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Nothing new. The legislature will not be in session next week for the school vacation week, but some committees, including Appropriations, will still meet. The revenue reprojection committee will announce their updated figures April 28. We will know more then.

The health care reform debate is heating up in Washington. Both the House and Senate leadership have been laying out the legislative framework in which they plan to move health care reform forward through Congress. The Senate Finance committee is convening a series of public roundtables, each of which will

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).

Congress took an important step to help protect kids from deadly tobacco products. With an overwhelming vote of support, the legislation now moves on to the U.S. Senate for consideration. Everyday without regulation, 3500 kids try their first cigarette. The U.S. Senate needs to act fast to stop children from

"It's not necessarily not having insurance Š—” it's not having adequate insurance."ξSo saysξJohn Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society in a newξstory published by NPR's Morning Edition. Read the full story or listen to the audio report here.