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March 13, 2012

Second Amendment enters concealed weapon bill debate

AUGUSTA — A bill that would allow state workers to store concealed weapons in their locked vehicles while they are at work gained initial approval Monday from the Maine House.
Published
March 13, 2012

House OKs allowing state workers to store weapons in cars

AUGUSTA — A bill that would allow state workers to store concealed weapons in their locked vehicles while they are at work gained initial approval Monday from the Maine House.
Published
March 12, 2012

LePage plans trade mission to China

The Sept. 9-15 mission will begin in Hong Kong and include a visit to Shanghai and surrounding areas.
Published
March 12, 2012

House gives initial OK to allow stored guns on state property

The bill would allow state workers to store concealed weapons in a locked vehicle on state property, a right granted to private sector workers last year.
Published
March 11, 2012

Double dipping back in spotlight

AUGUSTA — Ten Maine public employees took in an average of $168,000 each last year by collecting a salary and a state retirement pension at the same time, data from the Maine Public Employees Retirement System shows.
Published
March 11, 2012

Double dip debate before Legislature

AUGUSTA — Ten Maine public employees took in an average of $168,000 each last year by collecting a salary and a state retirement pension at the same time, data from the Maine Public Employees Retirement System shows.
Published
March 5, 2012

ON MAINE POLITICS: Bill says show me the money

Legislators who make money from state contracts will be required to disclose more information to the public under a bill that the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee is considering today.
Published
March 4, 2012

Johnson settling into office

AUGUSTA — Just two weeks after Democrat Christopher Johnson won a surprise victory in a state Senate election, a Republican challenger has emerged to take him on in November.
Published
March 2, 2012

Judge hears oral arguments in labor mural case

BANGOR — A lawsuit challenging the governor’s decision to remove a mural from the Maine Department of Labor’s headquarters is politically motivated and should be dismissed, an attorney representing Gov. Paul LePage told a federal judge Thursday.
Published
March 2, 2012

Judge: Labor mural suit is question of ‘whose art is it?’

BANGOR — A lawsuit challenging the governor’s decision to remove a mural from the Maine Department of Labor’s headquarters is politically motivated and should be dismissed, an attorney representing Gov. Paul LePage told a federal judge Thursday.