimum wage hike, ethics reform among 100 bills awaiting scarce funding

More than 100 bills passed this session by the Legislature languish in a limbo created by uncertainty about whether they can be funded.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Skowhegan, ME

Bangor Daily News

Budgetary Concerns

Maine Reps. David Webster, D-Freeport, and Margaret Rotundo, D-Lewiston, pore over documents during a work session at the legislature's Appropriations Committee at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on Monday, June 6, 2011.

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Related Topix: Augusta, ME, US Governors, US News

Norwalk Citizen News

Few states have genetically modified food laws

Maine has joined Connecticut in requiring labels on genetically modified food, but more states must do the same for the laws to take effect.

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Related Topix: Connecticut, Brooklyn, CT, US Governors, Agriculture, Science

WABI-TV Bangor

LePage Vetoes Plan to Expand Medicaid Coverage

Governor LePage vetoed two bills on Monday, including one that would have expanded medicaid coverage to nearly 70,000 Mainers.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Medicaid, Health, Maine, Maine Government

Bangor Daily News

House defeats two bills adding new restrictions to welfare assistance

The Maine House on Monday turned back a pair of Republican-backed bills that sought to add new restrictions to the state's primary welfare cash assistance program.

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Related Topix: Maine, Healthcare Law, Law, Criminal Defense Law, US Governors, Drug Testing

JD Supra

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 6-14-13

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House.

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Related Topix: Michael Michaud, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Maine, US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Kennebec Journal

LePage finance chief not eager to relive 1991 shutdown

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage said last week that a state government shutdown would be less painful than adopting the Legislature's bipartisan budget compromise.

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Related Topix: US Governors, US News

SFGate

Lawmakers in final days, but key issues unresolved

Maine lawmakers began the final days of the 2013 session by pushing through a slew of bills Monday while they await Republican Gov. Paul LePage 's decision on the state's budget and a proposal to expand health care coverage.

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Related Topix: US Governors, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, Cellphones, Medicaid, Health

MaineToday.com

PHOTO: Playing for fund

Gov Paul LePage tees off Monday during the eighth annual Marlee Johnston Golf Tournament at the Belgrade Lakes Golf Club.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Belgrade-Lakes, ME

Kennebec Journal

Maine House passes partial rollback of GOP health-care law

A pair of Democratic-backed adjustments to Republicans' 2011 health-care reform law initially passed in the Maine House of Representatives on Monday.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Maine, Brunswick, ME, US Governors, Aroostook County, ME, Easton, ME

State of Maine

LePage Administration Celebrates Small Business Week; DECD...

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage has signed a proclamation celebrating Small Business Week in Maine the week of June 17. To recognize the week-long celebration of the important role small businesses play in Maine's economy and employment, commissioners from several state departments will take time out of their schedules to visit with ... (more)

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Maine, US Governors, Law, Employment / Labor Law, 9, North Anson, ME

Washington Examiner

New Maine laws affect scrap yards, online shops

The Legislature's approval of the state budget, Medicaid expansion and a plan to pay the hospitals' debt have been getting most of the attention, but lawmakers have quietly passed scores of bills outside of state finances throughout the 2013 session that will affect people's lives.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Governors, US News

Kennebec Journal

LePage, legislative bosses find detente at Thursday meeting

On Friday morning, Gov. Paul LePage summoned Senate President Justin Alfond, D-Portland, and House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, to his office to discuss two big-ticket bills: Medicaid expansion and a $6.3 billion, two-year state budget.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Sun Journal

Poland teen to advocate for diabetes funding in Washington

Quinn Ferguson of Poland will travel to Washington, D.C., July 8 to 10 to advocate for funding research on Type 1 diabetes, from which he suffers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Susan Collins, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Angus King, Maine, us Travel, Travel, US Governors