County Politics

Good morning from Augusta, where the Legislature has left for a couple of weeks in a 2018 session that has seemed like it will never end.

A system with a reputation for not responding to reports of child abuse or neglect will be the focus of new legislation coming from Gov. Paul LePage, Maine’s health and human services chief told lawmakers on Tuesday.

Among the vetoes overridden by Maine lawmakers Monday is one that supporters are calling a “significant victory for criminal justice reform.”

The Maine Legislature on Monday agreed to $200 million in bond projects to send to voters in November, after more than a year of stagnation about how much to borrow and for what.

The Maine Legislature came in on Monday to deal with 43 vetoes from Gov. Paul LePage.

Where lawmakers will return on Monday to handle at least some of the 42 recent vetoes issued by Gov. Paul LePage.

The Maine Hospital Association called a suggestion by Gov. Paul LePage that it pitch in to fund Medicaid expansion “absurd”

Good morning from Augusta. The Legislature is set to return to Augusta next week to handle dozens of vetoes from Gov. Paul LePage amid a large pile of outstanding work. One of the chief items is the authorization of Clean Election funding for the 2018 campaigns.

Good morning from Augusta, where at least 36 vetoes from Gov. Paul LePagewill await lawmakers who return next week in a session that has now stretched into the dog days of summer with no end in sight just yet and plenty of big issues to be decided.

Greetings from Augusta, where the new place to watch the fight on Medicaid expansion will be within the state’s bureaucracy.