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Government & Politics

  • Natural gas service coming to midcoast

    April 6, 2012

    The state has signed an agreement with a Scarborough-based energy company to extend natural gas service to the state prison in Warren, as long as it also extends the line to Rockland.

    April 6, 2012

  • Ex-MTA head sentenced to more than three years in prison

    April 5, 2012

    Former Maine Turnpike Authority Executive Director Paul Violette was sentenced today to three-and-a-half years in prison for stealing more than $150,000 in authority funds.

    April 5, 2012

  • Maine to receive $770K in $9.9M settlement with insurance company

    April 4, 2012

    An insurance company that engaged in unlicensed and unregistered brokerage activity in Maine and three other states has agreed to pay a $9.9 million settlement, the state Office of Securities said in a press release.

    April 4, 2012

  • Maine joins fight against ‘tax zappers’

    April 4, 2012

    The state of Maine has joined four others in efforts to identify and prosecute retailers using a device that allows them to underreport taxable sales.

    April 4, 2012

  • State finds $14.3M in additional revenue

    April 4, 2012

    Officials announced yesterday that the state has an additional $14.3 million in revenue than it had previously thought.

    April 4, 2012

  • Settlement nets Passamaquoddy Tribe $11M

    April 3, 2012

    The Passamaquoddy Tribe is receiving $11.4 million from the U.S. Department of Interior in the settlement of a claim of federal mismanagement of tribal assets.

    April 3, 2012

  • Lawmakers debate liquor sales, contract

    April 3, 2012

    The state is looking to renegotiate its liquor distribution contract to help fill a $20 million hole in the 2013 state budget and stem losses resulting from Maine consumers' purchase of liquor across the border in New Hampshire.

    April 3, 2012

  • Taking a gamble

    Mal Leary April 2, 2012

    LePage: Eliminate income tax Offers incremental steps Opposition cites lack of revenue Gov.

    Mal Leary April 2, 2012

  • Court declines to give opinion on Poliquin issue

    March 30, 2012

    The Maine Supreme Court has decided not to issue an opinion on whether Bruce Poliquin violated state rules by engaging in business activity while serving as state treasurer. The House requested the court review.

    March 30, 2012

  • Lawmakers divided on income tax cut

    March 28, 2012

    The House voted against a bill to slowly cut the state’s income tax rate to 4%, citing the impact to the state’s revenues. At least 10 Republicans joined Democrats to vote against the measure 72-61.

    March 28, 2012

  • LePage to sign MaineHousing oversight bill

    March 28, 2012

    The Maine Senate has given final approval to a bill that would give the MaineHousing board of commissioners more oversight of its director. The bill now heads to Gov. Paul LePage, which he is expected to sign.

    March 28, 2012

  • Democrats call for DHHS probe; restructuring advances

    March 28, 2012

    At a press conference yesterday, Democratic lawmakers called for an independent investigation of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, arguing it failed to timely notify the Legislature about MaineCare billing problems.

    March 28, 2012

  • New state office proposal revised

    March 27, 2012

    Lawmakers’ concerns about the powers of a proposed streamlining agency have led members of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration to revise the proposal.

    March 27, 2012

  • Judge upholds labor mural removal

    March 26, 2012

    Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to remove a mural from the Department of Labor building was protected as government speech, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge John Woodcock Jr.

    March 26, 2012

  • Committee approves LURC restructuring

    March 23, 2012

    A legislative committee has unanimously approved a bill to restructure the Land Use Regulation Commission. The bill would replace the seven-member commission with a nine-member panel made up mostly of county commissioners.

    March 23, 2012

  • Feds question wind farm loan guarantee

    March 23, 2012

    A congressional report has called into question a $102 million federal loan guarantee given to a 22-turbine wind farm in Roxbury developed in part by Brunsw

    March 23, 2012

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The federal government shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 over a budget stalemate. The standoff in Washington comes on top of changing policies on tariffs and trade.

The shutdown curtailed the release of monthly reports on the country's trade balance, consumer prices, retail sales and producer price. In Maine, much of the Acadia National Park staff was put on furlough, though roads and campgrounds were still accessible. 

The last shutdown stretched over 35 days from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019.

A shutdown of less than two weeks is "unlikely to have a material impact on the economy or household finances," the president of a Maine credit union told Mainebiz last week.

But there's growing anxiety over how a protracted shutdown would affect the economy.

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