Steve Mistler

Portland Press Herald

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Published
February 6, 2013

‘Subtle tax increase’ in LePage’s budget could hurt taxpayers, think tank says

AUGUSTA — A conservative think tank says Gov. Paul LePage’s two-year budget contains a “subtle tax increase” that could be “detrimental to Maine’s taxpayers.”
Published
February 6, 2013

LePage’s budget has ‘subtle’ tax hike

Analysts also criticize his plan to suspend municipal revenue sharing for two years.
Published
February 6, 2013

Analysis: LePage’s speech geared for 2014 re-election bid

The Republican governor rehashes his successful talking points of the 2010 campaign.
Published
February 5, 2013

Maine AG wants hospitals to allow public into meetings

The boards of those that rely mostly on taxpayer funding should be more open to scrutiny, the attorney general says.
Published
February 4, 2013

LePage finally meets with top Democrats

The leaders discuss various issues in a session long delayed by a dispute over ‘tracking’ of the governor.
Published
February 3, 2013

Content of Tuesday’s State of the State address known only to LePage

With the exception of Gov. Paul LePage and his confidants, nobody knows what the governor will say when he delivers his State of the State address Tuesday night.
Published
February 3, 2013

Politicians strive to stay in hospitals’ good graces

But the partisan tension over who gets credit for paying the state’s debt to medical institutions reveals that industry’s outsized clout.
Published
January 29, 2013

LePage administration retreats from Brunswick tax dispute

At issue is whether Kestrel Aeroworks, a tenant at the former naval air station, should have to pay property taxes.
Published
January 27, 2013

LePage may have new tactic to get cuts

At a glance, it would appear that Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address to double-down on his $6.2 billion two-year budget proposal. Or was it a double-dare? There seems to be widespread belief among Republicans and Democrats that the governor’s proposal to save more than $200 million by suspending municipal aid for two […]
Published
January 26, 2013

Municipal aid budget cut looks unlikely

At a glance, it would appear that Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address to double-down on his $6.2 billion, two-year budget proposal.