AUGUSTA (AP) — The public will have its say this week on Gov. Paul LePage’s budget rewrite, which calls for some tax breaks, new spending and some cuts in other areas. The Appropriations Committee hearings will be held Tuesday through Thursday in the State House. Last week, the administration unveiled budget changes that include tax […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A legislative committee will take up a bill to restore presidential primaries in Maine, where party caucuses have long been the favored method for party faithful to select their favorites. The Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee today takes up a bill sponsored by Senate President Kevin Raye. The Republican represents Washington […]

WATERVILLE ( AP) — Police say six people were hurt when a speeding vehicle caused an accident that damaged five other cars waiting at a red light in front of the fire station in Waterville. Witnesses tell the Morning Sentinel that the driver of the car that hit the others at about 4: 45 p. […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The nation’s two independent senators have a message for Maine’s Angus King if he’s elected to replace Olympia Snowe: Choose a side. Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut enjoy their political freedom, but they say that if the former Maine governor is elected he’ll find the Senate’s […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Officials with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network say they plan to fight a proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to eliminate all state funding. The Republican governor said during a visit to South Paris last week that state finding to MPBN is “ corporate welfare.” MPBN currently gets about $1.9 million of its […]

SKOWHEGAN ( AP) — Authorities are trying to figure out what caused a Skowhegan gas station’s firesuppression system to discharge, sending one woman to the hospital in an ambulance with respiratory problems. There was no fire reported at the Irving Circle K station, yet about 50 nozzles in the roof over the fuel-pumping area sent […]