Steve Mistler

Portland Press Herald

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Published
January 17, 2013

Maine Speaker proposes job training for welfare recipients

Mark Eves’ proposal will test his ability to gather support from Republicans.
Published
January 16, 2013

How big is LePage’s tax bite?

A municipal group estimates all of his new budget initiatives would cost towns and cities $420 million.
Published
January 15, 2013

Slight tax increase in LePage’s budget plan

If approved by the Legislature, the impact on the average Mainer would be $39 over the next two years.
Published
January 14, 2013

LePage’s proposed budget includes income tax increase

Gov. Paul LePage’s two-year budget makes no mention of a tax increase, but it will raise the tax bill of the average Mainer by $49 over the next two years.
Published
January 11, 2013

LePage budget proposal: Blueprint or massive tax shift?

Gov. LePage’s $6.2 billion two-year budget proposal draws heavy fire from Democrats; the House GOP leader says it calls for ‘right-sized government.’
Published
January 11, 2013

LePage to present two-year budget proposal today

Plans to plug shortfalls this fiscal year and in the next biennium will likely seek savings to protect tax cuts.
Published
January 10, 2013

LePage budget plan due Friday

AUGUSTA — State lawmakers were bracing Thursday for a double whammy of bad budget news.
Published
January 9, 2013

LePage lashes out at ‘double-dipping’ employees

Public employees who collect a salary as well as a retirement pension draw the governor’s ire, though his own budget officer employs the same practice.
Published
January 9, 2013

LePage blasts charter school commission, teachers union

In a rare news conference, the governor says Maine schools are failing and the charter commission is intimidated by special interests.
Published
January 8, 2013

Feds scale back LePage Medicaid cuts

LePage wins federal approval to eliminate or reduce coverage for more than 14,000 Mainers to save $4.5 million of $23 million in targeted cuts.