Even before Tuesday’s failed vote on Question 1, the group behind the home care referendum was working on its next effort, a measure that would ensure the availability of paid sick leave for all Maine workers. The latest potential referendum effort by the progressive Maine People’s Alliance would require all employers in the state to […]
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Referendum on home care could result in ‘marriage penalty’ tax
A change in the wording of Question 1 on the upcoming November ballot has touched off a raging debate over how the measure’s proposed income tax surcharge would apply to married couples. If passed, Question 1 would create a law that directs money to home care workers through a new income tax surcharge of 3.8 […]
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Susan Collins offers support for Medicaid expansion in Maine
Whether Maine should expand its Medicaid program to cover tens of thousands more people has long been a hotly debated issue — and one that may be decided at the ballot box in November. But until now, Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has remained above the fray, focused on trying to come up with a […]
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Legislative panel delays decision on expanding LePage investigation
AUGUSTA — A Maine legislative committee has delayed making a decision on whether the state’s watchdog agency should investigate allegations that Republican Gov. Paul LePage forced the president of the World Acadian Congress to step down. Democratic Reps. Ronald “Danny” Martin and Robert Saucier asked the Government Oversight Committee last month to initiate an investigation […]
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M. Flynn: Unproven allegations
Articles by Scott Thistle, Chris Cousins, Amy Fried and Mario Moretto, published between June 30 and July 3, betray objective journalism, presenting discussions and opinions about unproven allegations made against four law-abiding Maine citizens by blogger Mike Tipping, as if his unsupported allegations were verified facts. Tipping’s hatchet job on Gov. Paul LePage, in the […]