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Critic of Solar Energy Subsidies Under Consideration for Maine Utilities Commission

Matthew McDonald

Maine Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, is considering appointing to the state's Public Utilities Commission an electrical engineer who believes that wind and solar energy government subsidies are too expensive.

Fiscal Watchdog Group Blasts Beacon Hill Dems Over Pay Hikes, Talk Of Tax Increases
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Fiscal Watchdog Group Blasts Beacon Hill Dems Over Pay Hikes, Talk Of Tax Increases

Evan Lips

BOSTON — One of the state's leading fiscal responsibility watchdogs is hopping mad after leaders on Beacon Hill broached the possibility of raising taxes in order to meet budget demands, weeks after lawmakers rammed through a series of legislative pay raises. 

House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) told reporters earlier this week that he's "not ruling out the possibility of any increase in taxes." 

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