Updates matching "Maine"

You have probably seen on the news that the revenue forecast is not looking good. The new projected deficit is between $300 - $500 million. Good news for our tax campaign, bad news for everything else. The issue has not gotten to the point of changing the budget yet, but it will soon. increasing the taxes on non-cigarette smoking tobacco to be equivalent to cigarettes.

Maine Statehouse Update for 4/3/09

A solid victory today in the fight to protect children from Big Tobacco! By a strong bipartisan majority of 298 to 112, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (HR 1256).

Health and Human Services gave their feedback to Appropriations this week, and they accepted most of the Governor's cuts. It was not easy for them, and yesterday they went through several again to be sure they really were OK with the cuts.

It was another long week of discovering what money is coming to the state from the Feds, and what are appropriate uses for the money. Committees are reporting back their recommendations to the Appropriations committee this week, which means the budget debates will begin next week.

Advocates, legislators and American Cancer Society staff attended a press conference to kick off the Campaign for a Cancer-Free Maine on Friday, March 20th at the State House. Prior to the press conference, there was a legislative hearing for LD 781 " An Act To Create a Specialty State Lottery

Today President Obama will sign fiscal year 2009 (FY09) Omnibus Appropriations Act into law. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the bill February 25 and the U.S. Senate approved it late yesterday by voice vote. The Omnibus contains several critical

Governor's Budget & Legislature Overview It was another long week of budget at the Appropriations committee. I sat in for the hearing on Dirigo funding,

I had the distinct privilege today of attending the White House Summit on Health Care Reform. President Obama made it clear at the Summit that the White House is intent on fixing the broken health care system, calling it a