LePage signs supplemental budget

Gov. Paul LePage yesterday signed a supplemental budget to balance the budget for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends June 30. Missing from the budget are the two line items he vetoed earlier this month, items that earned strong legislative support.
LePage on April 14 exercised his line-item veto power, striking dollar amounts for 2013 general assistance funding and the state's share of funding to hospitals and psychiatric facilities to offse ...