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Maine Senate fails to reach agreement on supplemental budget to fund MaineCare shortfall
The Maine Senate once again failed to pass emergency legislation with enough support to fund a $118 million shortfall in MaineCare spending.
Emergency budget bill fails again amid partisan deadlock in Maine Senate
The bill aims to fill a nearly $120 million funding shortfall in MaineCare — the state's Medicaid program — and to provide $2 million to help address a looming spruce budworm infestation in the commercial forests of northern Maine.
Supplemental budget deal struck down in Maine Senate
The Maine Senate dealt a mortal blow to a short-term spending plan that aimed to cover an immediate $118 million deficit in the state’s Medicaid program.On Thursday, lawmakers in the chamber came two votes shy of passing the supplemental budget with the two-thirds majority needed for it to take effect immediately.
Maine lawmakers to vote again on budget to fund MaineCare amid partisan divide
The budget bill failed in the Senate Tuesday night by just two votes after the two sides appeared to have worked out a compromise.
Senate Republicans call for MaineCare reforms after blocking budget deal
Republicans in the Maine Senate are demanding reforms to the state's MaineCare program after their last-minute vote late Tuesday blocking a compromise plan to balance the state budget and maintain payments to health care providers.
Maine Senate kills budget deal as parties fail to break deadlock
Republicans are renewing calls for MaineCare reform while Democrats are urging their colleagues to support a proposal that ...
Trump v. Maine. How the president is trying to pressure the state into submission.
After an exchange between Maine’s governor and President Donald Trump over transgender girls competing in girls’ sports, ...
Maine judges’ mass recusal in trans sports case raises unanswered questions, legal expert says
A statement was released Wednesday evening explaining why every federal judge in Maine has recused themselves from state Rep. Laurel Libby's case challenging her censure in the state legislature ...
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Maine GOP legislator sues in response to censure for posting image of underage transgender athlete
Democrat House Speaker Ryan Fecteau says Libby violated the state's code of ethics by sharing an image of a minor online.
Negotiations sputter ahead of final Senate vote on supplemental budget
The plan, which cleared a two-thirds majority in the Maine House, faltered amid Republican opposition in the Senate.
Maine judges refuse to take Rep Laurel Libby's court case on censure for trans athlete post
All of Maine's federal judges have recused themselves from the case involving Rep. Laurel Libby suing the state's speaker of the house over her recent censure.
Maine lawmakers fail to pass supplemental budget to address MaineCare shortfall
The countdown is on for Maine lawmakers to pass a supplemental budget, which is needed to fill a multi-million-dollar budget shortfall for MaineCare.
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Two transgender girls, six federal agencies. How Trump is trying to pressure Maine into obedience
Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ ...