Randy Billings
Portland Reporter at The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
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yahoo.com | Randy Billings
Jun. 18—AUGUSTA — Lawmakers narrowly approved adding $320 million in spending and additional taxes to the state's next two-year budget that was voted on this spring, after a brief rebellion among progressive Democrats who wanted to replace higher cigarette taxes with higher taxes on the wealthy.
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yahoo.com | Randy Billings
Jun. 18—AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives on Wednesday voted against adding $320 million in spending and additional taxes to the state's next two-year budget that was voted on this spring. The 77-71 vote in opposition — with two members absent and one excused — throws uncertainty into the budget process as lawmakers seek to wrap up their session. The budget proposal, which was opposed by six Democrats, now heads to the Senate for an initial vote.
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yahoo.com | Randy Billings
Jun. 17—AUGUSTA — A bill that would restrict state and local law enforcement agencies' ability to help federal authorities enforce immigration laws was narrowly approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Rep.
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yahoo.com | Randy Billings
Jun. 17—AUGUSTA — A bill to provide tribal nations in Maine with exclusive rights to offer electronic table games like poker, roulette and blackjack has now cleared both chambers and appears to be headed to Gov. Janet Mills, whose administration testified against the measure earlier this year. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ambureen Rana, D-Bangor, cleared the Senate late Monday by a single vote, 18-17.
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yahoo.com | Randy Billings
Jun. 16—AUGUSTA — Democrats on the Legislature's budget committee voted over the weekend to end the state's free community college program — a signature accomplishment of Gov. Janet Mills that she had proposed making permanent. In a series of votes Friday night that stretched into Saturday morning, the appropriations committee voted against fully funding the program Mills established in 2022.
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