Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said his office had received a people’s veto application that could launch a referendum drive to overturn newly enacted legislation to tighten standards for getting a Maine driver’s license. State officials said the people’s …
Facing three conflicting committee recommendations, Baldacci administration officials, health industry, business and consumer representatives met with lawmakers once on Tuesday and planned to meet again to discuss redirecting and refinancing the Dirigo Health program. A key question is how to …
Maine Gov. John Baldacci planned a major health policy announcement this week that will focus on insurance market reforms, an expansion of the Dirigo Health program and new regulatory provisions, all designed to promote broader access to health care, according …
U.S. Rep. Tom Allen joined with a group of Democratic state lawmakers at the Maine State House on Tuesday to amplify his call for the repeal and replacement of the federal homeland security law known as the Real ID Act. …
The Maine Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether first-year savings generated by the state’s Dirigo Health program were properly calculated. Legal jousting over the program’s impact on insurance carriers and other businesses has continued even as Gov. John …
A Superior Court judge has rejected an appeal of last fall’s decision by Insurance Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa that Maine’s Dirigo Health Agency initiatives produced savings of $44 million in the program’s first year. The ruling is a victory for the …
Maine Emergency Management Agency Director Arthur Cleaves is leaving his state post become New England director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Gov. John Baldacci announced Cleaves’ departure last Friday. Word of Cleaves’ move had circulated during the week as …
