Saturday, February 9, 2008

The Augustan: Saturday, February 9, 2008

Task force organized by Governor Baldacci drew a road map for the construction of 1,000 or more wind turbines in Maine by 2020.

State Senators lobbied Department of Conservation commissioner to begin planning process for a possible new state park along the Androscoggin River.

PPH: Make transportation planning more coordinated and comprehensive.

Doctors and hospitals protested a proposed reduction in Medicaid payments to physicians who work in hospital-owned practices.

BDN: Legislature must prioritize spending.

BDN: Legislature should strongly consider merger of the departments of Agriculture, Conservation, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and Marine Resources.

The Education Committee voted unanimously to approve LD 2026, a bill that would reimburse School Administrative District 11 (Gardiner, Pittson, Randolph, and West Gardiner) for the $90,788 the SAD erroneously paid into the Maine Public Employees Retirement System.

Deirdre Fulton examines the state of transportation in Maine.

Lance Tapley: Proposed Board of Corrections could usher in reforms in Maine jails and prisons.

Al Diamon: Who cares if most tourists in Maine are Mainers?

- John C.L. Morgan

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