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Published
April 16, 2012

TABOR III in works

LEWISTON — An anti-tax group will launch another Taxpayer Bill of Rights citizen initiative in June, which, if successful, would mark the third time since 2006 that voters will be asked to impose tax and expenditure limits on state government.
Published
April 16, 2012

Suspect held in Augusta fire

AUGUSTA — Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at Capitol Computers in downtown Augusta Saturday night and police are holding a 23-year-old transient who is suspected of setting the fire.
Published
April 16, 2012

Another TABOR effort pledged

LEWISTON — An anti-tax group will launch another Taxpayer Bill of Rights citizen initiative in June, which, if successful, would mark the third time since 2006 that voters will be asked to impose tax and expenditure limits on state government.
Published
April 16, 2012

Fire quickly doused; transient held

AUGUSTA — Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at Capitol Computers in downtown Augusta Saturday night and police are holding a 23-year-old transient who is suspected of setting the fire.
Published
April 15, 2012

Fire reported at downtown Augusta business

Capitol Computers CEO Thomas Johnson said his wife Karen, an accountant, was inside finishing up tax returns for clients when she smelled smoke and called the fire department.
Published
April 15, 2012

LePage knocks lawmakers over lack of courage

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage issued a line-item veto of parts of the supplemental budget Saturday, telling lawmakers they need to be more courageous when cutting spending.
Published
April 15, 2012

LePage calls for ‘courage’ in making cuts

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage issued a line-item veto of parts of the supplemental budget Saturday, telling lawmakers they need to be more courageous when cutting spending.
Published
April 14, 2012

LePage vetoes parts of bipartisan budget

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage today issued a line-item veto of parts of the supplemental budget that was given final approval by lawmakers on Friday.
Published
April 14, 2012

Strict teen driving law poised to pass

AUGUSTA — Teenage drivers will face restrictions for a longer period of time and will get bigger fines if they make repeated mistakes under a bill that gained all but final approval by the Legislature on Friday.
Published
April 14, 2012

Bill would change driving laws for teens

AUGUSTA — Teenage drivers would face restrictions for a longer period of time and would get bigger fines if they make repeated mistakes under a bill that gained all but final approval by the Legislature Friday.