Steve Mistler

Portland Press Herald

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Published
May 3, 2013

Should food stamps fund junk food?

The bill advanced by Gov. LePage with bipartisan backing would prohibit food stamp recipients from buying soft drinks and junk food.
Published
May 1, 2013

Lawyer’s arrival adds new layer to controversy to Lepage unemployment controversy

A lawyer representing the federal Department of Labor is in Maine to interview unemployment hearing officers and others who attended a controversial lunch meeting six weeks ago with Gov. Paul LePage.
Published
May 1, 2013

U.S. investigating accusations of LePage meddling

The governor is accused of pressuring federally funded unemployment hearing officers to rule in favor of business.
Published
April 30, 2013

Maine’s in as a lab for tax reform

A major proposal, due out today, would slash the state income tax and is similar to plans in other states.
Published
April 30, 2013

Maine tax reform effort mirrors others in US

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers will release a tax reform plan Wednesday, which includes slashes to the state’s income tax and hikes to the sales and excise taxes.
Published
April 30, 2013

Maine coalition to propose dramatic tax reform

Consumption taxes would rise and Maine income taxes would drop, says a draft of the bipartisan plan.
Published
April 29, 2013

Major tax overhaul in works

A dramatic tax overhaul proposal will be revealed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The proposal would slash the state’s income tax rate in half, as well as raise sales and excise taxes and eliminating exemptions.
Published
April 27, 2013

Trash talk tops the list for Maine legislature

For the past three months, the media spotlight has been on several hot-button topics, including the state’s next two-year budget, Medicaid expansion and using a renegotiated state liquor contract to repay Maine’s hospital debt, but the most costly advocacy efforts have been focused on trash — specifically, where it comes from, where it goes and how it’s disposed of.
Published
April 26, 2013

Maine Democrats offer deal on debt to hospitals

Gov. LePage blasts the proposal, which links repayment of the debt to an expansion of Medicaid.
Published
April 25, 2013

Maine legislative panel to consider probe of unemployment controversy

The oversight panel could approve an independent review of a lunch meeting between Gov. Paul LePage and unemployment hearing officers.