The Maine Wire: “Maine Senate Sends Welfare Expansion Bill to LePage” plus 2 more

(Click on headings to read more) Maine Senate Sends Welfare Expansion Bill to LePage Posted: 14 Jun 2013 09:33 AM PDT AUGUSTA – On Thursday night, the Maine Senate voted 23-12 to pass a bill that would expand Maine’s Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The bill will now head to Gov. Paul LePage. “This is a disaster in the making,” said Sen. Jim Hamper (R-Oxford), the ranking Republican on [...]

Op-Ed: A (former) Quebecer in Yankee country Posted: 14 Jun 2013 08:55 AM PDT By Pierre Lemieux – The history of New England and Québec have been intertwined through wars, commerce, culture, and migrations. Until the end of the 20th century, people drove through the border between Québec and, on the other side, Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine without even (in most cases) showing identification papers. The scope of north-south [...]

Maine lawmakers’ approve $6.3 billion budget, tax increases; LePage’s veto looms Posted: 14 Jun 2013 08:48 AM PDT AUGUSTA – The Maine Legislature on Thursday night gave final approval to a controversial $6.3 billion budget for 2014-15 that includes significant tax increases and virtually no spending reductions. The lawmakers’ budget will land on Gov. Paul LePage’s desk more than five months after he presented his own plan. Despite strong indications that LePage intends [...]