Maine Political, State House, Augusta News

Curtailment order hits education sector hardest

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci ordered more than $63 million in midyear budget cuts Friday in a curtailment order that heavily targets state funding for education and social services programs. more

By Kevin Miller
BDN Staff | 11/21/09 | 487 views

Maine governor orders $63M in department cutbacks

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci ordered Maine state departments Friday to curtail spending by $63 million to make sure the budget is balanced. Baldacci issued the order for the fiscal year … more

By The Associated Press
| 11/20/09 | 2270 views

Election money may be scant

AUGUSTA, Maine — The prospect that Maine’s clean election fund could run dry before the November 2010 elections is causing some concerns among gubernatorial candidates hoping to tap into the … more

By Kevin Miller
BDN Staff | 11/20/09 | 559 views

County panel OKs $14.8M budget for ’10

BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County budget committee Wednesday night approved a $14.8 million budget for 2010, which is about $400,000 more than last year’s budget of $14.41 million. more

By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 687 views

Energy panel eyes corridor lease rules

AUGUSTA, Maine — Members of a task force struggled Wednesday to come up with rules governing potentially lucrative energy corridors in Maine amid concerns about Canadian companies’ plans to feed energy-hungry markets to the south. more

By Kevin Miller
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 1014 views

Sen. Collins announces Fort Hood hearings

WASHINGTON — The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold hearings beginning Thursday as part of an investigation into whether what some have called a “homegrown terrorist attack” at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas this month could have been prevented. more

By Kase Wickman
Boston University Washington News Service | 11/19/09 | 825 views

Composite center looks at buoys as candidate for new technology

ROCKLAND, Maine — Navigational buoys have been built the same way for more than a century, and the U.S. Coast Guard is examining the possibility and potentials of making them from more modern materials. more

By Walter Griffin
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 566 views

Current gun ownership laws could have been factor in Newport slaying

NEWPORT, Maine — For Perley Goodrich Sr. and his son, Perley Jr., guns were once at the center of a positive aspect of their relationship: a shared love of hunting. more

By Christopher Cousins
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 3727 views

Action on climate bill demanded

BREWER, Maine — Representatives of several conservation and sporting organizations, as well as the Penobscot Indian Nation, gathered Wednesday morning to send their own message on climate change legislation they say has languished in the U.S. Senate after being passed by the House of Representatives in June. more

By John Holyoke
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 994 views

The Legal Landscape: Gun-control bills in Maine face tough challenges

AUGUSTA, Maine — Earlier this year, freshman legislator Rep. Anna Blodgett waded into a perpetual brawl with what she thought was a common-sense bill to make it harder for criminals to buy guns. more

By Kevin Miller
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 4223 views